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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Fem Future Unchained in the group
American Studies: 8 years, 4 months agoSimilar to Clio in her blog post “Janelle Monae’s ‘Make Me Feel’ and Commemorating the Dead”, I was so inspired to write a post of my own after watching Monae’s recently released emotion picture*, “Dirty […]
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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Lynching: a thread in the group
American Studies: 8 years, 4 months agoSince several of my most recent blog posts have touched on lynching on United States soil, I’ve discovered some interested threads between my Wikipedia research and some course concepts I’ve been wanting to unpack […]
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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Care as a way to avoid catastrophe in the group
American Studies: 8 years, 4 months agoOn April 26, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened it’s doors in Montgomery, Alabama. According to it’s website, it is the nation’s first official memorial dedicated to the remembrance of enslaved a […]
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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Another bigger picture to unpack behind _Zone One_ in the group
American Studies: 8 years, 4 months agoAll semester I have been returning to Dr. McCoy’s word of caution about the seduction of scorn and by extension, returning to the scorn many communities receive in the wake of natural disasters for not leaving […]
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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Unpacking the symbolically central importance of skels in the group
American Studies: 8 years, 4 months agoGrowing up, I’ve been fortunate enough to have an aunt who values and prioritizes listening to female artists in the music industry. These artists that she inevitably shares with me have some consistent qualities: […]
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Madison Bussmann wrote a new blog post Cigarettes as a sign of civilization in the group
American Studies: 8 years, 4 months agoAs a cigarette smoker of five years (yes, I know, I should quit) I can’t help but pay special attention to the cigarette references Whitehead makes throughout Zone One. Cigarettes come up on multiple occasions t […]
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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Apocalypse as a catalyst for catharsis in the group
American Studies: 8 years, 5 months agoThis blog post began, as so many do, with questions of origin. But first, let’s back up. Currently, I am enrolled on Spanish 102 with Dr. Matthews and according to our syllabus, our end goal is to achieve the ACTFL’s Novice High level of proficiency in speaking, writing, listening, and reading. Because of my involvement with Spanish 102, I’ve been…[Read more]
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Madison Bussmann commented on the post, Cemetery Celebrations and the Segregation of the Dead – Part 1, on the site (Im)Possibilities 8 years, 6 months ago
I just feel the need to say – great blog post Jack!! For some reason, I had the opposite reaction to the idea of having parties within a cemetery. I kind of found it heartwarming in a way… so I’m so excited to […]
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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post America is a gun, its identity water in the group
American Studies: 8 years, 6 months agoSince Valentines Day I have been grappling with an intense desire to write a post that expresses some personal emotions and reactions to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. I say grappling because, in so many ways, it hasn’t been an easy process. The following post is soft-core political (depending on one’s perspective) and will be…[Read more]
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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post White People Whitewash, Again! in the group
American Studies: 8 years, 6 months agoOn first seeing When the Levees Broke on our syllabus for Metropolis, my mind immediately went to one of my favorite songs, “When the Levee Breaks” by the classic English rock and blues band, Led Zeppelin. Given the bands propensity for sexual innuendo, I always skimmed the lyrics and assumed that the song was just about sexual tension building…[Read more]
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Madison Bussmann wrote a new blog post In Reaction to Schenwar’s “Hurt People Hurt People” in the group
American Studies: 9 years, 4 months agoTaking inspiration from Schenwar’s section “Hurt People Hurt People” from Locked Down, Locked Out, I started to think about the cycle of violence we see in Butler’s Parable. When I think of violence being the […]
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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Criminalizing the Homeless in the group
American Studies: 9 years, 4 months agoYears ago, I remember hearing about what I now know as hostile architecture. Hostile architecture is when a public space is designed to bar people from using it in ways in which it wasn’t originally intended to be used. It’s associated with a variety of behaviors like skateboarding, littering, loitering, but most notably homelessness. When I…[Read more]
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Madison Bussmann wrote a new blog post Response to the article in Pam’s “Housing Loss: The Grief and Other Losses” in the group
American Studies: 9 years, 4 months agoOriginal post here.
The article shared by Pam really got me thinking about the blame and lack of control felt when one is involuntarily pushed into homelessness. In Pagliarini’s attempt to explain ho […]
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Madison Bussmann joined the group
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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Side Effects of Smoking in the group
Geneseo Almanacs: 10 years, 4 months agoI am fifteen years old, trapped at a football game when my two best friends approach me. I knew they were up to something as soon as I felt Ellie’s impish smile tingle my skin. I start to squirm.
“Hey, Madi,” Ellie taunts a few yards away, “wanna get out of here?”…[Read more]
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Madison Bussmann joined the group
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Madison Bussmann became a registered member 10 years, 6 months ago
