Nicholls State

Angel Chaisson Unlearning “Compulsory Heterosexuality”: The Evolution of Adrienne Rich’s Poetry             Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) was an American poet and essayist, best known for her contributions to the radical feminist movement. She notably popularized the term “compulsory heterosexuality” in the 1980’s through her essay “Compulsory Heterosexuality and the Lesbian Experience,” which brought her to the […]

Sadie Andras “Oh, She’s a Gold Digger”:  The Objectification and Commodification of Black Women in Contemporary Culture             Black women in the United States have continually been objectified and commodified because their skin color and gender. Both darker skin tones and women are considered “subordinate” in our society that notoriously “categorizes people, things, and ideas

By: Lillian LeCompte “Delving into the Mind of Faulkner’s Darl Bundren” There is no question that William Faulkner disregarded the boundaries and methodologies of “standard” writing and very well deserves his place being praised as one of today’s greatest modern writers. He did not know how to write a “normal” book. As I Lay Dying

By: Krista Butts “A Modernist Home for Holly Golightly: From Fabricated Glamour to Functional Minimalism”             Blake Edwards’ 1961 film, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which is based on Truman Capote’s novella, tells the story of Holly Golightly, a girl trying to establish a glamourous identity in order to endure in the treacherous setting of New York

By: Hannah Sisk Reynolds In literature, comparing plots and characters is relatively easy. However, to conceptualize an aspect from a genre based upon three distinct works is more thought-provoking. Though the three captivity narratives discussed herein occur during different time frames and are acted out by different tribal groups, there are blatant similarities among them.

By: Tabitha Mire “A Review of Sue Taylors article, ‘The Artist and the Analyst: Jackson Pollock’s Stenographic Figure,’ and Pollock’s Struggle for Originality” Jackson Pollock’s Stenographic Figure (figure 1) was groundbreaking for American art in the 1940s. The visual interpretation of the subject of Pollock’s Stenographic Figure, made in 1942, has left art historians and

“Gold and Wit: Congreve, Jonson, and The Evolving Ideal of Women” By: Caitlin E Jones In 1711, Joseph Addison makes a startling claim in his article, “The Aims of The Spectator”:“there are none to whom this paper will be more useful than to the female world” (2646). The article entreats readers to educate themselves by

By: Austin Wendt & Dr. Patrick Perkins Introduction: The big question of the purpose of the university and the place of Liberal Arts education is quite a complicated one. To many, especially in America, the university is the cornerstone of American democracy and the foundation of a republican society. In this rationale, what lies at