Camouflaging Ukrainian Women
Rebecca Adelman
Rebecca Adelman argues that news reports about Ukrainian women making camouflage tend to trivialize their contribution
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Home: An Impossible Pursuit?
Anna Viola Sborgi
Anna Viola Sborgi's introduction to the second round explores intersectionality and social mobility as it relates to home.
Different Places! Real and Hyperreal Las Vegas in Showgirls
William Smith
William Smith analyzes how the film Showgirls engages with themes of the hyperreal in its portrayal of Las Vegas. The film makes a jarring break from typical representations of the city, peeling back the layers of Las Vegas to reveal its promises to be inaccessible, profit-driven myths.
The Millenial Flaneuse in Broad City
Sasha Nater
Sasha Nater explores the television series Broad City to consider the extent to which the show's main characters might be considered modern-day flaneuses. The show demonstrates the unique struggles millennial women face as they navigate the city, while also offering up potential for women to make their own place in the city by navigating and narrating their everyday experiences amidst the urban environment.
The Mediapolis Q&A: Pamela Robertson Wojcik on Fantasies of Neglect
Noelle Griffis
In this installment of our continuing series of conversations with authors of new books on cities and urban culture, reviews editor Noelle Griffis talks with Pamela Robertson Wojcik about her new book on the figure of the child in American urban film and fiction.