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    Perilous Discourses of Progress: Section 377 and the (Re-)Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Indi
    Rachel Cochran
    • Sep 11, 2018

    Perilous Discourses of Progress: Section 377 and the (Re-)Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Indi

    I was midway through writing a completely different article to post here when the news broke on Thursday that India’s Supreme Court had overturned the law known as Section 377, which criminalized homosexual acts in India for over 150 years, and which first came into effect in the Indian Penal Code of 1860. This event struck me as exigent enough to abandon my initial efforts in hopes of instead using this as an opportunity to examine political hypocrisy, neocolonial impulses,
    The Space Betwixt and Between: 
Watershed Moments from Spring 2018
    Katie McWain
    • Apr 24, 2018

    The Space Betwixt and Between: Watershed Moments from Spring 2018

    Photo Credit: learner.org At the end of my three years serving as a member of the Watershed Collective, I’m poised to shed the graduate chrysalis and move into the next phase of my academic career. So it’s no surprise that I’m drawn to theoretical and cultural representations of transition, upheaval, and change--fascinated by processes of becoming. With this orientation in mind, I appreciate the opportunity to reflect, not only on the phenomenal collection of posts shared by
    Humanities on the Edge Preview: João Moreira Salles’ "No Intenso Agora" ("In the Inte
    Rachel Cochran
    • Feb 6, 2018

    Humanities on the Edge Preview: João Moreira Salles’ "No Intenso Agora" ("In the Inte

    Continuing the theme of this academic year’s Humanities on the Edge speakers, João Moreira Salles addresses images and aftermath of revolution in his documentary film No Intenso Agora (In the Intense Now). The film uses archival found footage--as well as footage taken by Salles’s own mother on a tour through Maoist China in 1966--in order to explore the many faces of revolution in the late 1960s, and particularly the 1968 revolutionaries of Paris and Prague. In his review of
    The Power of Praxis: Reflections on a Watershed Semester
    Katie McWain
    • Dec 5, 2017

    The Power of Praxis: Reflections on a Watershed Semester

    Photo Credit: dreamstime.com As I read and reread the collection of posts our Watershed team has contributed this semester (15 truly stellar pieces of writing in all), I was struck by their shared commitment to expanding theory’s reach beyond the computer screen and into the world. These texts are saturated with calls to action, reorienting readers toward the pursuit of praxis. Although I teach writing and consider myself mathematically challenged, there is one equation I con
    Kate and Me, a Romance: Or, Fandom and Participatory Culture as Inoculation against the Postmodern E
    Rachel Cochran
    • Nov 7, 2017

    Kate and Me, a Romance: Or, Fandom and Participatory Culture as Inoculation against the Postmodern E

    Track One: Sat In Your Lap I resisted the pull of Kate Bush as long as I could. Upon first hearing her music in 2008, my initial thought was that something was wrong with my speakers. I couldn’t believe the weird, witchy wailings, the shrieking, gasping vocals. They absolutely repelled me. Still, something brought me back, again and again. For a while I splashed around in the kiddie pool of her gentler, radio-friendly ’80s jams, “Running Up That Hill” and “Cloudbusting” and “
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