When nationalism combines with soccer in the stadiums and streets of Europe, it tends to not end well. For decades, images of drunken fans adorned with nationalist symbols and flags fighting one…
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Centuries after Christine de Pizan wrote a book railing against misogyny, Taylor Swift is building her own ‘City of Ladies’
In her work, Taylor Swift has taken inspiration from women of the past, including actress Clara Bow, socialite Rebekah Harkness and her grandmother Marjorie Finlay, who was an opera singer. But sometimes…
After ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ hip-hop went global – its impact has been massive; so too efforts to keep it real
Soon after the fall 1979 release of “Rapper’s Delight,” versions of the first commercially successful rap recording began cropping up around the world. Two Portuguese-language versions, “Bons Tempos” and “Melô Do Tagarela,”…
The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
Critics have been raking Ridley Scott’s new movie about Napoléon Bonaparte over the coals for its many historical inaccuracies. As a scholar of French colonialism and slavery who studies historical fiction, or…