English @ SUNY Geneseo | Heather McFarlane | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/heathermcfarlane/activity/ Activity feed for Heather McFarlane. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 35210c30d2c65599a5a56b8da82d6305 Heather McFarlane edited the blog post Reflection is Hard. Putting out Honest Writing is Harder. in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11573/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:38:07 -0500 I actually really enjoy reflection. In fact, I am constantly reflecting on my personal life – whether that is either a symptom of my extremely high anxiety or because I am seeking to grow from my past thoughts and […]

]]> 0 435fa9e50c8df38ecb8e23203933289b Heather McFarlane edited the blog post Time is Running Out in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11414/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 04:12:21 -0500 As I finish writing this final blog post, with less than an hour to go, I can’t help but think about how time was visibly and literally running out for the people of the Stillness in The Stone Sky. The air was b […]

]]> 0 5ab9a5be65f02e00531f83ce8d45d311 Heather McFarlane edited the blog post Blackness, Justice, and Love in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11402/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 03:47:10 -0500 Throughout the semester we were to think about how the title of the course connects with the course content. “Blackness” was easy. Most of the characters were black, but their blackness did not define them. Thi […]

]]> 0 5547f3ae0adf1d5d95b7e9115eea652d Heather McFarlane wrote a new post on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=6776 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 20:34:04 -0500 I love animals. I constantly give into my dog’s wishes for constant attention (one of the major reasons why I procrastinate everything to do with any kind of work), I accidentally fall into watching videos about a […]

]]> 5547f3ae0adf1d5d95b7e9115eea652d Heather McFarlane wrote a new blog post Wildlife in the Stillness in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11377/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 20:34:04 -0500 I love animals. I constantly give into my dog’s wishes for constant attention (one of the major reasons why I procrastinate everything to do with any kind of work), I accidentally fall into watching videos about a […]

]]> 0 c909060c1346ea276ffa44cecf627e11 Heather McFarlane wrote a new post on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=6773 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 19:58:48 -0500 “How do you decide what to include?“
“Where do you start?”
“How do you decide if the narrator is reliable?”

“How reliable does a narrator have to be for you to believe them?”

These are just some of the que […]

]]> c909060c1346ea276ffa44cecf627e11 Heather McFarlane wrote a new blog post Writing SciFi in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11376/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 19:58:48 -0500 “How do you decide what to include?“
“Where do you start?”
“How do you decide if the narrator is reliable?”

“How reliable does a narrator have to be for you to believe them?”

These are just some of the que […]

]]> 0 c40cb39e8498006be96793036974fd50 Heather McFarlane wrote a new post on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=6762 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 18:03:54 -0500 Over this past summer, I lived my childhood dream of seeing the sequel to The Incredibles. It took FOURTEEN YEARS but it finally happened. From the original movie, Edna Mode and Jack Jack Jack were my two favorite […]

]]> c40cb39e8498006be96793036974fd50 Heather McFarlane wrote a new blog post The Power of Children in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11375/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 18:03:54 -0500 Over this past summer, I lived my childhood dream of seeing the sequel to The Incredibles. It took FOURTEEN YEARS but it finally happened. From the original movie, Edna Mode and Jack Jack Jack were my two favorite […]

]]> 0 555ef2cc712a919587d0962f9a983754 Heather McFarlane wrote a new post on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=6758 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 17:16:59 -0500 As I was reading The Fifth Season, I thought about the sea and why Syenite had expressed disinterest in going near or in the water. I had originally thought that there was no moon so why would there be anything to […]

]]> 555ef2cc712a919587d0962f9a983754 Heather McFarlane wrote a new blog post Making Waves in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11373/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 17:16:59 -0500 As I was reading The Fifth Season, I thought about the sea and why Syenite had expressed disinterest in going near or in the water. I had originally thought that there was no moon so why would there be anything to […]

