English @ SUNY Geneseo | Ashley Daddona | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/ad32/activity/ Activity feed for Ashley Daddona. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 3d219cec09463f2e22d60bde1bf17fbd Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Morphing Constellations and The Inevitability of Change in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15184/ Thu, 07 May 2020 19:06:16 -0500 The most important piece of the process of interpretation and collaboration is that in doing so, there is often not a clear and solid answer or solution waiting at the end of the process. In fact, the process […]

]]> 0 be9011e842bfc7005bc4030299ad7469 Ashley Daddona edited the blog post Taking the Last Penalty Kick in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11583/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:20:49 -0500 I walked out of the very first meeting of this class at the beginning of the semester imagining myself in a situation that I knew I could understand: 

You’re standing in front of a soccer goal. The ball is pl […]

]]> 0 da568c419329981111c13c66bb15cdfd Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Contemplating the How in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11406/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 03:52:15 -0500 As our blog posts are coming to a close, I wanted to start getting myself into the reflective mindset in preparation for our final reflective essay. Reflection is something that I have touched on already in a few […]

]]> 0 4bafaf3282149cdb04751b98fb1a6fa3 Ashley Daddona edited the blog post Can The Present Shape The Past? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11330/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 01:20:39 -0500 In light of the poem we read recently in class by Yusef Komunyakaa, “Facing It”, I began to contemplate the relevance of the past, present and future, both within Jemisin’s books and within this class as a whole. […]

]]> 0 7ee7bd7ea0039d51c72c1908d8e4750a Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Kinetic Sand! in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11288/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:30:18 -0500 I don’t know about everyone else, but I vividly remember those commercials on TV when I was younger advertising what is known as kinetic sand; that colorful, half sand, half playdough stuff that looked and felt […]

]]> 0 b327191014bd29348032f12f76fba557 Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post What's the Harm in Learning? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11258/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 22:03:28 -0500 At the end of The Obelisk Gate and leading into the beginning of The Stone Sky, we as readers are well aware of the power Essun holds: she is literally the most powerful orogene in The Stillness (now that […]

]]> 0 e59d7611649685c96a0b50442b2b3030 Ashley Daddona edited the blog post Starting Over After the End of the World in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11167/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 03:06:05 -0500 Authors: Sarah Bracy, Ashley Daddona, Steven Minurka, Lauren Ngo, Elena Ritz, & Jose Romero

“They came from diverse tribes and countries, and their traditions had no word for what had happened. But they were o […]

]]> 0 c19501d58d8eb58ecf4105b09e0261e4 Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Backtracking in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11015/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 05:08:53 -0500 After reading through some feedback from Dr. McCoy on my first few blog posts, I have decided to go back through those previous blog posts to sift through and think about some of the things that I had begun to put […]

]]> 0 c1e1d05b9f974ef35add5ce053dfed0a Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Parallel Fulcrums in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10994/ Sun, 04 Nov 2018 05:00:36 -0500 I made a very interesting and unintentional connection a few weeks ago between Jemisin’s work and the occurrences in my every day life; I forgot about this connection (in the moment I didn’t even think to write it […]

]]> 0 7b156d1e46dcb207232e7f39b72bd505 Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Optical Illusions in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10933/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:28:18 -0500 With some inspiration from Brigid’s post about comparing The Stillness with the Earth that we all call home, I want to expand on another idea related to this, that we have also briefly brought up in class: Jemisin […]

]]> 0 f3657d491a7a2b9cf61d2480d65c63b9 Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Fallen Angels in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10894/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:40:03 -0500 Throughout the past few weeks, I have been finding it extremely difficult to find inspiration for a blog post. I have many thoughts that come to mind when reading, but have also been struggling to create coherent, […]

]]> 0 e535c4a05e96a13ab75bf0456b32317b Ashley Daddona edited the blog post Why Am I "Here"? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10688/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:18:49 -0500 I began thinking about our class discussion that we had on September 10th about the meaning behind Jemisin’s choice of titling the prologue of The Fifth Season as “you are here”.  LeiBin made the comment that Je […]

