Article Archive: Q - Z

Nightosphere

Q, Maggie 

Stuck in Asia, Dreaming of Hollywood,” The New York Times, February 11, 2007. 

Reality TV 

Destination America Aims to Bring us Together, with Bacon,” Los Angeles Times, July 9, 2012. 

Roll Cameras: Now Eat the Freshly Killed Wildebeest,” Los Angeles Times, September 4, 2011. 

Breaking New Ground,” Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2011. 

“Sign Here at your Peril,” Los Angeles, September 2005. 

Rivera, Naya 

Naya Rivera is Cheered by ‘Glee’ Response,” Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2011. 

Robots 

The Love Bot,” Pacific Standard, November/December 2012. 

Romijn, Rebecca 

“Spellbound,” ACCESS, October 2009. 

Saar, Betye 

The Blues Artist,” Los Angeles, January 2006. 

Skateboarders 

Recession-Ravaged Yards, Inviting Skaters to Drop In,” The New York Times, October 21, 2011. 

Heaven on Wheels,” Los Angeles, November 2007. 

Sports 

The Weird Popularity of Real-Life Quidditch,” Salon, April 19, 2011. 

“Blues Brothers,” ACCESS, March 2010. 

“Old School,” ACCESS, November 2008. 

“Brothers in Arms,” ACCESS, September 2008. 

Among the Swells,” Los Angeles, August 2004. 

True to Form,” Los Angeles, July 2002. 

Bird in Hand,” Los Angeles, June 2001. 

“Punching Judys,” Los Angeles, November 2000.  

Playing Dirty,” Los Angeles, September 2000.  

Smith, Kevin 

Action Figure,” Los Angeles, November 2004. 

Sweatshops 

“Sewing Dignity,” Orion, November/December 2003. 

Texas secession 

Stand Among the Nations,” San Antonio, April 2013. 

“300” 

The Gore of Greece, Torn From A Comic,” The New York Times, November 26, 2006. 

Union, Gabrielle 

“The State of Ms. Union,” ACCESS, April 2010. 

U.S.-Mexico border 

“Southern Cross,” Los Angeles, October 2001. 

Videogames 

Fight Songs,” Los Angeles, March 2005. 

“The Race Card,” Los Angeles, June 2003. 

“Arcade Knowledge,” Los Angeles, March 2003. 

“Cold, Hard Pets,” Los Angeles, October 1997. 

Walsh, Kate 

“Woman on Top,” ACCESS, October 2008. 

Wallace, David Foster 

The Last Days of David Foster Wallace,” Salon, September 26, 2008. 

Washington, Isaiah 

A Comeback on his Own Terms,” The New York Times, September 15, 2013. 

Wong, Kar-wai 

“Affairs of the Heart,” AsianWeek, January 25, 2001. 

Yellowface 

“’A Certain Slant’: A Brief History of Hollywood Yellowface,” Bright Lights Film Journal, March 1997.