The Afterlife of Newsies
The Newspaper Boy Strike of 1899 was unlikely fodder for a Disney movie, but the 1989 film taught a generation about the true meaning of a fun job, great friends, and the necessity of organized labor.
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The Baffler
Published: Jan 8, 2018
Length: 19 minutes (4,800 words)
Re-examining Monica, Marcia, Tonya and Anita, the ‘Scandalous’ Women of the ’90s
Marshall revisits some scandals involving women in the ’90s and has us reconsider their stories: “All these women confronted us with truths we did not want to consider, and so we terrorized them, mocked them, abused them, and rendered them finally voiceless.”
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Fusion
Published: Apr 19, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3,902 words)