Introduction: Issue 17.3

Greetings readers of Taboo. We have had a busy year of special issues, backlogged articles, and re-organization as we settle in as Co-Editors in Chief at Taboo. We are excited to bring a regular issue with five distinct and unique pieces. There is not necessarily an intentional connection between the articles, but is as common at Taboo we have accepted unique pieces that take us, as readers, on a journey of interesting and thought-provoking proportions ranging from names, to Mad Men, representations of homosexuality in television, foreign language education, and memory with Black feminist art. Instead of summarizing each piece in a sentence or two we have decided to incorporate the abstracts of all the pieces right into our editorial introduction so that you can read a little about each piece before delving into the individual articles.