February 16, 2018
On the outer edge of southwestern Havana lies a large neighborhood, somewhat like a New York City borough, called Marianao. Within Marianao live a variety of vibrant migrant communities, mostly black Cubans, who have moved from the countryside to the…
February 15, 2018
My introduction to French feminism took place at the dinner table, when my host father nonchalantly asked me what I thought about Catherine Deneuve’s statement. Reluctantly, I had to admit that I had no idea who Deneuve was and what the fuss was all…
Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”—an often anthologized poem and favorite of high school English teachers—famously asks whether “good fences make good neighbors.” Even though I haven’t read the poem in years, those words immediately came to mind while on…
