Writing
Erick DuPree’s blog explores the intersections of anthropology, literature, and material culture to illuminate how identity, ritual, and meaning take shape across time and tradition. Blending scholarship with storytelling, these essays invite readers to engage critically and imaginatively with the cultural forces that shape both personal and collective experience.
The Golden Idol of Bob Mackie Barbie
A golden Bob Mackie Barbie became more than a doll—it was a queer awakening. From a boy forbidden the Barbie aisle to an adult embracing glamour and self-invention, this radiant idol revealed beauty, gender, and identity as sacred, theatrical, and unapologetically divine.