English @ SUNY Geneseo | Liv Binda | Group Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/livbinda/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Liv Binda is a member. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 cd9f03d4887e99137a122c929abae915 Kai Owen Pangelinan Larnard edited the blog post Realization after AI and Octavia Butler in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17368/ Mon, 19 May 2025 16:13:12 -0500 Realization after AI and Octavia Butler Over the course of this semester, after diving into AI and the Xenogenesis Trilogy, I’ve noticed that my thoughts on the matter, wh […]

]]> 0 dba9d6785dea1ef194687258baf79f5b Jordan Wilson wrote a new blog post Butler and AI in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17367/ Fri, 16 May 2025 04:22:35 -0500 Butler and AIAfter reading Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis Trilogy, my opinions regarding AI have not changed drastically. The Oankali in Butler’s nov […]

]]> 0 ad55f986f079c5741512ff9864514748 Emily Sneider wrote a new blog post The Importance of Connection & Consent in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy and Artificial Intelligence in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17365/ Wed, 14 May 2025 20:55:04 -0500 The Importance of Connection & Consent in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy and Artificial IntelligenceWhen I first registered for the class “Literature: Octavia Butler & AI,” I wasn’t really sure what to expect. Obviously, we’d be discuss […]

]]> 0 8af219e9e1aa3cd5e5a1f79ef2fb79cc Victoria Slade wrote a new blog post A Continuing Fear of the Implications of Both AI and Butler’s Writing in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17360/ Mon, 12 May 2025 03:04:37 -0500 A Continuing Fear of the Implications of Both AI and Butler’s WritingOver the semester, I have gained a vast amount of knowledge regarding this new world of AI through the world of Octavia Butler’s X […]

]]> 0 038a7c1ef49c2efd5fa735f8ad6457c9 Abigail Cornelius wrote a new blog post The Art of Slightly Changing Your Mind in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17359/ Sun, 11 May 2025 18:39:09 -0500 The Art of Slightly Changing Your MindAt the start of the semester, we were asked to write two papers, one on what we found inspiring, encouraging, hopeful in what we have […]

]]> 0 dc3fc87640827ace843ca964a7a40f5d Hailey Bilby wrote a new blog post What Does the Future of AI Look Like in Relation to Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17358/ Fri, 09 May 2025 18:09:32 -0500 What Does the Future of AI Look Like in Relation to Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy?One of the things that our course epigraph reminds us when thinking about AI is that there are positives and negatives associated with […]

]]> 0 3b72e7ebd48285fa57d7113ff10ed842 Kristina Neos wrote a new blog post Learning from Aliens and Algorithms in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17357/ Fri, 09 May 2025 17:11:09 -0500 Learning from Aliens and AlgorithmsKristina Neos The exploration of Artificial Intelligence and The Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia Butlerhas driven me to think about […]

]]> 0 58301125b740143f97b025fb861470cc Robert A LaDuca edited the blog post The Illuminations of Artificial Intelligence Through Literature in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17356/ Fri, 09 May 2025 03:19:35 -0500 The Illuminations of Artificial Intelligence Through LiteratureOctavia Butler – renowned science-fiction writer, Afrofuturist, and visionary demonstrates incredible proficiency in using literature t […]

]]> 0 398875a885f85656dd133c64ca7a43bc Naod Daniel wrote a new blog post Butler Inspire Ai Trouble Essay in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17355/ Thu, 08 May 2025 23:17:45 -0500 Butler Inspire Ai Trouble EssayWhen looking back earlier in the semester and comparing the beginning of Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy to artificial i […]

]]> 0 24f3db0d47f8268105ee519b51c029d6 Magdalene Kennell wrote a new blog post The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17354/ Thu, 08 May 2025 05:43:12 -0500 The More Things Change, the More They Stay the SameAfter this semester-long journey to understand Octavia Butler’s imagined world in the Xenogenesis Trilogy and the landscape artificial i […]

]]> 0 08bcfa8929da3be95cb97eda5a1f46a8 Madelyn Perry edited the blog post Akin, Jodahs, Dr. Joy, and You: Cross-Universal Artists of Resistance in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17353/ Thu, 08 May 2025 03:58:46 -0500 Akin, Jodahs, Dr. Joy, and You: Cross-Universal Artists of Resistance            One of the initial points of discomfort or trouble with Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy is in the perceived co […]

]]> 0 a30f5c8008879fc926755d53a0c09a96 Ephesia Harris wrote a new blog post The Quiet Rearranging of Trust in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17352/ Thu, 08 May 2025 03:40:38 -0500 The Quiet Rearranging of TrustAt the beginning of the semester, I approached AI with a neutral perspective. I wasn’t particularly emotionally invested, but I was a […]

