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The three witches in ‘Macbeth’ – also known as the ‘weird,’ or ‘wyrd,’ sisters – are prophetesses who often do the opposite of what’s expected of them. Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

August 15, 2024

In praise of the weird

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Central Michigan University

Despite feeling some schadenfreude at watching politicians squirm over being derided as such, a scholar of speculative fiction wants to keep America weird.

Former President Donald Trump reacts as he visits with campaign volunteers in Des Moines, Iowa this month. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

June 9, 2023

Even after an indictment on federal charges, ‘persecuted’ Donald Trump could win again

Jeff MacLeod, Mount Saint Vincent University

Donald Trump has carved out an aspect of the survivalist trope so adroitly that it led to unexpected political success in 2016. It could easily happen again in 2024

October 4, 2022

The Little Mermaid has always been a story about exclusion – and its author was an outsider

Michelle Smith, Monash University

Disney’s new Black mermaid has been called ‘inauthentic’ – but fairy tales have always been repurposed across cultures. And Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid was different from Disney’s.

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Professor, Political Studies/ Public Policy Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Professor of English, Central Michigan University

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