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Elena Ritz edited the blog post Familiarity in the group American Studies: 3 years, 11 months ago
As children, we notice many things, but don’t have the tools to interpret them. Children have no choice but to trust their parents or caretakers. They are at the mercy of the adults in their lives.
Florens d […]
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Elena Ritz wrote a new blog post Glass Houses in the group American Studies: 4 years ago
How often do we pause to think about the spaces that have formed us? I don’t do it often, but I recently drove past my uncle’s old apartment and had the stark realization that I would never form another memory […]
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Elena Ritz edited the blog post The Liquidity of Female Cliches in the group American Studies: 4 years, 1 month ago
It’s hard to escape the ubiquitous trope of power-hungry women turning against each other in the pursuit of a man. It haunts English literature across eras and ages; Shakespeare is no exception. He centers his d […]
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Elena Ritz joined the group Film Talk 5 years, 2 months ago
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Elena Ritz edited the blog post Untangling the Knot in the Silver Thread in the group American Studies: 5 years, 3 months ago
Jemisin explains in her afterward, “Where there is pain in this book, it’s real pain; where there is anger, it’s real anger; where there is love, it’s real love”. (416) The same rule applies to my reflection of […]
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Elena Ritz edited the blog post Last Wishes in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
After ending her trilogy, Jemison tells the reader of her mother’s death, by explaining, “mom had a difficult last few years” (416). This revelation made me think of the distant but protective relationship between […]
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Elena Ritz wrote a new blog post Sylanagistines Taking on the European Burden in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
“Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky” -N.K. Jemison, The Obelisk Gate.
Just like the Europeans have dominated and controlled most of the eastern and […]
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Elena Ritz edited the blog post Jemison’s Trilogy Fights the Problematic Canon of “American Optimism” in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
America is known for its optimism. American entertainment and stories are generally much more optimistic than European ones. This stereotype is seen in most superhero movies where it is assumed that good will […]
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Elena Ritz edited the blog post Standardized Revisionism in Practice in the group American Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
Education is something I am very passionate about as someone who has considered being a teacher and student taught in America’s inner city public schools. While reading about Damaya’s training in the Fulcrum, I c […]
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Elena Ritz edited the blog post Waste in the group American Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
After being captured by Antinomy, Alabaster learns how the seasons started. He learns that curious orogenes created a hole that reached into the core of the earth, expelling the moon and causing apocalyptic […]
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Elena Ritz edited the blog post Response to “Freedom in Resistance: Yikka” by Elizabeth Gellman in the group American Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
Reclaiming a word can be a way to rebuild communities that have previously been fractured by the shaky world they live in. Many of the words that are reclaimed can still be derogatory if used by the wrong people […]
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Elena Ritz wrote a new blog post Excavating Old Rock Layers in the group American Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
Something that I couldn’t shake from the back of my mind when reading The Fifth Season was the treatment of Alabaster’s children–otherwise known as the node maintainers.
Learning that they are sedated and used […]
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Elena Ritz wrote a new blog post Is Hoa a Stone Eater? in the group American Studies: 5 years, 6 months ago
We talked a lot about the name “Stone Eater” in the lab on Monday and the informality of the word “stone” in geologic terms. With every couple pages I read, im finding that stone eaters are becoming increasingly […]
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Elena Ritz wrote a new blog post Blue Eyes as a Bad Omen in the group American Studies: 5 years, 6 months ago
In The Fifth Season, Jemison creates an alternate reality where Father Earth is desperately trying to purge himself of humanity through the use of people with geological powers. Something that I found interesting […]
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Elena Ritz joined the group American Studies 5 years, 7 months ago
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Elena Ritz became a registered member 5 years, 7 months ago