cultural studies Archives - The American Scholar

A Life Written in Invisible Ink

By Sandra M. Gilbert | 09/06/2016 |

In her rebellious and much-celebrated poetry, Adrienne Rich both deciphered and created the feminist world she inhabited

Superheroes Are So Gay!

By Stephanie Bastek | 06/27/2016 |

Dig into the queer politics of American comics

Changing the Subject

By Stephanie Bastek | 10/07/2015 |

An excerpt from Sven Birkerts’s latest book about art in the Internet age