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Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Fem Future Unchained in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

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 […]
Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Lynching: a thread in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

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 […]
Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Care as a way to avoid catastrophe in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

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 […]
Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Another bigger picture to unpack behind _Zone One_ in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

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 […]
Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Unpacking the symbolically central importance of skels in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

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: […]
Madison Bussmann wrote a new blog post Cigarettes as a sign of civilization in the group American Studies: 8 years, 4 months ago

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 […]
Madison Bussmann edited the blog post Apocalypse as a catalyst for catharsis in the group American Studies: 8 years, 5 months ago

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]
Madison Bussmann edited the blog post America is a gun, its identity water in the group American Studies: 8 years, 6 months ago

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]
Madison Bussmann edited the blog post White People Whitewash, Again! in the group American Studies: 8 years, 6 months ago

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]
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 ago

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 […]

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