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Memoir
Trusting a Stranger
Abigail Fisher
The babysitter has assumed various roles within popular culture – scheming seductress, slacker, killer, victim. What does it mean to insert oneself into someone else’s domestic sphere, at the nexus of race, power, gender and care?
Culture
Museum of the Self
Cher Tan
Once the realm of skilled professionals, social media has made photography a hugely accessible method of self-expression. What does it mean to be your ‘authentic’ self when everyone is watching?
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Kill Your Darlings
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Commentary
More Mulder than Scully
Bish Marzook
As a female scientist trying to make it in a white male-dominated world, The X-Files’ steadfast and sensible Dana Scully seemed a perfect feminist role model. But as I question my place in the world of STEM, I am discovering that ‘representation’ means more than just lookalikes.