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Jenna Lawson wrote a new blog post Michelle Wolf in Effigy: The White House Correspondents’ Dinner in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

As we finished our last class today, I thought it was only appropriate that I attempt to apply course concepts to an outside event. I stand a mere 10 days from finishing my time at Geneseo (as long as I survive my […]
Jenna Lawson wrote a new blog post Man in the Mirror: Parallel Characters and Categorization in The Tempest in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

Today, my castmate in The Tempest, Jeanmarie Ryan, dropped a theory in front of the cast and then walked away. “I think there are two mirrored character pairs that explore possible outcomes of a similar dy […]
Jenna Lawson edited the blog post Caliban, Colonialism, and Me in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

Hatred of Caliban was the running joke of Shakespeare on the Green’s production of The Tempest. Justified with just five words (“He tried to rape Miranda!”) our cast decided that there was no jest too mean to lev […]
Jenna Lawson edited the blog post Challenges to Care: Familial Response to Displacement and Trauma in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

By Jenna Lawson, Clio Lieberman, Helen WarfleThe progression of disaster narratives culminating in Colson Whitehead’s Zone One brought us to reflect on what we know of families in disaster scenarios from our “Parenting in the Zombie Apocalypse” course with Dr. Kirsh. In light of this connection, we challenged ourselves to examine how famil…[Read more]
Jenna Lawson edited the blog post Big Freedia and Queer Erasure in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

When Dr. DeFrantz guest lectured our class on Friday, I was ecstatic to learn more about dance. As a die-hard theater kid who was called “allergic to moving with any sense of purpose” by my high school theater teacher, I was excited to be included in a dancer’s environment in any capacity. Before the class started, I saw Dr. DeFrantz pull up…[Read more]
Jenna Lawson wrote a new blog post On Romanticization Versus Advocacy for Incarcerated Individuals in the group American Studies: 8 years, 5 months ago

Since we first encountered it a few class sessions ago, I’ve been captivated by Mariame Kaba’s essay “Free Us All,” and its wariness of building movements around individuals. Rather, Kaba cites the #FreeBr […]
Jenna Lawson edited the blog post Hurricane Iniki: Look at All Those Chickens in the group American Studies: 8 years, 5 months ago

(Blog title reference)By Jenna Lawson, Jonathan Kalman, Aidan Koch, Madi Bussmann, Clio Lieberman, & Cameron RustayIn Hawaiian, the word “Iniki” has a somewhat contradictory meaning. Some categorize it on a surface level as meaning “strong and piercing wind.” However, a deeper look into Hawaiian language dictionaries turns up the definition “to pin…[Read more]
Jenna Lawson wrote a new blog post Congratulations, I Played Myself in the group American Studies: 8 years, 5 months ago

I hope readers of this post will indulge my flippant reference to DJ Khaled. Upon completing my essay on Saturday, I inadvertantly got to experience both a cycle of memory and forgetting as well as violence as the […]
Jenna Lawson wrote a new blog post We Have to Talk About Ray Nagin in the group American Studies: 8 years, 5 months ago

When Beth suggested the we look into former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin’s fate post “When the Levees Broke,” I felt a sense of dreadful anticipation. I knew corruption was the inevitable conclusion conclusion to […]
Jenna Lawson wrote a new blog post On the fear of creating waste in the group American Studies: 8 years, 7 months ago

I’ve been dreading completing my first blog post. I was avoiding it at all costs, rationalizing its postponement for just a little bit longer each time I opened up this website. It’s taken me until now, but I fin […]

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