In my research, I ask what it means for the future of the human-environment relationship when collective, subconscious climate anxieties, expressed via film, can seem to predict real-world environmental catastrophe. …
Inspired by the lack of cosmetic PFAS research in North America, in 2021 Whitehead et al. from the University of Notre Dame published a multi-year study wherein they examined the
In an shake-up of style, I got to try my hand at developing a video essay as a final project for my media and popular culture class. I have always
I examine how systems of unequal wealth distribution, allegorized by the prison structure central to the The Platform, beget three desire symptoms present in the film; desire for food, sexual relations, and racial control; within the context of Spanish history and Spanish film history. To provide further insight to the desires that arise from these inequitable systems, I utilize psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan’s scholarship on subconscious desire and drive. …
Grossing well over two billion dollars worldwide, James Cameron’s Avatar passed his 1997 film, Titanic, as the highest-grossing movie of all time in 2009. The film’s success has been attributed
I glare towards the horizon at the tunnel of red lights that impede my 9:00 am arrival. Although I suspect that each light will change to green as I approach,
What is “the environment”, and how do individual and group perspectives shape the way that people or groups behave towards it? The “Draw an Environment” (DAE) test aims to analyze
I saw a Tik Tok the other day that had a message on it that I don’t think I’ll ever forget: “The moment you recognize at your core you are