The Asian Canadian gay activist whose theories on sexuality were decades ahead of their time
Historians are rediscovering one of the most important LGBTQ activists of the early 20th Century – an Asian Canadian named Li Shiu Tong. You probabl…
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Can Bionic Reading make you a speed reader? Not so fast
What if something as simple as bolding parts of a word could make reading a breeze, improving your focus, speed and comprehension? That’s the claim …
How your race, class and gender influence your dreams for the future
In Disney’s “Pinocchio,” Jiminy Cricket famously sings, “When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are. Anything your heart desir…
Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art?
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but thanks to an artificial intelligence program called DALL-E 2, you can have a professional-looking image w…
From ‘dada’ to Darth Vader – why the way we name fathers reminds us we spring from the same well
Movie legend has it that the identity of Luke Skywalker’s father was always hiding in plain sight – well, at least through a subtle naming clue. …
Tumblr’s enduring appeal reveals the potency of the web’s cultural memory
When tech billionaire Elon Musk made a deal to acquire Twitter in April 2022, many Twitter users threatened to shut down their accounts and migrate el…
Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ teen and young adult life
In recognition of LGBT Pride Month, The Conversation reached out to Jonathan Alexander – an English professor with a scholarly interest in the inter…