Written in college:

"Aren't We Manly?": Masculinity, Split Personalities, and the “New Man” in Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
Written for my Contemporary Lit Theory class. By portraying men as having split personalities, the show suggests that men must fight hypermasculine tendencies, which are either inherent or constructed, in order to be the new men of postfeminism.

Mother and Child as Hope in Picasso's First Steps:
Written for my Modern Art History class. Picasso’s 1943 painting uses symbolism, color, and a modification of Cubism to convey a message of hope during Nazi occupation of Paris. (Photos of paintings included.)

Selkies in Irish Folklore:
Written for my summer class at the University of Limerick.

Religious and Political Cleavages in Northern Ireland:
Written for my Comparative Politics class, dicusses the causes of the conflict.

"Women are Trouble": Feminism in The Crying Game:
Written for my Contemporary British Literature and Film class. Discusses binary stereotypes, masculinity in crisis, the femme fatale, and other issues of post-feminism in The Crying Game and other films from the Thatcher era.

Written in high school:

Native American Spirituality:
Written for my Early America literature/history class.

Witch Hunts:
Causes of the witch hunts in Early America.

Women's Suffrage:
Written for my AP US History class.