My friend’s father is in the hospital, and it’s been rough. His cancer treatment did not go as expected. “He’s […]
Revisiting Loving v. Virginia (1967): A Review of Loving (2016)
In June 1958, Mildred Jeter and Richard Perry Loving married in the District of Columbia. The couple then returned to […]
Speak Up or Shut Up: The Legend of Barbara Jordan
Nearing the blessed close of what has been an absurd Presidential election cycle, one thing is clear: Barbara Jordan would […]
White Woman in Blackface as a Black Man in a White Coat? Scary.
Here’s a frank, perhaps surprising, and definitely disheartening admission: nothing you read here should be new to you. It’s been […]
Climate Change, Crack, and the Dream of “Population Engineering”
Want to do your part to fight climate change? Don’t reproduce. If you’re American, each kid you don’t have will […]
What Does It Mean to Say Millennials Are Having Less Sex?
The internet was abuzz this August with speculation about why Millennials have less sex than our elders did at our […]
“I Know This Guy”: Humanity in Hamilton’s America
As those of you with more exciting social calendars than mine may not know, this past Friday PBS aired a […]
Teaching Rape
Throughout my academic career, I have talked about, read about, and taught about rape. To be clear, rape is not […]
Sex, Death, and Three Irish Women
In November 1984 the Catholic parish of Tynagh, County Galway, Ireland, gathered to bury a woman who had been dead […]
