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The seemingly elusive connections between a West African ceremony and a Southern blues scape is this thesis’s central focus. In "Unmasking The Blues: Gẹlẹdẹ And The Creation Of Blues Alchemy," I explore the blues culture phenomena of alchemy (a personal, cultural, collective lib…

For centuries, people have been captivated by tales of questing knights, fair ladies, and magical encounters. As someone who grew up immersed in the fantasy genre, transitioning from the Brian Jacques Redwall series as a child to George R.R. Martin's A Song of lce and Fire as an…

Over the course of this research paper, I discuss the importance of gender fluidity and the influence of drag culture through film and television. I start with language and the use of ungendered pronouns in many languages around the world, to the inclusion of a non-binary or thi…