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Ashley Boccio wrote a new blog post Consent in the Decision Making Process: A Final Reflection in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
As a
takeaway from this course, and in deep analysis of the literature, I am left
with one vital reflection point that I will carry with me even as this course
comes to its conclusion: How essential of a role […] -
Ashley Boccio wrote a new blog post The Concept of Consent Analyzed through the Female Character Alice Achitophel in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
Consent can be analyzed
through many different faucets. From the perspective of a woman, consent can
mean many things, especially in a society that often tries to tell us what we
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Ashley Boccio edited the blog post The Power of a Decision: What motivates your choices? Part 2 in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
Bouncing off my previous
Blog Post, I will be continuing the analysis of consent and its role in the decision-making
process. Similar to Percival Everett’s “Zulus”, Octavia Butler in “Clay’s
Ark” creates a f […] -
Ashley Boccio wrote a new blog post The Power of a Decision: What motivates your choices? in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
Decision 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 […] -
Ashley Boccio wrote a new blog post The Power of Words in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
What is the true power
of words? They string together our stories and can be exhibited in the form of
names to give us identities. The innumerable diction of the human languages
speaks volumes to our complexity […] -
Ashley Boccio wrote a new blog post The Injustice in Dehumanization of Those Perceived as Different – Analyzing Colson Whitehead’s “Zone One” By Ashley Boccio in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
What is the true
importance of a name? Does the ambiance of a name define who we are or where we
originated? In novels such as “Zone One”, by Colson Whitehead, we
see the clear loss of humanity and origin thro […] -
Ashley Boccio wrote a new blog post It’s Time for Us to View the Person Rather than the Data: Percival Everett’s “Zulus” and Ben Chapman’s Food Science Studies Viewed Under the Magnifying Glass of Consent By Ashley Boccio in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
The idea of informed
consent, and whether or not it is being administered, is a complex concept that
is constantly adapting to society’s ever advancing expectations. As a result,
researchers and physicians are c […] -
Ashley Boccio edited the blog post The Deep Effects of Racism and Prejudice on the Body and Mind Analyzed through Toni Morrison’s Characters in “Home”: Part 2- Cee By Ashley Boccio in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
To continue the idea of character development and growth from my last post, we will be analyzing Morrison’s character Cee, a young, and naive woman at the start of the novel “Home”. When Cee’s brother Frank leave […]
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Ashley Boccio wrote a new blog post The Deep Effects of Racism and Prejudice on the Body and Mind Analyzed through Toni Morrison’s Character in “Home”: Part 1- Frank in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
By Ashley Boccio
In Toni Morrison’s novel “Home” she develops flawed characters, Frank and Cee, that are thrown into situations that dynamically change them at their core. At the end of the novel, each of th […]
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Ashley Boccio wrote a new blog post Delving into the Truth on Today’s Social Constructs: Race, Consent, and Prejudice in the group American Studies: 4 years, 7 months ago
By Ashley Boccio
When we look at ourselves and each other, whether we like to admit it or not, we tend to categorize and create groups based on image. For example, when you first meet an individual you may […]
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Ashley Boccio joined the group American Studies 4 years, 7 months ago
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Ashley Boccio became a registered member 4 years, 7 months ago