Angelica M.

‘Masculinity Crisis’ – How National Security Weaponized Homosexuality to Protect the Rigid Image of “Real” Masculinity

The new heightened sense of National Security during the Cold War kept the nation under a watchful eye, and this watchfulness was also being done within the U.S. government. With fears of Russia’s nuclear power and the Soviet Union’s political power taking over nations, this fear translated into the government surveilling their people of havingContinue reading “‘Masculinity Crisis’ – How National Security Weaponized Homosexuality to Protect the Rigid Image of “Real” Masculinity”

The Oldest Enemy in Our Backyard

The need for a national security state was on the rise post-WWII. The U.S., left in a state of uncertainty after the war, created a system of covert bureaucracies within the government to gather “intelligence concerning the intentions and capabilities of actual or potential enemies” (Dean 2). However, this alertness of “‘threats to national security’”Continue reading “The Oldest Enemy in Our Backyard”