Cristina Córdova

Sexuality, Body Image, and Gender

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ART & LECTURE Contemporary Practice of Ancient Women’s Ritual Inspired by a short story by writer Leah Lax, Janice Rubin began documenting the contemporary practice of the ancient and secret Jewish ritual bath, mikvah. The resulting underwater photographs are both sensual and enigmatic, haunting and evocative. But The Mikvah Project is not a one-woman show; … Read more

Blogging in Your Parents' Basement

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The Literary Review of Canada gives us “The Rise of the Pyjamahadeen: Who says blogging in your parents’ basement is unhealthy?” — Warren Kinsella’s review of Blogosphere: The New Political Arena, by Michael Keren.

A Day of Learning and Reckoning

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ART Practice What You Preach With so many great art galleries and artists in town, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the high-profile exhibit spaces and lose sight of some of the most productive and interesting venues — the colleges. While we occasionally make our way to one or two of the numerous (and … Read more

Conquering Ozymandius

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You’ve seen this image before. Of course you have. If nothing else, at least a cheap print in a college dorm. (I had one myself. I mean, it’s beautiful, albeit cliché at this point.) It’s Gustav Klimt’s Gold Portrait, stolen from Viennese Jews in 1938 and now the most expensive painting ever sold — and … Read more

Honesty and Illness Aren't Restricted to Lifetime

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After a reasonably successful short (Lena’s Spaghetti) in the Telluride Film Festival, Director Joseh Greco set out to make “a film about mental illness that was not only true to [his] experience, but also universal” — an emotionally honest look at schizophrenia. I’ll spare you all the plot details, which on paper (or screen) might … Read more

Insults with Class

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This is absolutely brilliant — so simple, and so beautifully base. Check out the Shakespearean Insulter, “thou lumpish hell-hated popinjay!”