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“Spring breaking:” Dionysian Paradise, Feminine Divine and Technological Modernity, from Impressionism to the Contemporary Avant-Garde
William Rubin charges that a bohemian spirit’s election of conceptualization over the visual sense in the late 18th century motivated Western Europe’s shift towards anti-naturalism.

“I be the witch of the wood:” How A Monster Girl Comes Of Age In The Witch and Raw
In 2000, Ginger Snaps reinterpreted the symbolism of girl’s maturation, sexuality and becoming monstrous creatures understood as the norm in the horror genre.

“Larded with sweet flowers; / Which bewept to the grave did go:” 2024 Shakespeare in the park’s Hamlet is perfectly nightmarish in a midsummer night’s dream
Giant, emerald-green trees, full bloom with swirling branches, cradle a wooden stage tucked away in Toronto’s High Park.

An All-American Sweetheart, Cheesecake, Girl-Next-Door: Marilyn Monroe As the Hollywood Role Model Of 1950s Femininity
This primary research paper understands how Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Baker), upon her arrival to Hollywood, gave Hollywood's players a role model of 1950s femininity.

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“This, Madame, is Versailles:” The Ethics and Morality of Rococo France’s Politics of Gender and Imperialism in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette
Garments in candy-coloured chiffon, velvet, satin and silk fabrics and golden and silver floral and delicate Eastern flora and fauna prints.
