Trump and members of his administration often refer to him as "a builder" and at a recent rally in North Carolina, Trump ...

If eyes are the window to the soul, then eyeliner could be seen as amplifying the soul's purpose. It was around this time that Zahra Hankir – author or "Eyeliner: A Cultural History" – also deepened ...

One chilly September morning in 2022, a Kim Kardashian post appeared on my feed. Against the sweeping American flag, she sported a denim-on-denim outfit and shiny bleach blonde hair. Her makeup was ...

Centered in a community of visual and performing artists, the MA program’s core courses are supplemented by electives and a stimulating, art-focused environment. Institute scholarships, teaching ...

CalArts’ MA Aesthetics and Politics Program—a uniquely structured two year graduate experience for students seeking to engage in an intensive critique of the relations between culture, politics and ...

Tschabalala Self. Tabled, 2021. (page 239), Lace, fabric, oil, acrylic, dye and painted canvas on canvas, 213.4 × 182.9 cm (84 × 72 in) A woman in a lace embellished dress sits to the right of a table ...

For most readers of political commentary, the human consequences of deindustrialization, the 1994 Crime Bill, the bailouts of Wall Street, etc., are abstractions. Deindustrialization left capable ...

UC Davis East Asian Studies, Global Hong Kong Studies @ the University of California, and America-China Talk at UC Davis invite scholars and PhD students to submit original research papers for the ...

More than eighty years ago, a then-obscure German philosopher wrote an essay that foresaw the essential reason behind President Donald Trump’s enduring political appeal. His name was Walter Benjamin; ...

Political psychology may be legitimately developed as a "social aesthetic." Its activities generate social forms, much as in the arts. While logic works within the confines of society's language, ...

"Nefertiti was really our original beauty influencer." It was around this time that Zahra Hankir – author or "Eyeliner: A Cultural History" – also deepened her own relationship with eyeliner. The ...