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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post The Orogenes of Christmas Past, Present, and Future in the group American Studies: 5 years, 3 months ago
Rather than being inspired by an enlightening experience with a medical professional like some of my fellow pre-med peers have expressed, I’ve always been fascinated by the ability to heal others in general ever s […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post A Magical Feeling in the group American Studies: 5 years, 3 months ago
After reading Delaney’s blog post on “Magic Systems: The Restricted Section,” I reflected back on my childhood and the abundance of fantasy series and mythological lore that made up for the majority of my adole […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post Hoa the Hare in the group American Studies: 5 years, 3 months ago
Surprisingly, in my search for the context behind the briar patch, Urban Dictionary of all sites summarizes a briar patch as a “place you secretly really want to be, even though the person sending you there t […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post #ThisIsOurLane in the group American Studies: 5 years, 3 months ago
During Dr. Meg Reitz’s visit, the class collectively addressed the different ways that we, as students, can raise awareness and initiative about being eco-friendlier as a community. Although some efforts have b […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post Shattering Season(s) in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
Since The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin’s use and significance of the word “shattering” in the trilogy has always intrigued me but I constantly felt that I was unable to coherently parse enough thoughts toget […]
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Sabrina Chan edited the blog post …and Three’s a Party! in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
Now that we’re two-thirds of the way into N.K. Jemisin’s trilogy, I can’t help but notice that what I initially thought was a dramatic moment is actually a common technique that Jemisin uses throughout The Broke […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post Power of Lore in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
After watching a part of the “1933 Master’s Race” episode of People’s Century, I became increasingly aware of the parallel between the propaganda of Nazi Germany and the stonelore of The Broken Earth trilogy […]
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Sabrina Chan edited the blog post Literary Judge, Jury, and Executioner in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
From superhero comics to children shows like Danny Phantom, America’s science-fiction and entertainment industries have thrived on the idea of giving humans (or humanoids at least) supernatural powers for d […]
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Sabrina Chan edited the blog post Petrovorology in the group American Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
During our small group discussion around N.K. Jemisin’s characters, Andrew pointed out how intriguing the stone eaters’ range of mobility is. Although the stone eaters struggle to go down a couple steps, they are […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post Fake News in the group American Studies: 5 years, 6 months ago
If you’re from Dr. McCoy’s ENGL 101/431 class, go back to the time you didn’t know stone paper existed. Now imagine if someone on the street runs up to you Billy Eichner style and asks you to choose which one a […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post Quality vs. Quantity in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
Jumping back to Emma’s post, she questions why is it so hard for society to believe the stories of victims of abuse. I related to how Emma felt as she read Zulus and how she questioned the legitimacy of Al […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post The Forbidden Thought in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
In dystopian works (especially those set in zombie apocalypses like Zone One), the idea of the “forbidden thought,” also known as giving up and committing suicide, is so deeply ingrained and common into the set […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post United We Stand in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
As a child, my favorite response about where I came from was “It’s the melting pot of the world,” and I still stand by that phrase today. While my race is Chinese, I consider my ethnicity to be Chine […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post My Happy Place in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
Just like many other undergraduates, my academic career did not go without some unexpected twists and turns. Despite the stereotypes surrounding Asian American parenting (which I must say, are often true), my […]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post Following the Flow of Fulfillment in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
In my last blog post “Supply and Demand,” I wrote about how an individual’s environment severely affects their rights and, therefore, their identity. Depending on the environment, certain behaviors and action […]
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Sabrina Chan edited the blog post Supply and Demand in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
Throughout this semester, I have also been taking Professor Melanie Blood’s “Brecht & Descendants” course which focuses on the socialist playwright Bertolt Brecht. As expected from a socialist, a lot of his works focus on class differences in socio-economical terms. Due to the overpowering influences of society created by these different statu…
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Sabrina Chan edited the blog post Only As Strong As The Weakest Link in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
As students, our knowledge is restrained and sometimes even limited by the structure set in educational institutions. Essentially, the basic foundation for the power structure in educational institutions is that the more knowledge you have, the more authority you own. In this system, epistemophilia and epistemophobia work hand in hand in the…[Read more]
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Sabrina Chan edited the blog post A Dose of Hope in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
Continuing Sakshi’s conversation in “Is Hope A Bad Thing?” on Zone One, I think that hope is a necessary component for change and transition. In Sakshi’s post, she discusses Mark Spitz’s connection between hope and the pre-apocalyptic world, in which Mark Spitz views hope as the equivalent to a “gateway drug” (222) because of the dual…[Read more]
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Sabrina Chan wrote a new blog post “Understanding” Your Place in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
It’s true that the human population is full of unique individuals, for we are not a species that are meant to be carbon copies of each other. Despite our status as one species (or more like the remaining one a […]
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Sabrina Chan edited the blog post Breaking the Hero and Villain Canons in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
In fiction, villains are often flattened into two-dimensional characters who do nothing but wreak havoc and cause evil. People often do not realize that not all villains or to put it more lightly, bad characters, are immediately recognizable at first glance. Personalities are complex; just like their roles and purposes, they’re not as clear as b…[Read more]
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