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On..."Believe"-ing in Disney's New Cruise Ship

If you had asked 5-Years-Ago Lisa what she thought of cruising, she would have given you this look: She couldn't have told you why, of course, because she wouldn't have been on a cruise ship in...many years. But present-day Lisa? Would give you this reaction. I mean -- all the magic of a Disney vacation without waking up early to book extras, without walking 25K steps a day (hush), without the Orlando humidity? Good food, great customer service, top-notch entertainment AND th

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On..."Believe"-ing in Disney's New Cruise Ship

If you had asked 5-Years-Ago Lisa what she thought of cruising, she would have given you this look: She couldn't have told you why, of course, because she wouldn't have been on a cruise ship in...many years. But present-day Lisa? Would give you this reaction. I mean -- all the magic of a Disney vacation without waking up early to book extras, without walking 25K steps a day (hush), without the Orlando humidity? Good food, great customer service, top-notch entertainment AND th

Mar 207 min read

On...Bringing Tiny Violins to Knife Fights

It's a crazy time to be a Taylor Swift fan + scholar (because, yes, that's a real thing). One of the things that fascinates me the most about pop culture isn't the texts themselves. Don't get me wrong -- I love Taylor's music and Disney movies and the Percy Jackson books. But in addition to the texts, there's also all these conversations around them -- the narratives that get circulated, the perspectives that get amplified, and what those reveal about us, as a society, in an

Feb 57 min read