Muses articles

  • ‘Medicine & the Muse’ breathes life into Bing

    Musicians from the School of Medicine channeled touching, personal experiences into their masterful performance, titled “Pulling at Heartstrings,” Zhao writes.
  • QAnon nuts muse about what happens if Trump is found guilty

    Over at QAnon’s current online home (no link or site name on purpose, but here’s some background info on this far-right cult that traffics in crazy conspiracies), they’re pondering what would happen if Donald Trump is found guilty after his ongoing hush money trial in New York—and it’s quite the ride. The original forum post:  If Trump is found guilty, what then? I have no faith in any jurors chosen for Trump’s trial. Almost certainly most or all will be biased against him. I’d say that...
  • Marlene Dietrich is the muse for feminist retelling of Dior’s story

    Hollywood’s pioneer of androgyny inspires label’s latest catwalk show at New York’s Brooklyn MuseumChristian Dior probably did more than anyone in the history of fashion to make an hourglass figure a symbol of the perfect woman. The tiny waists and exaggerated curves of his 1947 New Look collection were not just a fashion sensation but a cultural one. Dior cut a visual template for femininity that ruled unchallenged for the second half of the 20th century.So Marlene Dietrich, the pioneer of...