Tracey’s Stuff in the News: 

Janis Jibrin, “Ultra Processed Food isn’t Just bad for your health – it messes with your mind,” National Geographic, November 22, 2023. 
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/ultra-processed-foods-damage-brain-depression-anxiety-cognitive-decline

Meryl Davies Landau, “No food or medicine can do what olive oil can do. Here’s Why,” National Geographic November 6, 2023 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/olive-oil-healthiest-oil-prevention-heart-disease-cancer

Ashley’s Stuff in the News:
Mary Hoogasian and Bedross Der Matossian, “The Armenian Community in Jerusalem Faces an Existential Threat,” Armenian Weekly, November 16, 2023, https://armenianweekly.com/2023/11/16/the-armenian-community-in-jerusalem-faces-an-existential-threat/. 
Elis Gjevori, “East Jerusalem: Israeli Settlers Seek to Take Over Armenian Quarter by Force,” Middle East Eye, November 16, 2023,
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-settlers-jerusalem-take-over-armenian-quarter-force.
Crispian Balmer, “Jerusalem Christians Rally around Armenian Church over Land Deal,” Reuters, November 19, 2023, 
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jerusalem-christians-rally-round-armenian-church-over-land-deal-2023-11-19/. 
“‘We Won’t Leave’: Armenians in Jerusalem Push Back against Armed Settlers,” Al Jazeera, November 24, 2023, https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/24/we-wont-leave-armenians-in-jerusalem-push-back-against-armed-settlers. 

Tracey’s Piece of Stuff:

David Frankfurter  ““Voodoo Doll”: Implications and Offense of a Taxonomic Category.” Arethusa 53, no. 1 (2020): 43-58. https://doi.org/10.1353/are.2020.0001.

David Frankenfurter, “Female Figurines in Early Christian Egypt: Reconstructing Lost Practices and Meanings,” Material Religion 11.2, 190-22.

Natalie Armitage, “European and African Figural Magic: The Beginnings of the Voodoo Doll Myth,” in The Materiality of Magic: An Artifactual Investigation into Ritual Practices and Popular Beliefs, eds. Ceri Houlbrook and Natalie Armitage (Oxford, 2015), 185-212.

Alisa Lagamma, “The Recently Acquired Kongo Mangaaka Figure,” Metropolitan Museum Journal 43 (2008): 201-210.

Alisa Lagamma, Kongo: Power and Majesty (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015).

Ashley’s Piece of Stuff:
Becky Little, “Meet Krampus, the Christmas Devil Who Punishes Naughty Children,” History Channel, December 18, 2020, https://www.history.com/news/krampus-christmas-legend-origin. 
Amy Tikkanen, “Krampus,” Encyclopedia Britannica, October 20, 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampus. 
Tanya Basu, “Who is Krampus? Explaining the Horrific Christmas Beast,” National Geographic, December 5, 2018, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/131217-krampus-christmas-santa-devil?loggedin=true&rnd=1700000799808. 
Rachel Nuwer, “In Germany, Santa’s Sidekick is a Cloven-Hooved, Child-Whipping Demon,” Smithsonian Magazine, December 20, 2013, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-germany-santas-sidekick-is-a-cloven-hooved-child-whipping-demon-180948178/. 

Also referenced: 
Kessler, David. The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. New York, NY: Rodale Books, 2009.
Mehta, Deepa (dir). Earth. New York, NY: Zeitgeist Films, 1998.