The state of California spends more on prisons than on colleges and universities, and the fact that these two budgetary figures are often compared shows the relationship between the two state institutions. Our classrooms, starting from a very early stage, not only prepare children to be productive members of the consumer economy but educate them…[Read more]

Diane Purkiss claims that “in Early Modern England, the witch was a woman’s fantasy and not simply a male nightmare”. Continuing along Purkiss’ notion of witchcraft as perpetuated by women, this article looks at the Idealized-Demonized Witch-Figure in Early Modern Europe, and how the two sides of the same figure served to empower women and threate…[Read more]