Fleur Gabriel (Monash): Presumed Innocent: The Paradox of "Coming of Age" and the Problem of Youth Sexuality in Lolita and Thirteen. Obama, appeasement and the race baiters: It's no secret why this White House flees from racial controversy, but for his sake and ours, Obama must confront the appeals to America's worst instincts. From The Public Sphere, Breanne Fahs on lifestyle drugs and the new wave of pharmaceutical personality sculpting; and James Walker on Le Parkour: The body as politics. Mexico’s Squid Sweatshops: The squid in our stores is often processed in horrendous conditions in Mexico. Will gender exist 100 years from now, or does it already not exist? The problem of illegal immigration has been left to fester for decades — it is time, nonetheless, to try to finally bring millions of men, women, and children in from the dark. What’s ours will stay that way: A look at how rich countries set intellectual property rules in secret. What happened to the NAACP? It’s odd to think that the venerable and historic National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been reduced to a talking point in the national media cycle this week. Tom Brown’s Schooldays, published in 1857, may be the most influential book about sports and games published in modern times. Elsadig Elsheikh on Haiti and the broken promises (and more on Haiti at six months after earthquake). A review of Hegel, Haiti and Universal History by Susan Buck-Morss.