]]> 0 fe0d78e412001656ae316b93de4506a9 Heather McFarlane wrote a new post on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=6752 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 14:52:05 -0500 One day I was trolling the internet looking for inspiration for a blog post when I came across Jemisin’s own blog. The particular post that I had read discussed why Jemisin chose to split Essun’s story into thr […]

]]> fe0d78e412001656ae316b93de4506a9 Heather McFarlane wrote a new blog post Building Blogs off of What I Find on the Internet in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11371/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 14:52:05 -0500 One day I was trolling the internet looking for inspiration for a blog post when I came across Jemisin’s own blog. The particular post that I had read discussed why Jemisin chose to split Essun’s story into thr […]

]]> 0 6b7172d62742695c295c81b801d52fee Heather McFarlane wrote a new post on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=5938 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:13:06 -0500 Over the weekend, my friend was apparently going through his old room at his parent’s house and he found his old 9th grade Earth Science reference table and decided to snapchat me a picture of it. He was in […]

]]> 6b7172d62742695c295c81b801d52fee Heather McFarlane edited the blog post My Friend Sent Me a Snapchat of His 9th Grade Earth Science Reference Table in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10966/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:13:06 -0500 Over the weekend, my friend was apparently going through his old room at his parent’s house and he found his old 9th grade Earth Science reference table and decided to snapchat me a picture of it. He was in […]

]]> 0 13f0288a80ba895effa39c1b8e6a9b62 Heather McFarlane wrote a new blog post Fulcrum. Torus. Crucible. What the actual rust? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10957/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:48:02 -0500 Throughout Jemisin’s Broken Earth series we learn how imperial orogenes learn to harness their orogenetic abilities at the Fulcrum. Damaya, amongst other orogene children, learn how to control their torus while p […]

]]> 0 dfddbcadcf7318622d5e3a9605a00d6d Heather McFarlane joined the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10606/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 21:23:37 -0500 0 eb5c7e4fff34b3d308b197498a37955b Heather McFarlane changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4449/ Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:10:01 -0500 0 fd06ccaefe04dcd14b937d9c3ed78c64 Heather McFarlane changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/3858/ Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:48:45 -0500 0 6d74e20859ccc1185b7688e4e234f296 Heather McFarlane wrote a new post on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=210 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:18:48 -0500 Colin Peartree, Cassandra Ballini, McKenna Miller, Alyssa Knott

The premise of this project was to add meaningful information to various Wikipedia pages of characters seen in Dickens novels. Our goal was to […]

]]> 691af0787c7d6d95c7241ab33f2a9cd4 Heather McFarlane commented on the post, Progression of Ideas of Consciousness in Victorian England , on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/11/19/progression-of-ideas-of-consciousness-in-victorian-england/#comment-1614 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 04:35:57 -0500 While we agree with group five’s assessment of Pip’s sense of self and his perception of the world, we disagree with the notion that reason overrides emotion in shaping one’s life and actions. As we see in the […]

]]> 81a656073612c46dc4b3a32e78e54633 Heather McFarlane commented on the post, Progression of Ideas of Consciousness in Victorian England , on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/11/19/progression-of-ideas-of-consciousness-in-victorian-england/#comment-1532 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:24:36 -0500 Society Shifts Pip’s Perception of Beloved Bumpkins

Great Expectations is centered around a reflective narration from an adult character in relation to his childhood. Human nature tends to look for exact […]

]]> b80c281fa650c890898ae0df2c063abc Heather McFarlane commented on the post, "The Novel of Purpose": Informing and Reforming Victorian England, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/22/the-novel-of-purpose-informing-and-reforming-victorian-england/#comment-661 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:51:16 -0500 Group 4

Claybaugh was correct in saying that Dickens’ writing grew increasingly political in nature as his popularity and influence grew, but although his early novels were not as forward in their political […]

]]> 297522d7661e358964698a05e15c79b1 Heather McFarlane joined the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/2863/ Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:50:40 -0500 0 5fe727c15b29ad73f7c3f883e3752e71 Heather McFarlane became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/2834/ Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:07:11 -0500 0