By Ashley Huggins In one of my previous blog posts, I talked about the similarities between the television show Dexter and Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This week, I would like to revisit the idea of a good versus evil split personality in the context of the new TV show (and newly cancelled) Do No Harm. The show centers around … [Read more...] about Modern Classics: Do No Harm
Modern Classics: Les Mis
Once upon a time, I took a summer to read Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables – the beastly, unabridged version, in fact. I was inspired by my love for classic literature, my adoration of the musical tale, and the sense of accomplishment I knew I would feel after making it through the entire novel. Looking back, I probably should have just read the abridged version – I really did not … [Read more...] about Modern Classics: Les Mis
The Faces of Korean Beauty
Decades ago, the image of a typical Korean woman was very different from the doll-like faces plastered across cosmetics advertisements and popular Korean dramas1. But as Korean the economy prospered and a voracious appetite for Korean pop culture spread across the globe2, the faces of Korean celebrities grew to be admired by many women. These faces—all shaped delicately into an … [Read more...] about The Faces of Korean Beauty
The Most Interesting Immigrant in the World
The Great Recession and the subsequent structural changes in the United States economy have resulted in severe disadvantages for the unskilled worker in American society. Latino immigrants make up a disproportionately large subset of the unskilled labor force for a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic reasons unique to their ethnic group. Faced with clear social disadvantages, … [Read more...] about The Most Interesting Immigrant in the World
Modern Classics: Once Upon a Time
Fairy tales have more substance to them than Disney would have you believe; despite the common perception of fairy tales as cute little stories that always end with a "happily ever after," in reality, fairy tales are a bit more complex. One such way this complexity is evident is in the way that fairy tales have evolved and transformed over time, being shaped by issues such as … [Read more...] about Modern Classics: Once Upon a Time