]]> 0 ba8f9e4a119b00cddf58045157fee7aa Nia Jones wrote a new blog post Were We Right About The Oankali?: A Reflection on the Xenogenesis Trilogy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17351/ Thu, 08 May 2025 03:30:33 -0500 Were We Right About The Oankali?: A Reflection on the Xenogenesis Trilogy and Artificial Intelligence (AI)When thinking about what I was going to write about for my final reflection on the Xenogenesis trilogy, I had no idea what to write […]

]]> 0 9e0bcb758738f51f501c0a39e5a555e6 Amber Ellis edited the blog post Two Sides of the Same Coin in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17350/ Thu, 08 May 2025 03:02:36 -0500 Two Sides of the Same CoinDuring the course of ENGL 439, Octavia Butler & Artificial Intelligence (AI), I’ve been given the opportunity to deeply think about h […]

]]> 0 0926e1861bc9a667c17552adc6e75f3f Claire Lustig wrote a new blog post Whiplash in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17349/ Thu, 08 May 2025 01:54:28 -0500 WhiplashClaire Lustig My opinions on the two biggest topics of this class, Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis Trilogy and AI, have definitely c […]

]]> 0 ac824e6180f488ebe6a2b4ea142d4c13 Allison Tuifel wrote a new blog post The Chaos of Uncertainy in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17348/ Thu, 08 May 2025 00:47:05 -0500 The Chaos of UncertainyIt took me a whole semester and the full study of Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy, along with our learnings on artificial […]

]]> 0 7b7d522673ee77b15bf520efa5fa1931 Josephine Hastings wrote a new blog post Nothing Is Ever Truly Correct: Reframing AI, Consent, and Human Struggle in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17347/ Wed, 07 May 2025 23:39:18 -0500 Nothing Is Ever Truly Correct: Reframing AI, Consent, and Human StruggleNothing is ever truly correct; it is only statistically probable. The length of a ruler changes depending on what you use to measure it. […]

]]> 0 d4e93852289ecc436088534bbb705fcb Marisa Greaney wrote a new blog post Thinking About Growth in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17346/ Wed, 07 May 2025 22:06:36 -0500 Thinking About GrowthDuring the process of reading and comprehending Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy, there had been encounters with both ‘aha’ moments as well […]

]]> 0 01ba3a44f151d9a78539de926961003b Lainelle Brazee wrote a new blog post The Professional Rescuers Handbook- Saving Humans from Themselves  in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17345/ Wed, 07 May 2025 22:03:52 -0500 The Professional Rescuers Handbook- Saving Humans from Themselves According to the American Red Cross (ARC), as a professional rescuer, if a person (victim) is “unresponsive, has an altered mental s […]

]]> 0 949dd641ab23d60bb800c91220c5a402 Marie Naudus wrote a new blog post Oankali As Special Education Teachers? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17344/ Wed, 07 May 2025 20:54:20 -0500 Oankali As Special Education Teachers?For this blog post, my aim is to logically weave together both my AI Inspire and Butler Trouble papers while responding to feedback and […]

]]> 0 b56ed583c29d616c590312a4d3962d44 Ayishetu Ibrahim wrote a new blog post Unmasking Bias: Parallels Between Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy and Joy Buolamwini's Advocacy in AI in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17342/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:00:00 -0500 Unmasking Bias: Parallels Between Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy and Joy Buolamwini's Advocacy in AIAllison, Kristina, Jordan, Ayishetu, Owen  Dr. Buolamwini is a computer scientist, digital activist, and AI researcher. Dr. […]

]]> 0 b05ac193ecc782ac5ce445a06a1ff4a0 Madelyn Perry edited the blog post Discovering Marginalized Voices Through Advocacy in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17341/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:58:30 -0500 Discovering Marginalized Voices Through AdvocacyBy Allison MacIntyre, Naod Daniel, Robert LaDuca Madelyn Perry, and Nia Jones In comparing the missions of Dr. Joy Buolamwini, poet, […]

]]> 0 09caee1bd110bd2b2dc8819edb959a97 Claire Lustig wrote a new blog post Rejection vs Blind Acceptance: Finding the Middle Ground of AI Usage through Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis series in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17340/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:24:48 -0500 Rejection vs Blind Acceptance: Finding the Middle Ground of AI Usage through Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis seriesBy: Victor Leon-Melendez, Claire Lustig, Hailey Bilby, Josie Hastings, and Mari Greaney Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis Trilogy d […]

