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Pitch Us
As a student-led journal of the engaged and public humanities, Interspaces is deeply interested in work and writing that practices promiscuous border-crossing and blurs disciplinary lines in service of our...
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Critical Relaxation Studies
This semester, having been given a blank check to write about anything I wanted to in the context of the humanities, I’ve taken on the...
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Who Are We Protecting? Conflicts of the Choice Debate
Before I explore the cultural differences and similarities that define the abortion choice debate, have you read this short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away...
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Critical Relaxation Studies
This semester, having been given a blank check to write about anything I wanted to in the context of the humanities, I’ve taken on the...
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Who Are We Protecting? Conflicts of the Choice Debate
Before I explore the cultural differences and similarities that define the abortion choice debate, have you read this short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away...
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So You Tried a New Hobby in Lockdown—Now What?
I was lucky enough not to get COVID until April 2022. When it finally caught up with me, I spent my quarantine lying in bed...
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Bulges
I frantically sketched the tilt of her shoulders and the contrary angle of her hips, charcoal dust settling on the toes of my sneakers. Lily...
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After the Deadwood: Exploring Redemption and Damnation through Dungeons and Dragons
One night in the winter of 2017, I did the worst thing I’ve ever done. Over winter break, I had gotten together with some of...
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To the Collector Go the Spoils: We Need to Change the Way We Credit Museum Donors and Donorship
Mary Lee Bendolph, Blocks and Strips, 2002, wool, cotton, corduroy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep...
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Clearing the Dungeon: Telling New Stories with Old Tools in Dungeons and Dragons
Years of playing Dungeons and Dragons has taught me a very simple lesson about creativity: good work is original, great work is theft. Sure, we...
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I’ve Been Annoying Online for a Long Time & This Is What I Have to Show for It
I’m in 7th grade. My first tweet is, “I got a 98 on my Hebrew test!” It seems like a good thing to tweet. My...
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Art Alongside Anatomy: How Integrating Visual Art into Medical Education Makes Better Physicians
We would all be better off if medical students spent more time in art galleries and studios. Evidence and anecdotes make clear an urgent need...
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The Wax Room and Its Watchers
“Control? Code 3 – Wax Room.” Code 3 is code for an artwork emergency. Wax Room is a closet-sized room lined with about 400 lbs....
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Let’s Work on Group Work
There is a reason why most people dread hearing “So we will be doing group projects”. Maybe it is from historical tendencies...
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The Secret to Grant Writing
Let’s be real: Grant writing is more than just being able to write. It’s being able to follow instructions and to creatively,...
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On Paper or Out Loud?
Throughout my various jobs and graduate schooling, I have produced a lot of writing. Topics ranged from a grant proposal for collecting...
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It’s Personal Because It’s Family
Our second big writing project this semester was a personal essay. Luckily, I’ve been practicing this genre a bit in another class,...
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Just Allergies
It’s just allergies, I think to myself on my walk to work, making my way to the campus of a law school...
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Let me ramble.
As my sister once aptly observed, everyone in my family has a grasp on the art of the personal essay. I don’t...
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Podcasts ~can~ be DH
I believe that a podcast can be part of the digital humanities (DH). My criteria for a podcast qualifying as DH depends...
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Social Justice Podcasts are Public Humanities
I discovered the podcasts Code Switch and GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp during the solitary pandemic. GirlTrek was introduced to me by a...
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Writing My First Op-Ed
The first hurdle in the process of writing my op-ed was establishing myself as a writer who should be trusted. I argued...
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Fitting in or Expanding a Genre
When I thought about writing my op-ed or even brainstorming ideas, I didn’t know if there was space for me in the...
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