Download PDF version William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897—July 06, 1962) is a key figure in the American literary canon who remains as such in our collective memory. Faulkner won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 and his...
Download PDF version The Social Dilemma is a Netflix docudrama directed by Jeff Orlowski and released in September 2020. The film aims to convey the dangers of careless use of technology, the tech industry’s current issues with privacy regulations, and...
Download PDF version The history of television watching in the United States is highly connected to former President John F. Kennedy. In particular, US Presidents’ use of mass media to craft their public image was forever changed during JFK’s presidential...
Download PDF version The Internet is at present the ideal space for political and communicative action. Public discourse is largely shaped by conversations around celebrities, bloggers and digital activists that take place on the Internet. However, the spreading potential of...
Download PDF version Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29th, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She spent some of her early years in Boston before her family finally settled in Concord, Massachusetts, the town where Little Women (1968) primarily takes...
Download PDF version of the full article The first part of this article was shared here on September 25. BIG CORPORATIONS AND OPEN LETTERS Critics of cancel culture tend to highlight the oppression of those being cancelled. As J.K....
Download PDF version This past year, opinions have steadily accumulated around an increasingly polarizing term: “cancel culture”. Nowadays, whenever a celebrity is involved in a controversy—often related to sexual misconduct or the poor treatment of minorities—, the word “cancelling” inevitably...
Download PDF version Nadín Ospina (1960) is a Colombian artist who gained prominence during the early 2000s with pieces representing cartoons and toys from US popular culture (such as Bart Simpson and Mickey Mouse) in the style of pre-Columbian art....
Download PDF version Nadín Ospina (1960) es un artista colombiano que ganó prominencia durante los 2000 con obras que representaban juguetes y personajes de la cultura popular estadounidense (como Bart Simpson y Mickey Mouse) hechas en estilo precolombino. Esta combinación...
Download PDF version Reggaeton finds its origins in American hip-hop and rap as well as in Dominican merengue and Jamaican reggae. Due to its lyrics and visuals, it has traditionally been understood as an example of the ubiquitous gender inequality...
