madeline camplese

As we traverse the 21st century, an era characterized by arguably the most potent intersection of religion and science there has been to date, we are left with relics of the past and mysteries of our own epoch, each seeking to explain each other. Western Christianity in Europe and beyond has been the sole proprietor of these existential explanations historically. I wish to explore the amalgamation of these disciplines lost to time: mysticism. Mysticism sought to explore the i

“Do you think I look like I’m from Sacramento?” The first words uttered by Christine McPhearson in Greta Gerwig’s 2017 Lady Bird ring out through the screen in truth. It’s a relatable sentiment for the inner-child in all of us: am I who I say I am? Am I who I believe I am? And, most importantly, how do people see me? Lady Bird channels these questions into the very spirit of itself. Christine McPhearson, who has given herself the new name Lady Bird, (played by Saiorse Ronan)

In our digital world, we are saturated with hundreds upon thousands of images of women on a daily basis: advertisements, family photos, selfies, ad campaigns, influencer content, professional photography, amateur video editing; each one, in their own minutely different way, attempting to tell us a story about that woman. They attempt to make us feel, react, to pivot our behavior. Most, due to the sheer volume, we see and ignore. But each picture we consume in our lives is rep

“In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.” - Alice Walker Because of its centrality to modern Black feminist theory and topics of...