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Erik Mebust wrote a new blog post Sweat Equity in the group American Studies: 9 years, 4 months ago

I’d like to draw attention to something we saw in This Old House on Friday. The show’s host used a phrase that immediately set off a ‘course themes’ alert in my brain: he told one of the participants they were […]
Erik Mebust wrote a new blog post Multiple Origins of Earthseed in the group American Studies: 9 years, 4 months ago

In response to Jes’s post inquiring into the possible role of Heraclitus in the origins of Earthseed, I would like to do a hard loop back. In the Spring 2015 section of the Octavia Butler class, I wrote a […]
Erik Mebust wrote a new blog post The Problem With Homeless People in the group American Studies: 9 years, 4 months ago

Because I think it hits the nail on the head, I want to respond to Madison’s post on the criminalization of homeless people in Sarasota, FL. Many themes we have discussed this semester appear in her post, as well […]
Erik Mebust edited the blog post Clean water makes houses makes safe communities in the group American Studies: 9 years, 4 months ago

If I might take this opportunity to double post, I thought I should leave a citation for something I brought up in class yesterday. It was in response to Beth’s question for the day, “what is necessary for a house?” and she specifically brought up clean water and freedom from lead paint (negative freedom for you there, Jes) as…[Read more]
Erik Mebust edited the blog post Risky Business in the group American Studies: 9 years, 4 months ago

I’ve been chewing on this post for some time, but it comes as an especially salient answer to Alpha’s question in class today, “what does any of this have to do with the Housing Crisis?”

I’ll begin by circling back to Lear. When we read that play, one scene that really stuck out to me was the moment it became clear that Goneril was angling to…[Read more]
Erik Mebust edited the blog post Pressure to Spread in the group American Studies: 9 years, 7 months ago

Before I dive into the meat of this blog post, I want to quickly introduce myself and offer myself as a resource to the class. Like Jenna, the material I’ve studied in my other major has provided me with a knowledge base that some of you might find useful once we delve into some of the more technical causes of the 2008 housing crisis. I’m an…[Read more]
Erik Mebust wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 11 years, 4 months ago

I took this class because I wanted to expose myself to African American and feminist literature, and I thought that taking a course which focuses on science fiction, a genre which is partially responsible for my […]
Erik Mebust wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 11 years, 4 months ago

I would like to take a moment to return to the Xenogenesis trilogy because I’ve come to a little more clarity about an issue that I struggled with while reading Lilith’s Brood. The question I could neither escape […]
Erik Mebust wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 11 years, 4 months ago

While reading Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, I could not help but note the similarities between Lauren Olamina’s ideas and those of Laotzu, the mythic author of the Daodejing (the foundational […]
Erik Mebust wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 11 years, 4 months ago

Since everyone is doubtless beginning the scramble to finish their annotated bibliographies, I thought I would take a moment to blog about Nanda’s article “Power, Politics, and Domestic Desire in Octavia Butler’s […]

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