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Joe Luconte wrote a new blog post Don’t Forget About Mental Health in the group
American Studies: 11 minutes agoMental health is a topic that is disregarded in society. Nowadays, not only is it misunderstood by most people, it is ignored as well. There are many stereotypes tagged with mental health and they carry more […]
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Rachel Cohen wrote a new blog post Exercise and Race? in the group
American Studies: 45 minutes agoDoctors tell many patients that the easiest way to battle obesity is to exercise. But what many may not know is that exercise may have a larger affect. An article on US News described how many African American […]
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Ariana Vidal wrote a new blog post Words in the group
American Studies: 50 minutes agoI pronounce some words in the strangest ways. I come from a small town in downstate New York, but it is NOT New York City. It is a small little town that isn’t even a town, it is a village. I grew up in this t […]
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Anna Johnston wrote a new blog post This Isn’t just Data, They are People in the group
American Studies: 1 hour, 6 minutes agoThroughout this semester, I have noticed so many different connections between the different books we read, but after I listened to Ben Chapman’s podcast, I forgot about all of the information regarding it. I l […]
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Leila Sassouni wrote a new blog post Identity, Creation, and Direction in the group
Reader and Text: 1 hour, 35 minutes agoMicha’el Leventhal said, “The closer you come to knowing that you alone create the world of your experience, the more vital it becomes for you to discover just who is doing the creating.”
I am the creat […]
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Ashley Boccio wrote a new blog post The Power of a Decision: What motivates your choices? in the group
American Studies: 1 hour, 39 minutes agoDecision making is a
daily part of our lives. Whether a small decision, or a life-altering one, it
is these small choices that determine what our future holds. In Percival
Everett’s “Zulus”, the characters are f […] -
Amanda Neri wrote a new blog post Am I Not Sidney Poitier? in the group
Reader and Text: 2 hours, 5 minutes agoIn every good novel, there will always be that one blurb or sentence that is going to be remembered. In this case from the novel I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett, there is also a line that I find m […]
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Courtney Lyon wrote a new blog post Racial Prejudices and Empathetic Readership in the group
American Studies: 2 hours, 14 minutes agoThe epigraph for this course is a quote that was
spoken by Dionne Brand: “my job is to notice…and to notice that you can
notice”. The act of noticing is important in one’s education as it is in
becoming kno […] -
John Serbalik edited the blog post Teeth as a Marker of Difference in the group
American Studies: 2 hours, 20 minutes agoIn today’s world of superficiality and beauty standards, people are always noticing the physical attributes of each other. Whether or not they make a comment about it, is a personal choice. Teeth have become a […]
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Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post From Confusion to Appreciation: Growth from Beginning to End of the Semester in the group
American Studies: 2 hours, 25 minutes agoTo wrap up my posts for the semester and expand my thoughts beyond the classroom I will highlight how Colson Whitehead’s Zone One spoke to me in a way I had never experienced before. His at times frustrating t […]