Opinion Katherine Hennessey | 5 May 2021 How Can the 2022 Olympic Games Remain Neutral? The International Olympic Committee asks that we celebrate sport while holding our tongues.
Pop Culture Beatrice Harvey | 30 Apr 2021 “Not Like Other Girls” and Internalized Misogyny Efforts to break with sexist norms can sometimes reinforce the harmful structure they seek to escape.
On Climate Refugees and Captain America Marvel's latest has superheroes struggling with problems we're only beginning to confront. 28 Apr 2021 | A.G. Holdier
Art, Death, and Experience A piece of conceptual art challenges our traditional understanding of death with an aim of reinvention. 12 Apr 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
The Ethics of Dark Tourism Might we have a moral obligation not to trivialize the suffering of others? 7 Apr 2021 | Rachel Robison-Greene
True Crime and Empathy The genre is full of moral pitfalls and sticky situations for producers and consumers alike. 2 Apr 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
Acknowledging a Violent Past: Disney's Racist Fairy Tales Given the impact Disney has in shaping young minds, might the company have an obligation to use its power to make amends for past harm? 18 Mar 2021 | Katherine Hennessey
Grief and Saint Augustine (and WandaVision) The latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe looks for the lessons that loss teaches. 8 Mar 2021 | A.G. Holdier
Philosophical Insights from Great Literature What formative moral lessons hide in plain sight within the pages of the books that charted our childhood? 4 Mar 2021 | Marshall Bierson
Leaving Britney Alone At bottom, the stories swirling around the pop icon all presume to pass judgment on another's capacity for autonomy. 1 Mar 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
'Locked Down': Representing the Pandemic on Screen What, if any, constraints should there be on the way the story we are currently living gets told? 26 Feb 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
Can Hyperfemininity Be Radical? Is there progress regarding sexual politics that can be made by leaning into the male gaze? 19 Feb 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
'Malcolm & Marie' and the Politics of Representation Sam Levinson's latest again raises questions about the limitations of white writers writing non-white characters. 16 Feb 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
The Ethics of Cringe What can cringe culture tell us about social norms, self-awareness, and moral shaming? 5 Feb 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
The Social Justice of Copyrights and “Public Domain Day” What might explain the delay in making our most important cultural artifacts freely accessible to the public? 18 Jan 2021 | A.G. Holdier
Hilaria Baldwin and Fake Identities What can the case of Hilaria Baldwin tell us about cultural appropriation and passing as other? 15 Jan 2021 | Kiara Goodwine
On Some Philosophical Roots of Pixar’s "Soul" Pixar's latest film draws on ancient philosophy to explore the nature of existence and the meaning of life. 7 Jan 2021 | A.G. Holdier
Movies, Beliefs, and Dangerous Messages Our tendency to portray evil by depicting physical deformity is a problem in need of correction. 6 Jan 2021 | Martina Orlandi
"Tenet" and Intergenerational Environmental Justice What does it say about us if retaliation from future generations for environmental harm is justified? 29 Dec 2020 | Kiara Goodwine
Bella Thorne and Celebrities Inhabiting Shared Spaces Us and them? What are the responsibilities of celebrities when participating in shared, communal spaces? 8 Dec 2020 | Katherine Hennessey
Jane Austen and Moral Instability Austen has been claimed by all manner of social and political groups, but to whose camp does she rightfully belong? 4 Dec 2020 | Beatrice Harvey
What Would Nietzsche Think of Sam and Dean Winchester? The long-running show lowers the curtain by considering a familiar theme: what to do with our freedom once we cast off the divine yoke. 2 Dec 2020 | A.G. Holdier
