Power Posing in the Taiwan Photo Studio
As photography became more popular in occupied Taiwan, the camera subtly captured the shifting boundaries between Japanese colonizers and their Taiwanese subjects.
Eight Collections Perfect for Hispanic Heritage Month
Freely available images and other primary source materials from the JSTOR Collections.
Underground Conquest: Cave Exploration and Nationalism
As cave exploration became more popular and speleology developed as an academic discipline, cave explorers were drawn into a problematic European nationalism.
What the Trees Are Telling Us
Markers of both environmental change and periods of stability, trees have a lot to tell us about nature—but also about humanity.
The Scandalous Play in Mansfield Park
Jane Austen uses Elizabeth Inchbald’s Lovers’ Vows to explore the social boundaries, both public and private, of Regency England.
Using Pollen To Make Paper, Sponges, and More
Reengineered, the powdery stuff could become a range of eco-friendly objects.
From Neoliberalism to Trumpism
The neoliberal politics that developed in the 1970s created financial instability and fragmented cultural markets, helping to pave the way for Trumpism.
Urgent Notification: It’s Time to Play Cross Reference
This month’s crossword puzzle kindly requests your attention.
Eighteenth-Century Takes on Basic Income
Universal basic income has gotten some serious twenty-first-century play, but the idea is hardly new.
Demonizing Immigrants in the 1880s
American newspapers portrayed members of immigrant groups as potential anarchists, linking the ideology to other anxieties and stereotypes about foreigners.