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Elizabeth Verrastro wrote a new blog post What about slavery? in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
Toward the beginning of the class, Dr. McCoy mentioned how some people think Butler is writing about slavery in her novels, but Butler asserted that she’s not. Slavery never really came up in more than passing m […]
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Elizabeth Verrastro wrote a new blog post A Different Way of Looking at Hierarchy in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
I’ve been thinking about Sandra’s post about hierarchy in Lilith’s Brood, and while I agree with her notion that the hierarchy the humans can, and often do, employ involves “imbalances of power in relatio […]
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Elizabeth Verrastro wrote a new blog post The Oankali Appearance in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
Part of what causes me problems when I’m reading Lilith’s Brood is that I can’t picture the Oankali, so I can’t truly understand the human’s reactions to them. I know from reading Lilith’s Brood that they are bi […]
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Elizabeth Verrastro edited the blog post Shori and Wright’s Sexual Relationship in the group American Studies: 6 years, 6 months ago
While reading Fledgling, I’ve been struggling to accept Shori and Wright’s sexual relationship. When we first meet Shori, Wright thinks she looks about ten or eleven (8). Later, Shori tells Wright she’s pretty sure she’s older and remembers having sex before, and even though she still looks physically young, they have sex (21-22). I think part of…[Read more]
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Elizabeth Verrastro wrote a new blog post Male Pregnancy in “Bloodchild” in the group American Studies: 6 years, 7 months ago
Brendan’s post about the relationship between Gan and T’Gatoi reflecting many elements of Western society’s model of love and marriage reminded me of Butler’s claim that “Bloodchild” is her “pregnant man story” (3 […]
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Elizabeth Verrastro joined the group American Studies 6 years, 7 months ago
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Elizabeth Verrastro became a registered member 6 years, 7 months ago