Jordanna Blake | English @ SUNY Geneseo

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Jordanna Blake edited the blog post Central argument/understanding of inclusion of sexualities in television in the group American Studies: 7 years, 10 months ago

Researching the history of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) inclusion in television and movies has unearthed an interesting history. In particular, The Production Code of 1930 also called the Hays Code, made it voluntary for the exclusion of LGB characters. Specifically, the document said “Sex Perversion or any inference to it is forbidden”. Thi…[Read more]
Jordanna Blake wrote a new blog post What Scholars have to say about Lesbian People in Entertainment Media in the group American Studies: 7 years, 10 months ago

My main question entering into this project was about discussing the effects of a lesbian character’s death on viewers, especially viewers who identify as lesbians or bisexual. In finding articles, I did not n […]
Jordanna Blake wrote a new blog post #LetLesbiansLive in the group American Studies: 8 years ago

Last semester I chose to research in depth about the issue of how lesbian and bisexual women were treated in television shows. I chose this topic because of the frequency of deaths or unhappy exits those […]
Jordanna Blake wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 5 months ago

For my public speaking class this semester, I gave a speech about panic attacks. Specifically about how an attack comes about, what your body goes through, the aftermath of an attack and some ways to recover. […]
Jordanna Blake wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 7 months ago

Clay’s Ark and Wednesday’s discussion made me think more about how desensitized our society is about violence against women. To give a bit of backstory, when I read the scene in Butler’s work (p.600-603) where the […]
Jordanna Blake wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction 9 years, 7 months ago

The issue of consent has been at the forefront of my mind since I’ve learned about the parameters of what free will is and what force is. Nashwa Khan in her article “What’s happening in the Mindy project is Not […]

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