English @ SUNY Geneseo | Madison Bussmann | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/madibussmann/activity/ Activity feed for Madison Bussmann. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 e5427a6c2211c021a3783de1adf16539 Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Fem Future Unchained in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10214/ Thu, 03 May 2018 03:35:18 -0500 Similar 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 […]

]]> 0 75b8d0568f5b69773aff2053be1f9868 Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Lynching: a thread in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10196/ Wed, 02 May 2018 20:31:16 -0500 Since 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 […]

]]> 0 574bcd26e44cefe943963a56ed99d0af Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Care as a way to avoid catastrophe in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10193/ Wed, 02 May 2018 18:27:59 -0500 On 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 […]

]]> 0 c560b8706373ea6bc7d550233fe8b3a0 Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Another bigger picture to unpack behind _Zone One_ in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10190/ Wed, 02 May 2018 16:13:35 -0500 All 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 […]

]]> 0 90bef6585da696489f66e2d4a9704324 Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Unpacking the symbolically central importance of skels in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10189/ Wed, 02 May 2018 16:11:54 -0500 Growing 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: […]

]]> 0 7be098800137167e3920242acb323d82 Madison Bussmann wrote a new blog post Cigarettes as a sign of civilization in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10008/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:30:46 -0500 As 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 […]

]]> 0 bf7a96eae58fb3c134f5d4ae0c8e68e1 Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Apocalypse as a catalyst for catharsis in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9917/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 21:22:31 -0500 This 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]

]]> 0 8c8889d690c58e2ed6d8a917ad69fc2d Madison Bussmann commented on the post, Cemetery Celebrations and the Segregation of the Dead - Part 1, on the site (Im)Possibilities http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2018/03/01/cemetery-celebrations-and-the-segregation-of-the-dead-part-1/#comment-1683 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:01:28 -0500 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 […]

]]> 0a9d38ba5f2fc808271858f7c19844f5 Madison Bussmann edited the blog post America is a gun, its identity water in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9754/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:20:23 -0500 Since 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]

]]> 0 87d8406a1b3a5d7505e89819f520d00a Madison Bussmann edited the blog post White People Whitewash, Again! in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/9658/ Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:14:15 -0500 On 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]

]]> 0 b1cb753ef80edf777bbb8953f710f9d0 Madison Bussmann wrote a new blog post In Reaction to Schenwar's "Hurt People Hurt People" in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8332/ Tue, 02 May 2017 20:05:21 -0500 Taking 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 […]

]]> 0 91065c2d03a5bb52c6e9fabe1e10f1a1 Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Criminalizing the Homeless in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8242/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 04:41:08 -0500 Years 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]

]]> 0 132eedcb52c7e7aae3aa80eb86e5fb8a 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 https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8213/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 21:02:14 -0500 Original 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 […]

]]> 0 911beb2ee7c4498c120bf2dc8e672873 Madison Bussmann joined the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/8179/ Tue, 04 Apr 2017 22:16:54 -0500 0 b4fe3697610d7c7828608ae0b2b2ff68 Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Side Effects of Smoking in the group Geneseo Almanacs https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/6407/ Tue, 03 May 2016 23:07:37 -0500  

 

I 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]

]]> 0 2760e3b1b379fe6f3cc4726b31568b3a Madison Bussmann joined the group Geneseo Almanacs https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/6383/ Tue, 03 May 2016 22:30:12 -0500 0 c0c54056b2954a5ce588b42fdbf53a3d Madison Bussmann became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/6153/ Tue, 01 Mar 2016 03:20:49 -0500 0