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Daniel Fleischman edited the blog post Through, Syntax, Page 44, X. in the group
The Contemporary Poem: 42 minutes agoI’ll think I’ll talk all little on one of the poems that really stuck out out to me in David Herd’s Through. On page 44 in the section “Syntax,” the poem “X.” really pushed me into a head space preoccupied with […]
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Sarah Holsberg wrote a new blog post Cultural Capital and David Herd’s “Through” in the group
The Contemporary Poem: 3 hours, 13 minutes agoRecently in my Anthropology 100 class we’ve been learning about the concept of cultural capital. A brief definition of cultural capital is that it is the knowledge, habits, and tastes learned from parents and […]
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Mya Nazaire wrote a new blog post Writing What You Know in the group
The Contemporary Poem: 3 hours, 41 minutes agoI believe that writing about something you’re familiar with is equally hard as it is easy. When I want to write about something I am very familiar with, it can sometimes be easier for me because I can probably […]
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Ryan Zipper edited the blog post How Janelle Monáe’s “Dirty Computer” Speaks To The Present in the group
American Studies: 4 hours, 56 minutes agoJanelle Monáe’s emotional picture “Dirty Computer” tells the story of a soulless totalitarian society that forcibly strips it’s so called “dirty” members of society of their freedom, individuality, or anything e […]
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Luke Wollweber edited the blog post Janelle Monáe’s “Dirty Computer” and Focusing on the Present in the group
American Studies: 5 hours, 33 minutes agoJanelle Monáe’s “Dirty Computer” blends sci-fi and non-linear storytelling to tell a powerful afro-futurist story. The movie tells its story through a changing timeline that shifts between the main character Ja […]
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Helen Warfle edited the blog post The Uncanny Valley (no geological pun intended) in the group
American Studies: 5 hours, 41 minutes agoI first learned about the concept of the Uncanny Valley in a class I took with Professor Kirsh (psychology) called Parenting in the Zombie Apocalypse. One of the very first things we covered was why zombies, and […]
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Emma Mandella edited the blog post Janelle Monae/Audre Lorde in the group
American Studies: 6 hours, 46 minutes ago“…we must move against not only those forces which dehumanize us from the outside, but also against those oppressive values which we have been forced to take into ourselves” (Lorde, 2)
For this blog post, I p […]
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Brianna Forgione wrote a new blog post “Scissor” Through in the group
The Contemporary Poem: 13 hours, 34 minutes agoLast week in class for my tangible item, I brought in a scissor. I felt that this item represented the tension throughout David Herd’s collection of poems in Through.
Herd touches up upon various topics […]
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Andrew Cook wrote a new blog post The Story of Misalem and Historical Revisionism in the group
American Studies: 1 day, 1 hour agoWhen Schaffa tells Damaya the story of Misalem, the evil orogene who tried to destroy Yumenes, he makes it clear that Misalem is the antagonist and that Damaya does not get to envision herself in the role of the […]
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Calvin Lucas wrote a new blog post Butler and Jemisin in terms of Afrofuturism in the group
American Studies: 1 day, 3 hours agoWhen I read both passages by Butler and Jemisin I immediately got the central idea of religion being a driving force behind the idea of afro futurism. They don’t necessarily fit with the idea of sci-fi or advanced […]
