Posts Tagged ‘featured topic’

Letter from the Editor: Abjection

by Alison Hugill // Mar. 6, 2026
French feminist philosopher Julia Kristeva opens her 1980 essay on abjection, entitled ‘Powers of Horrors,’ as follows: “There looms, within abjection, one of those violent, dark revolts of being…[read on]

Letter from the Editor: Ghosts

by Alison Hugill // Nov. 6, 2025
On the heels of Halloween and the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), we’re launching our newest featured topic, Ghosts. While the supernatural or paranormal seems…[read on]

Letter from the Editor: Water

by Alison Hugill // July 1, 2025
While ‘Water’ might just seem like a refreshing topic for summer, especially as we’re launching into Berlin’s first major heatwave of the year, its meanings in…[read on]

Letter from the Editor: Accessibility

by Alison Hugill // Sept. 13, 2024
The question of “access” is a far-reaching one—it can be as simple as the architecture of an entry-way or as complex as the many invisible barriers put in place to reinforce institutional…[read on]

Letter from the Editor: Desire

by Alison Hugill // July 2, 2024
Followers of French psychoanalytic theorist Jacques Lacan insist that desire cannot be satisfied, as its object is always beyond reach; desire is a means without end…[read on]