Category: Academic
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From Sound Studies to Performance Studies:Piazzolla’s Iconicity and Music
What field of study do we belong when we talk about the iconicity of sound? Read more
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“Proud to be Autistic”: Greta Thunberg’s Queering Rhetorical Genre in Climate Advocacy
Greta Thunberg’s controversy inspires us to look at autistic rhetoric on climate change, improving our conversations about autism in discourse and education. Read more
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Hello Kitty in Japan and US: Sexism and Exoticism in the East and the West
Can Hello Kitty also be a symbol of cultural exchange? A tool for diplomatic purposes? Read more
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To speak is to exist absolutely for the other: How Language Comes Before Humans
I believe that we do not command language; in fact, language influences us in subtle ways. Read more
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“Rick and Morty” and Existentialism
Rick, as a seasoned nihilist in the show, has perhaps purposefully chosen to be ignorant of his consciousness after he has been through all the stages of despair. Possibly, Rick’s decision provides the only tangible method for humans to tackle their permanent despair. Read more
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Restaging Political Institutions through Queering English Language in LGBTQ+ Novels
Because political constructs like the identity tags in identity politics are constructed through the use of language, it is important to investigate ways in which language creates the way people understand themselves through social constructs and how language can overcome the barriers of fixed identities through queering naturalized identity tags, through queering language in a… Read more
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Hamlet in China’s “Lying Flat” Movement: Hesitation to Act and the Search for Identity
imposed on Chinese people to cover failures in the economic system. Read more
