Tag: Romance
America’s postwar fling with romance comics
Michael C. Weisenburg, University of South Carolina
Last year, comic book enthusiast Gary Watson donated his massive personal collection to the Irvin Department of Rare...
How China does Valentine’s Day
Wei Li, Frostburg State University
Americans celebrate love on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day — a holiday named for Saint Valentine, a third-century Roman clergyman who...
If the Romance Writers of America can implode over racism, no...
Christine Larson, University of Colorado Boulder
Over the past month, Romance Writers of America, one of the country’s largest writing associations, with over 9,000 members,...
The civil rights activist so close to Martin Luther King Jr....
Jason Miller, North Carolina State University
In a recent article published in Standpoint Magazine, Pulitzer Prize-winning Martin Luther King Jr. biographer David Garrow details new...
This trait could be key to a lasting romance
Toni Antonucci, University of Michigan; Kristine J. Ajrouch, University of Michigan, and Noah J. Webster, University of Michigan
Passion and commitment are widely believed to...
How Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel, helped him break baseball’s color line
Chris Lamb, IUPUI
Jackie Robinson will be remembered for his courage, athleticism, tenacity and sacrifice on Jan. 31, the centennial of his birth. By confronting...
Should we scoff at the idea of love at first sight?
James Kuzner, Brown University
For a lecture course I teach at Brown University called “Love Stories,” we begin at the beginning, with love at first...
Why Tinder is so ‘evilly satisfying’
Jeanette Purvis, University of Hawaii
In America, 60 percent of digital media consumption now occurs on mobile or tablet devices instead of desktop computers.
As...
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Food scholarships could help more students finish college
Daphne Hernandez, University of Houston
It’s hard, if not impossible, to succeed in college if you’re hungry. Seems like such an easy concept that it’s...
