Culture

Hannah Martin explores how, even as storytellers offer new images of masculinity, the role of fragile, passive women still persists.

Wenfei Ma discusses the “Disney, Fairy Tales, and Feminist Theory” class, and her final project exploring the Mulan story and its feminist implications.

Dr. Craig Detweiler, President of The Seattle School, reviews Spike Lee’s new film, BlacKkKlansman, an urgent and powerful story for our current climate.

Dr. Kj Swanson writes about the vision behind the summer elective “Disney, Fairy Tales, and Feminist Theory,” and about why we tell the stories we tell.

Brittany Deininger wrestles with the hit show Westworld and the questions it raises of consciousness and what it means to be human.

Ryan Kuja talks about vocation, sustainability, his education at The Seattle School, and his new book, From the Inside Out.

Beau Denton writes about Mr. Rogers and the ways that fiction allows us to relate to ourselves and each other in new ways.

Dr. Chelle Stearns continues her conversation with composer Stephen Michael Newby about his work inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., and how it intersects with our cultural moment.

Craig Detweiler talks about six months as President, adaptive resilience, the importance of home, and The Seattle School’s next chapter.

On the text.soul.culture podcast, Shauna Gauthier talks with artist and community organizer Nikkita Oliver about her formation, her work in Seattle, and the difference between natural and forced resilience.

Seattle School community members share about the podcasts they’re enjoying these days, and about the best episodes to dive in.

As we move through National Poetry Month, Brittany Deininger shares some of her favorite contemporary women poets, reminding us that poetry is a place of radical resistance and beautiful intersectionality.