A Suburban Fairy Tale: A Simple Visual Analysis of Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands, a film released in 1990 directed by Tim Burton, is a fairy tale about how a young man with scissors for hands encounters the everyday “normal” world of an American suburb. Like most fairy…

Gentle Disruptions

Edward Scissorhands and the Discourse of Normalcy

How to Signal When You Are Borrowing the Words and Ideas of Other Writers

In order not to plagiarize, you must clearly signal when you are using words borrowed from another writer.

Academic Discourse & The Shared Values of Academic Writing*

Membership in all communities means partaking of its culture, values, goals, and means of communication. Becoming a member of the intellectual…

Have You Prepared Yourself to Be Ready to Learn?

“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is…

How to Find Smart Cultural Analysis on the Web

Human beings can’t help but do cultural analysis. We’re hardwired to try to figure out how the world around us works and make sense of what we find in it.