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Victoria Page edited the blog post Self-Reflecting. in the group American Studies: 4 years, 3 months ago
The course
epigraph is as follows, “My job is to notice…and to notice that you can notice,”
a quote by Dionne Brand. As someone who grew up in an area that by some would be
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Victoria Page wrote a new blog post The Final Straw in the group American Studies: 4 years, 3 months ago
Considering this is my last blog post, I wanted to answer the question “Why? Why have I waited so long to begin these posts?” I answer this with hesitation due to the fact that I am still ultimately str […]
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Victoria Page wrote a new blog post Beginning to Question in the group American Studies: 4 years, 3 months ago
An article assigned to us titled, “More harm than good? The questionable ethics of medical volunteering and international student placements” discusses the argument that, “international medical volunteering is do […]
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Victoria Page wrote a new blog post Prison to Prison in the group American Studies: 4 years, 3 months ago
In class, we were assigned to read Chapter 10 of Medical Apartheid. This chapter 10 of Medical Apartheid focuses on the experimentation and research on African American prisoners. They were held at […]
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Victoria Page edited the blog post Too Insecure in the group American Studies: 4 years, 3 months ago
From birth to now, I have always been aware. Aware that I was most likely lesser off than someone else, had looked different, even lived differently. When I was younger I often found myself to be insecure about […]
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Victoria Page wrote a new blog post Conceptualization in Language in the group American Studies: 4 years, 3 months ago
While writing for another blog post, I stumbled upon an interview with the author of Zulus, Percival Everett. A man who I often considered to be a bit odd before looking into his other works. In this particular […]
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Victoria Page wrote a new blog post Dental Discrepancies in the group American Studies: 4 years, 3 months ago
Being cared for by the dentist has always been one of my biggest fears. ANY doctor for that matter, causes my blood pressure to skyrocket and I begin to sweat. Some may call this white coat syndrome, which is […]
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Victoria Page edited the blog post The Ideal in the group American Studies: 4 years, 3 months ago
While reading Zulus I often questioned the author, Percival Everett, with the way he wrote about one of the characters weight, Alice Achitophel. I, myself, am not a woman with the average body society says we […]
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Victoria Page wrote a new blog post “So, have you been tested?” in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
One day in class, I made a link between this course and my Intro to Sociology lecture. On this day in particular we were discussing chapter 7 of Medical Apartheid. Chapter 7 discusses the Tuskegee Syphilis Study […]
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Victoria Page wrote a new blog post Slave or Enslaved? in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
Dionne Brand once said, “My job is to notice… and to notice that you can notice.” To me, this quote is involving both concepts of observation and the act of understanding the things you notice. I feel as if this […]
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Victoria Page joined the group American Studies 4 years, 7 months ago
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Victoria Page became a registered member 4 years, 7 months ago