]]> 0 8f8de09b4b7ceeaab4c64e099e035d4d Emily Sneider wrote a new blog post A Need For Self-Advocacy…Still… in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17339/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:16:29 -0500 A Need For Self-Advocacy…Still…By Maggie Kennell, Marie Naudus, Victoria Slade, and Emily Sneider Both Dr. Buolamwini and Jodahs advocate for themselves in spaces […]

]]> 0 f472929222bc994cfaf9616520f05e26 Amber Ellis wrote a new blog post Inspiring Through Advocacy in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17338/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:10:36 -0500 Inspiring Through Advocacyby Lainelle Brazee, Jared Coleman, Abigail Cornelius, Amber Ellis, & Ephesia Harris Both Butler’s Lilith’s Brood and Buolamwini’s w […]

]]> 0 ea1e02c08a5559225d85bd4b53cccd75 Robert A LaDuca wrote a new blog post Butler Trouble Essay in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17267/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 07:43:17 -0500 Butler Trouble EssayRobert A LaDuca Dr. Beth McCoy             Artificial Intelligence has never been more relevant. Every person who uses the intern […]

]]> 0 0b4a2693f1f4e8d370c223a73a66bb64 Emily Sneider wrote a new blog post Butler Trouble Essay: Consent in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17264/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 20:44:29 -0500 Butler Trouble Essay: ConsentIn the first novel of Butler’s trilogy, Dawn, readers learn about a woman named Lilith Iyapo who is, to her knowledge, being held h […]

]]> 0 39b4a997da3db0f55af6b449398539dc Ephesia Harris wrote a new blog post Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17260/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:33:44 -0500 Getting Comfortable with the UncomfortableReading Dawn by Octavia Butler was both an intellectually and emotionally disorienting experience for me. At first, I was drawn in by […]

]]> 0 f210eb9aedc7a411d8ad16e168467223 Josephine Hastings wrote a new blog post Is Consent Specific To Species? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17255/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:22:04 -0500 Is Consent Specific To Species?By Josie Hastings Consent is taught as a basic right, and of course it should be, but do you ask your dog if it is ok with getting a […]

]]> 0 f053d026a8c176c197f2da0291b3059b Ayishetu Ibrahim wrote a new blog post Unsettling themes In Butler's Fiction in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17256/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:50:00 -0500 Unsettling themes In Butler's FictionOctavia Butler’s Xenogenesis series, Dawn and Adulthood Rites, presents an unsettling vision of human survival through the i […]

]]> 0 0c3ddf9b10f73e167f34cb359c15a148 Robert A LaDuca wrote a new blog post Ai Inspire Essay in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17241/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:36:31 -0500 Ai Inspire Essay                                                                      Ai Inspire Essay Artificial intelligence is the world’s newest e […]

]]> 0 78593fc5f0ad0a10e2e47bb3bb7f1c6f Allison MacIntyre wrote a new blog post Butler Trouble Essay: Disturbing themes? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17240/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:39:58 -0500 Butler Trouble Essay: Disturbing themes?Octavia Butler’s novel Dawn and her fiction writing style in general have presented many topics and discussions that can be viewed as d […]

]]> 0 63abf561312e9a9de01760d0cdd9a6a8 Jordan Wilson wrote a new blog post Double Trouble in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17239/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:13:50 -0500 Double TroubleIn Octavia Butler’s novel Dawn, we are given a lens into a future where humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction, only to b […]

]]> 0 b1820446f0af96224bd841d62b836262 Magdalene Kennell wrote a new blog post Lilith vs. The Humans: Butler Trouble Essay in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17237/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:58:16 -0500 Lilith vs. The Humans: Butler Trouble EssayHaving read Octavia Butler’s work before, I felt ready to step into her universe and understand the ideas Butler presents in the “ […]

]]> 0 35aea060af51122f734397211573e352 Nia Jones wrote a new blog post What Are The Oankali's True Intentions With The Human Race? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17236/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:36:59 -0500 What Are The Oankali's True Intentions With The Human Race?Octavia Butler’s Dawn puts the reader in a compromising position where they question the validity of the Oankali’s relationship with the […]

]]> 0 16176073015b86e4d380d12ef6b1ffb9 Amber Ellis wrote a new blog post The Uncomfortable Nature Of A Lack Of Consent in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17235/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:11:21 -0500 The Uncomfortable Nature Of A Lack Of ConsentUpon reaching the end of Octavia Butler’s, Dawn, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. I wanted more but I can’t quite place what tha […]

