vol XIV
The United States: a beacon of wealth and opportunity that shines throughout the world. At least, it portrays itself that way. . . Continue reading The Chinese Immigrant American Experience: Dream, Myth, or Nightmare?
When my friends and I need to hype ourselves up, we always put on a Megan Thee Stallion song. “Cash Shit” was the go-to for a while, but “Cocky Af” and “Savage” are also constantly in rotation. . . Continue reading Real Hot Girl Shit
In a 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show (a popular daytime program that ran from 1968 to 1995), Cavett began his interview with Alfred Hitchcock with a reference to the director’s iconic taste for the macabre . . . Continue reading Motherhood in Horror Revealed: Complexities of the Maternal Thriller
I first learned about the Ogallala Aquifer junior year of high school in my environmental science course. We explored how vast the aquifer was and how vital it was to life in the middle of the United States and ultimately the entirety of the country. . . Continue reading The Water Crisis Under Our Feet
Have you ever wished Sigmund Freud was still alive so you could finally make clear your dislike for him and your disagreements with his outdated, problematic scientific ideas? Continue reading The Uncanny Freud
Neither the Edith Kinney Gaylord Expository Writing Program nor this fourteenth issue of our student literary publication would exist without the contributions of so many excellent undergraduate writers. The primary credit for Volume XIV of Brainstorm belongs to the students whose work we showcase this year: Bryce Barnett, Tristan Breath, Morgan Chen, Rachel Emery, and Adeline Miller. Continue reading acknowledgements (v. XIV)