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Sabrina Bramwell edited the blog post Cooling Down in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
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You’ll begin to question whether my telling of this journey is one that merely repeats the tale of every other passionate, black scholar’s revelations when seeing that the wall at the end (be […] -
Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post The Onyx: Life of the Niess in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
The poem “Facing It” by Yosef Komunyakaa has taken precedence in my mind since we were asked to recite it a couple class periods ago. The power struggle that is described between the viewer and the memorial was […]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post Becoming Alabaster: A Call to Blankness in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
Following the plot of N.K Jemisin’s trilogy has been a task I was only able to cope with by writing things down. Being aware of my forgetful habits, I realized very early on the semester that I needed to find a […]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post The Type of Love that Writes A Trilogy in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
In the Acknowledgements of The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin leaves readers with insight on the journey that she has endured in writing this trilogy. Of all the moving things she said I was most impacted by the […]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post Weighing Father Earth’s Heart in the group American Studies: 5 years, 4 months ago
The presence of Father Earth—over the commonly known Greek-originated Mother Earth—is one of the most pressing reminders of the influence of Ancient Egyptian mythology in the Broken Earth trilogy. I soon rea […]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post Heavy Names in the group American Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
Do you know that awkward (maybe infuriating based on frequency) moment when someone mispronounces your name? Or when the Starbucks employee spells “Sabrina” “Sabreena”, “Dominique” becomes “Domanic” or “Melisha” […]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post Sankofa and Regwo in the group American Studies: 5 years, 5 months ago
Ever since my first introduction to Sankofa —both as a symbol and a term—roughly 2 years ago, the implications behind its meaning has always taken precedence in my mind. Reading Jemisin has allowed me to rev […]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post Say Cheese! in the group American Studies: 5 years, 6 months ago
Despite my playful title, the topic I want to discuss is rooted in a deeply woven sense of fear, derived from my understanding—or lack thereof— of Guardians. When I first learned about the twisted nature of the […]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post Marvel and Jemisin: The 10 Rings in the group American Studies: 5 years, 6 months ago
A couple classes ago when Professor McCoy made mention of Jemisin’s interest in Marvel Comics and the influence that this interest might have had in the creation of the Ring system within the Fulcrum—as a Marvel f […]
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Sabrina Bramwell edited the blog post The Earth is Living in the group American Studies: 5 years, 7 months ago
During our class this past Friday, while Dr. Giorgis was providing a response to a question, he made mention that there exists a powerlessness in admitting the influence that the earth has on society. I began to […]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post “MUTATO NOMINE DE TE FABULA NARRATUR” in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
As the semester boils down and our class tries to organize the multiple confused, frustrated, complexities hidden beneath the myriad of emotions that Butler’s work allows us to experience, I feel almost o […]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post Oankali Puppies! :Over-exaggerating the Visual in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
If I am walking along Main Street and I notice a puppy, immediately, and frankly without much thought, I recognize the puppy as a being separate from the human species. I see it’s shaggy fur, wagging tail, long […]
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Sabrina Bramwell edited the blog post Beware the Epistemophilia in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
Epistemophilia: An excessive love for knowledge.
Water is great! In fact, 55%-60% Of the human body and 71% of the earth is composed of water. Like water anything in moderation, even things that hold a necessity to live is beneficial. However, to look on the other side of the spectrum, an abundance of water, proves have disastrous effects both…[Read more]
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Sabrina Bramwell wrote a new blog post “Silent” Consent in the group American Studies: 6 years, 7 months ago
To think that consent is the common thread that ties patting someone on the head and using a species as incubators to nurse another’s future generation together is something that my mind has been attempting to […]
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Sabrina Bramwell joined the group American Studies 6 years, 7 months ago
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Sabrina Bramwell joined the group Reader and Text 7 years, 7 months ago
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Sabrina Bramwell became a registered member 7 years, 7 months ago