]]> 0 f23a0de3ac5c1d1bfe27f03d43a22163 Naod Daniel wrote a new blog post Dawn in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17234/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:20:04 -0500 DawnTo start things off, Dawn by Octavia Butler is the first book in a long time that has captured my attention. This genre style feels […]

]]> 0 77c9693d354812ecc17c9c7f3762ac72 Claire Lustig wrote a new blog post Transparency and Technique in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17233/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:12:24 -0500 Transparency and TechniqueOctavia Butler’s speculative sci-fi novel Dawn is a fantastical, wildly entertaining, and deeply philosophical piece of writing. Butler […]

]]> 0 e3b12aa009c7f5f89018c4cf3589f8c7 Lainelle Brazee wrote a new blog post Under the Tarp: Enslavement or Salvation? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17232/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:05:29 -0500 Under the Tarp: Enslavement or Salvation?by Lainelle Brazee Would you choose to die of cancer knowingly and in full consciousness or would you choose to be healed, […]

]]> 0 b1f7ee2a345c18878fbaeb53443b4879 Hailey Bilby wrote a new blog post Do Oankali Even Understand Consent? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17231/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 02:05:57 -0500 Do Oankali Even Understand Consent?Octavia Butler’s Dawn introduces a new world that is both terrifying and different from the world that we know. Additionally, her n […]

]]> 0 d85faedbfc58b51d1ce3b386ee8311bc Marie Naudus wrote a new blog post BIG BROTHER IS ALWAYS WATCHING in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17230/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 01:42:52 -0500 BIG BROTHER IS ALWAYS WATCHINGOctavia Butler’s science fiction novel, Dawn, takes readers into a seemingly foreign world embedded with issues that mirror problems o […]

]]> 0 4fe67dd31a077a1f34685b45b89d8db9 Kristina Neos wrote a new blog post Consent or Control? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17229/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:50:10 -0500 Consent or Control?Octavia Butler’s Dawn exposes the unsettling experience in a post-apocalyptic world where human survival depends on alliances with an a […]

]]> 0 effe1ba3171c92d2ec7b445aace80e8f Madelyn Perry edited the blog post Human Hypocrisy in Octavia Butler's Dawn in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17228/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:30:04 -0500 Human Hypocrisy in Octavia Butler's DawnIn navigating the novel Dawn I have tried my best to be wary of what Dr. McCoy has called “Butler traps,” referring to the ways in whi […]

]]> 0 9d7030f52bfad56cc908c31eedcac56d Abigail Cornelius wrote a new blog post Who is the Villain in Dawn (1987)? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17227/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:53:25 -0500 Who is the Villain in Dawn (1987)?According to our universally accepted source of all information, AI (please note my sarcasm), when asked the very unnuanced question, […]

]]> 0 946ebea64dcada5981d51bc986d659fc Marisa Greaney wrote a new blog post Does Survival Mean We Should Disregard Consent? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17226/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:00:08 -0500 Does Survival Mean We Should Disregard Consent?In Octavia Butler’s Dawn there was more than one instance where I was made to be uncomfortable, and with further thought and d […]

]]> 0 042f3bee85404f357c6132b6e1c034b4 Kai Owen Pangelinan Larnard edited the blog post Worries, Choices, and Dawn in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17238/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:17:00 -0500 Worries, Choices, and Dawn Octavia Butler’s “Dawn” was all in all, a great read.  It’s a story about humanity being saved and given a second chance at life than […]

]]> 0 0715cbe006b3fd6b4559db9bf0922482 Victoria Slade edited the blog post The Unsettling Disregard for Consent in Dawn  in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17225/ Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:32:22 -0500 The Unsettling Disregard for Consent in Dawn In Octavia Butler’s Dawn, the novel explores the story of Lilith, a woman living amongst a group of “extraterrestrials” called the Onkal […]

]]> 0 cab08bb03673866a3666eed999f9c383 Jordan Wilson wrote a new blog post AI Driven Technology in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17224/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:54:39 -0500 AI Driven TechnologyIt’s funny, when I think of AI the first thing that comes to my mind is ChatGPT. For some they may see ChatGPT as a source of c […]

]]> 0 37ed3cade7679fd7bb1c874440d5b526 Ephesia Harris wrote a new blog post The New Day and Age in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17222/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 02:26:07 -0500 The New Day and AgeArtificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept, but a tool that has already woven itself into the fabric of our daily […]

]]> 0 07b1fabdcb006c2aff15c2a714b4e8b7 Emily Sneider wrote a new blog post AI Inspire in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/17221/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 20:59:36 -0500 AI InspireBeing a student while the popularity and usage of AI (artificial intelligence) is on the rise has been a really unique and interesting […]

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