Have you ever wondered how artists decide what to depict in their paintings? A simple answer would be “they draw whatever they like/are able to…
Category: Graduate
Blog posts written by graduate students
Listen, being a grad student can be a drag. You’re either sitting at your desk writing or squinting at tiny gothic rotunda for hours on…
As a recovering English major and current English graduate student, I certainly have my fair share of novels, poetry collections, and plays that I…
If you want to get a glimpse into the life of a medieval lay person, there’s no better way to do it than to open…
[Warning: This post contains discussions of sexual assault.] Way back in my first post, I claimed that Wimmen’s Comix performed an “often-playful, sometimes-aggressive, and always-transgressive”…
This post contains images depicting sex and various stages of nudity. I know I said in the last post that Issue #3 of Wimmen’s Comix…
De Certeau, to whom Jacob dedicates The Sovereign Map, specifically defends the media consumption habits of the common man. We are not “herded” into our…
In the early 1980s, a group of sociologists at Mines ParisTech developed a new approach to their field. They sought, simply, to account for those…
Now I know what you’re thinking. And I can explain, just trust me. Despite the obvious differences in form, production, and time, comic books, in…
On my first solo trip to Hargrett Libraries reading room, I felt anxious. In the days and minutes leading up, I pored over Dr. Camp’s…