]]> 0 bfa01c932006bbc90ab2e4237df7097d Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Over and Out in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9309/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:08:08 -0500 In honor of finals week and the semester nearly coming to a close, I found myself almost sad that this would be my last ever blog post. It’s crazy to think that I actually feel sad about being done with school […]

]]> 0 c9eb52e60147328d4fb91bee6f900613 Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post The Uncertainty of DNR Tattoos in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9230/ Sun, 10 Dec 2017 22:44:01 -0500 After reading Dana’s post, I became much more interested in reading the article about DNR tattoos and how it raises concern and uncertainty in terms of consent. The line from Dana’s post that read “…this could […]

]]> 0 ebfd19ee31178a8c06dee3e00a03ff84 Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Mark Spitz's Ark in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9190/ Fri, 08 Dec 2017 02:38:05 -0500 As I am working on my opening-out essay and revisiting my ideas and notes on Zone One, I came across my note about the use of water-related vocabulary, and how I was wondering about the reason behind why […]

]]> 0 17644d15ed657a67f497cf4eb2ab92c4 Ashley Daddona edited the blog post Being Joyfully Self-Critical in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9167/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:27:33 -0500 After working on the collective course statement over the course of the last few classes, I have come across a lot of my notes from earlier in the class that I forgot about. Particularly, I came across the sentence “we must be joyfully self-critical, and never have a goal“, capitalized and starred. This was within my notes regarding the discussion…[Read more]

]]> 0 8971bdd3a96fab620df9f7d6fcbc7b91 Ashley Daddona edited the blog post Armor Laced With Letters in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9043/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:03:50 -0500 When reading Zone One and discussing the use of the complicated vocabulary during class, my mind went to the familiar phrase of “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”. Although it doesn’t exactly follow the meaning of the phrase, I associated this phrase with Zone One because of the dangerous nature of the sto…[Read more]

]]> 0 ddefacc022ad20ec806040380a045796 Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Humanity in Death in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9036/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:13:05 -0500 I really enjoyed Taha’s blog post, Rest In Peace, in which he discussed the idea of putting people out of their misery and how in Zone One, Mark Spitz has the mindset of doing just that. He is ultimately fin […]

]]> 0 a2e4a7e2786b98a6944432314301f287 Ashley Daddona edited the blog post Super Heroes vs Super Villains? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8926/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:20:44 -0500 On October 23rd when we first began discussing Clay’s Ark, we briefly discussed the physical appearance and attributes of Eli and the rest of the people in the enclave as opposed to Blake, Rane and Keira. Because of this, I began reflecting on how the appearance of people can give off a certain vibe about someone, causing us to go against the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9ceed2d81777c2e782cd73a38f2a10e5 Ashley Daddona wrote a new blog post Feeling vs Seeing Race in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8825/ Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:52:52 -0500 Bringing it back to our conversation regarding race and its origins, we talked about how exactly the idea of race came to be. After a detailed discussion and the viewing of a film in class (in which the name of i […]

]]> 0 2c2042de728c07d0d668e703de8cf25f Ashley Daddona edited the blog post The Impact of A Fresh Start in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8713/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:02:15 -0500 In this blog post, I would like to get into a technical aspect of reading literature and talk about how form can make a lasting impact on how you understand and interpret what you read. Form can be defined as “the manner or style of arranging and coordinating parts for a pleasing or effective result, as in literary or musical composition”…[Read more]

]]> 0 b7e724832b0846481211bd1bf4d7531a Ashley Daddona edited the blog post Epigenetics and Eating Disorders in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8518/ Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:29:36 -0500 Hello everyone!

I suppose I will be the first to post in our class (English 101), as I haven’t seen posts from anyone else in our class (though correct me if I’m wrong!*UPDATE: I see someone posted at the exact same time as I did!) Blogging is definitely new to me, so bear with me as I attempt to do this somewhat correctly and actually catch…[Read more]

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