Donald Trump's rise has revealed an ugly truth: that, for some, prejudice is an addictive source of pleasure. Can a medieval idea help us fight…
Feminism
The dissenters on the Supreme Court claim that "traditional" marriage has existed for "millennia." Justices Scalia, Alito, Roberts and Thomas clearly aren't medievalists...
What does it mean when our media says that "no" might mean "yes"? A popular BBC historical drama perpetuates dangerous myths about sexual violence.
As a medievalist interested in popular culture, I’ve been asked by a handful of people to comment on that scene from a recent episode of…
Social conservatives mourn the "death of chivalry". But it wasn't feminists who killed it, it was the Victorians...