by Manon Hakem-Lemaire | Jun 21, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2020
Jews of “Latin” America “He’s Mexican,” I told my French mom about my boyfriend. “Oh, does he have a mustache and a sombrero?” she replied, amused. After months spent in Mexico, mostly among the Jewish community, I was taken aback by my mom’s comment. Where did this...
by Marissa Mika | May 20, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2020
Nesting For years, we had cats. Gigantic rescue cats, retrieved from a Philadelphia parking lot when they were only a pair of gray and black kittens, as benign and rambunctious as the cubs in Tiger King. But they grew into the sort of cats who fantasized all day long...
by Kersti Francis | May 20, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2020
Fleeing Backwards: The Problematic Present in Medieval Studies When and how do we talk about the attitudes of an entire field? These conversations often occur in office hours, not in articles, emerging over drinks at conferences or in fights in closed Facebook groups....
by Kelly Alblinger | May 20, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2020
Notes From a Saint Life lessons have the tendency to sneak up on us. Often, we’re going about our business, doing what we do, and a message from the universe smacks us upside the head without warning. If we are paying attention, the impact can be life-altering. Our...
by Ruddy Lopez | May 20, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2020
Lineage and Language Throughout my adulthood, curanderas have said that my grandmother watches over me. I knew this was true when my mother came back from a visit to Mexico five years ago. She opened her suitcase and handed me a white plastic rosary and a black shawl....
by Julissa Guerrero Iniguez | May 20, 2025 | Essays, Essays 2020
Euphoria’s Minor Mother Euphoria debuted on HBO in 2019, meeting with almost universal critical acclaim. The show is a teen drama that explicitly confronts controversial subjects like drug addiction, abusive relationships, and mental illness. At the show’s center is...
