English @ SUNY Geneseo | Kayla Vialva | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/kaylav/activity/ Activity feed for Kayla Vialva. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 789b6c4e88fcd4c8327575f305f1ab73 Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=566 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:06:05 -0500 As I read Lilith’s Brood, I couldn’t help to think of the texts confrontation with numerous stereotypes. The stereotypes range from the extensively conversed about gender to what constitutes someone as a parent in […]

]]> 152e2462874d1ff9a863549e9b123864 Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=537 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:27:00 -0500 Henrietta Lacks is especially known due to the use of her cells being the foundation for various cures. The scientists who used her cells, without her permission, is similar to the Oankali’s ooloi need to save […]

]]> f7dc082b836831894ca87e3fc2fe3c45 Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=492 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 01:31:08 -0500 Within my reading, I could not help but think why suspended animation was a problem solver for the Oankali. Repeatedly, the Oankali reference suspended animation as a means to solve the issue of humans who have […]

]]> f7c34ab3858e1bdb642617565e03f234 Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=466 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:22:43 -0500 Thumbnail

The term I’ve coined as social general is loosely defined as anyone who feels their duty in life is to better humanity by righting social injustices. Octavia Butler emphasizes her social generals within Dawn. […]

]]> 74b3b81673398d135c540597293ee091 Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=430 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:42:12 -0500 Octavia Butler weaves feminist issues into her text. She critically analyzes the objectification of women. In the reading of Bloodchild, I was surprised to find this quote ” you’re not her. You’re just her […]

]]> cfa0c873a6a4baac5bde173dfbc503d5 Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=421 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:51:23 -0500 Recently, I found a study conducted in which  concluded “one in three men would rape if they could get away with it and so long as it wasn’t referred to as rape” (Schow).  Octavia Butler freely instills sexuality […]

]]> b1a56bf6da35231e4a5ec6ded4555e3e Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=365 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:26:15 -0500 Shama Nathan, of the Feminist Wire, recalls a time when she realized her privilege. While on vacation she encounters a young man who’s compliment “you talk like a white person” followed by “that’s why you’re […]

]]> c933c50ea10f5852cd740b909897c807 Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=336 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:15:43 -0500 In class, we discussed gentrification in the sense of Mind of My Mind. The Feminist Wire’s, Madhu Dubey explores oppression within the text in his article Octavia Butler’s Novels of Enslavement. He introduces the […]

]]> 1b41ded8b7c5229da09d1d9370a5ad79 Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=276 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 02:02:54 -0500 Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed and Mind of My Mind examined through the lens of the feminist perspective gives an equal representation of Doro and Mary. Arguably, Doro and Mary are masters to those around them. Doro […]

]]> e561e43b1f25b7dd63932e9d402dab1c Kayla Vialva wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=234 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 21:17:21 -0500 Rajanie Kumar, a guest contributor at the Feminist Wire, describes how “whiteness” truly affects the present day black community. Whiteness is defined as a “terror in the psyches of black individuals and the black […]

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