Postmodernism

Elizabeth Debold: The War on Women -- and the War Within Women

15 May 2012

"Femininity" is women's past, and "feminism" is our present. What I mean by this is not what you might think -- I'm not pitting family and children against career and culture, or wanting a push-up bra versus wearing no bra.

A Second Look: 'Being John Malkovich' is a surreal mind trip

13 May 2012

The 1999 Spike Jonze-directed story of people seeking 15 minutes of an ultimate fan fantasy is a riff on modern celebrity culture. One of the greatest first films in all of American cinema, "Being John Malkovich" (1999) introduced audiences to Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman, two of the most distinctive voices in contemporary movies. A mad scramble of surrealist tropes and philosophical ideas ...

Religion Briefs

11 May 2012

Mount St. Benedict to host Enrichment Series talks