Oz Frankel, Journal Editor Shelley Stamp Hollywood’s Gaslight and the Gendered Dynamics of Gaslighting The 1944 film Gaslight, from which contemporary use of the term “gaslighting” originates, provides key insights into the gendered dynamics of gaslighting. A gothic melodrama set in Victorian London, the film depicts a young bride terrorized by her new husband, increasingly unable to trust her own perception and pushed to the brink of psychosis. Watching the film, viewers exp

Oz Frankel , Journal Editor W. Caleb McDaniel No Union with Slaveholders: A Radical, Practical Abolitionist Plan Nineteenth-century American abolitionists led by William Lloyd Garrison urged their followers to rally around the unpopular motto “No Union with Slaveholders.” Beginning two decades before the Civil War, they argued that the only way to end slavery was to dissolve the Union. These “disunionists” were criticized by other reformers at the time for doing nothing to a

Sean Jacobs, Guest Editor Oz Frankel, Journal Editor Sean Jacobs Guest Editor’s Introduction Chris Bolsmann Men’s Professional Soccer in the United States: The Proverbial Sport of Tomorrow Men’s professional soccer in the United States is both popular and profitable. This article offers a broad historical overview of the key factors in the development of the professional game, highlighting the continuities and changes in its organization. First, wealthy investors have cons

Arjun Appadurai and Arien Mack, Issue Coeditors Oz Frankel, Journal Editor Lisa Anderson From Pursuing Truth to Managing Stress: The Costs and Consequences of the Therapeutic Turn in American Universities The desire to simultaneously encourage and contain transformative research and to both nurture and control critical thinking has been a tension since the very creation of the university. In recent years, efforts to manage these conflicting impulses have been assigned to ind