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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post Growing Pains in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
Canadian poet, Dionne Brand, delicately states, “My job is to notice… and to notice that you can notice.” When I first read the syllabus at the beginning of the semester, I glanced over this quote without givin […]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post The Congo in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
After finishing Big Machine on Monday, my group was able to tie together some points that occurred to us throughout the semester. I was in Tayler’s group discussion during class and we were able to come to the r […]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post Soul-Eating Cats in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
Anyone who knows me knows my immense adoration for cats. I know that Dr. McCoy can attest for this as she watched me pet dozens of stray cats in Dakar, Senegal. I have grown up with a black cat that I’ve had s […]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post How We Observe in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
After reading Tayler’s post about Suzan-Lori Parks play, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, it made me think more about the way in which we learn about slavery and observe the continent of Africa. […]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post ‘These Are Books We Have to Read’ in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
After Monday’s class when we had to pick out a quote from our reading that stuck out to us, I remembered a quote from earlier in the novel that I kept thinking about: “To be an American is to be a believer! But […]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post The Tail in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
This past weekend I was lucky enough to experience my first Passover Seder with my boyfriend and his grandparents. I have been raised with Athiest beliefs, only briefly educated in Christianity from my […]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post A Response to Analiese Vasciannie’s Theory on ‘Us’ in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
I was very excited to read Analiese’s blog post as I recently saw ‘Us’ and made very similar connections in my mind. It is definitely a classic Jordan Peele move to have so many underlying meanings behind a film. […]
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Elana Evenden commented on the post, My Theory Between “Big Machine” and “Us”, on the groupblog (Im)Possibilities 4 years, 11 months ago
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post The Regime of the Visual in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
This morning I was listening to an episode about Scientology from the Mile Higher podcast. This podcast opened up with a question from a listener about aliens and the idea of a different form of life. The p […]
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Elana Evenden edited the blog post Judge Less, Think More in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
As we delve further into the semester, I find myself continually thinking about the concept of the mask and the veil. When thinking about the concept of the mask of the veil within African American literature, I […]
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Elana Evenden edited the blog post Art versus Artifact in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
Having a double major in English Literature and Art History, I have noticed a clear lack of representation of African or African American art and literature unless it is being appropriated by European culture or […]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post Social Climate Change and the Xenogenisis Trilogy in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
After my research abroad on the concept of social climate change over the summer in Dakar, Senegal, I find it difficult to not relate climate change back to almost all things I learn about. Social climate change […]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post Ageism and Fashion in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
After discussing the issues of ageism that Butler brings to light through Shori’s relationship through Theodora, I began to think more about the connotation that older women have in our society. This reminded me […]
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Elana Evenden edited the blog post Ownership and Consent in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
As a college student in particular, I feel like it is so important to understand the concept of consent. I feel as though I have been put in many situations where my consent is something that I turn to knowing that I have a right to accept or decline a situation. However, reading Octavia Butler’s, Fledgling, I have found myself struggling to a…[Read more]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post Consent and Children with Disabilities in the group American Studies: 6 years, 6 months ago
After our a group of students brought up the idea of children’s right to consent during our class discussion, I have been giving a lot of thought to children’s rights to consent in the classroom, specifically […]
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Elana Evenden wrote a new blog post A story of slavery? “It isn’t.” in the group American Studies: 6 years, 6 months ago
As a white woman living in 2017, it is very difficult for me to say that I have an understanding or a grasp on the concept of slavery. I admit whole heartedly that I am unable to fully understand this topic to […]
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Elana Evenden joined the group American Studies 6 years, 7 months ago
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Elana Evenden became a registered member 6 years, 7 months ago