“I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It”

In the fall of 2008, Kate Perry’s I Kissed a Girl often played on the radio in Jou Jou café where I wrote most of this book. Across 168^th street from Presbyterian Hospital in my Washington Heights neighborhood, where I have c...

The Power of the Media: Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts

Media’s greatest power is its influence on personal ideology, what we believe to be true. By understanding the archetypes presented in media, we can better understand how our