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October 27, 2025

‘Dark Academia’ romanticises a gothic higher education aesthetic. The modern institution is ethically closer to grey

Alex Munt, University of Technology Sydney

Sorry, Baby and After the Hunt have put graduate research – and its ethical grey areas – on the screen.

Julia Roberts interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci for a non-profit organization. Here, Roberts, left, at an Obama Foundation event in December 2019, and Fauci, right, in Washington on June 23. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian and Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

July 14, 2020

Celebrity views on COVID‑19 aren’t welcome — except when drawing attention to heroes

Lorraine York, McMaster University

Just like in the days following 9/11, celebrities most successfully use their star power in the COVID-19 crisis when they appear to step out of the limelight, publicly praising first responders.

Why is ‘Harriet’ receiving a Twitter backlash?

November 28, 2019

Harriet Tubman film does not deserve the Twitter hate

Cheryl Thompson, Toronto Metropolitan University

Does the new film misrepresent Harriet Tubman’s legacy as claimed by many Twitter users?

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Cheryl Thompson
Canada Research Chair, Professor in Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
Lorraine York
Distinguished University Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
Alex Munt
Associate Professor, Media Arts & Production, University of Technology Sydney

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