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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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"Racism is Solved!" A Fake Conservative's Guide to Social Justice

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Villella, Victoria Dunne
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

Under the cloak of a character who is as ignorant as he is conservative, Stephen Colbert delivers snaps-worthy "truthiness"-insights that often shine a light to mainstream systemic forms of oppression by embodying their very nature. In my thesis, I acknowledge...

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(this never happened): Queer monstrosity, survival, & the monstrous-feminine on stage & screen

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Mallory Tyler
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

In what ways are monstrosity, the abject, and queerness connected? What are the mechanisms by which we as a culture twist perceptions of difference into denouncements of monstrous otherness? How can we use creation as a tool for healing? How...

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Endocranial shape asymmetries in Hylobates lar

Publication Date
2022-December-06
Authors
Saha, Soumik
Department or Program
Anthropology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

Asymmetries in brain shape, or petalias, is the extension of one cerebral hemisphere beyond the other. In humans, anatomical asymmetry of the brain has been linked to handedness and cognitive functions. Previous research has demonstrated brain shape asymmetries in hominids...

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