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Lyn Kress Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is a 2017 action-adventure video game published by Ninja Theory that explores the topics of Norse mythology, mental health, and grief in a quick yet emotionally complex playthrough (Antoniades, 2017). Hellblade occurs in a fantastical world resembling Norse mythology and the culture of the Celts and follows protagonist Senua who…

Eliza Farley In this paper, I will discuss literature’s ability to morally influence us, and consider the ways in which this phenomenon contributes to arguments regarding banning works of children’s literature. I will examine arguments from Martha Nussbaum, Laura D’Olimpio, John Holden Bickford and Devanne Lawson, Emily Neville, Kris Goffin and Stacie Friend, and Susan…

Jude Reed Catullus 99; Translated by Jude Reed Intellectuals who are well-versed in ancient Roman history might suggest that Roman relationships were based on power dynamics. The figure of the “pater familias” reigned supreme over the voiceless, voteless woman of the Roman world. Almost the entire development of a heterosexual relationship involved the woman becoming…

On the surface, Cartoon Network’s Over the Garden Wall is a simple, cut-and-dry fairy tale: Two brothers get lost in the woods and must find their way out. On the way, they encounter animal companions, transfigured humans, and many other fairy tale figures. Yet the show also differs in many ways from traditional fairy tale…

J. Porter Over the summer of 2024, I worked as a youth services librarian. Part of my job was constantly reading and vetting picture books to show to the children who would attend my storytimes. There are three books that stuck out to me as consistently engaging for students: Flora and the Peacocks by Molly…

Reagan Butler In the horror film, a woman is often placed in one of two binary positions: a victim or a monster, the pursued or the monstrous pursuer. But there is one female character who notably complicates this binary: the nun, who often plays a surprisingly fluid role in horror—crossing the binaries to act as…

Kamana’okekai Lattig When King Louis XIV created the court of Versailles in 18th century France, he solidified a monarchical reign where the king had absolute ideological control over his nobles. The creation of Versailles brought forth an era of court intrigue and scandal amongst the elite aristocrats that were allowed to live at the palace.…

Megan Bogner It is important first, in a discussion of art in a “primitive” culture, to understand what ‘art’ is in this context – where the line lies between compensating for a traditionally Eurocentric view of ‘art’ and a genuine recognition of other culture’s functional religious artifacts. For a comprehensive discussion on this matter, I…

Kamana’okekai Lattig Introduction When I asked my mother what traditional Hawaiian clothing was, it took her a few seconds to answer. “Well, we don’t really have traditional clothing,” she said, “But I guess it would be a muʻumuʻu.” I did not ask what she meant at the time, but I grew more and more curious…

Isabelle Etheridge The creation of the Ghent Altarpiece began around the 1420s and was completed by 1432 for St. Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. The altarpiece is attributed arguably to Hubert and Jan Van Eyck, and displays the stylistic shift from Middle Age art to Renaissance Art. Within this polyptych, or multiple panel altarpiece, one…