Starting with the idea that love is constant, in Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 and tracing the Heavy F... more Starting with the idea that love is constant, in Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 and tracing the Heavy Father motif and the Cuckolding Plot through "Two Gentlemen of Verona", "The Merchant of Venice", "Romeo and Juliet", and "Othello" ends in villainy, gruesome Patriarchy, and the declared obsolescence of Shakespeare, cuz, it's fucking 2017 and Black Lives Matter.
"Marvel has done a marvelous job of adapting to its market. It has sold a nation at war nationali... more "Marvel has done a marvelous job of adapting to its market. It has sold a nation at war nationalism. With Image being a company created by seven of Marvel’s best-selling artists, it has enabled creator ownership, which boasts creative freedom yet continues to produce what will sell rather than what will explicitly challenge socioeconomic and political norms. Most recently, with Captain America: Civil War, it has followed East of West in throwing qualities of Otherness and Orientalism onto a patriarchal black character, thereby ignoring movements like Black Lives Matter and capitalizing on privileged America’s apathy towards solving racial issues. By comparing Captain America Comics to The Green Turtle the critical reader can see how Edward Said’s observation that Orientalism, depicting Eastern characters as cartooned abstractions, makes them mysteriously foreign and is hence xenophobic. By carrying this theoretical discourse over to East of West, bringing bell hooks in the mix and looking at how the continued inaccurate portrayal of Others enables systems of domination such as U.S. capitalism, imperialism, racism and patriarchy to endure. Students analyzing comics in critical theory classes, casual readers, graphic novel writers and artists, publishers, distributers, and everyone who makes or goes to see comic book movies could and should look closer at the way these stories reflect society. The more people talk about the world around them using accessible cultural artifacts like comics the more opened up the discussion becomes to anyone, regardless of age, race, sex, or creed and the more conscious each person can be the better; the stronger the fight against oppression becomes."
"April 13th, 2016 California’s State University professors, lecturers, counselors, coaches, and l... more "April 13th, 2016 California’s State University professors, lecturers, counselors, coaches, and librarians, united through the California Faculty Association, are threatening to strike for a 5% raise. In his article, “Report recommends that Cal State faculty receive 5% pay increase,” Jason Song of the LA Times quotes conflict resolution specialist Bonnie Prouty Castrey as saying, “educators’ pay had stagnated during the recession and ‘the faculty are still suffering from structural salary issues as well as the lack of substantial salary increases.’” While Marx and Engels would use this article about the strike to further solidify their critique of capitalism because it exemplifies continuous and progressive alienation of workers from their labor power, Gramsci would examine the role of the professors and how their demands and actions are inconsistent with their supposed level of consciousness as intellectuals."
The Cult of True Womanhood from nineteenth century religious society in America, consisted of fou... more The Cult of True Womanhood from nineteenth century religious society in America, consisted of four elements: purity, piety, domesticity and submissiveness. This paper looks at which of those Louisa Ellis from "A New England Nun" submits to, which she subverts, and overall how she subverts the expectations of True Womanhood.
Examines archetypes used by Virginia Woolf in "Mrs. Dalloway" and George Orwell in "Shooting an E... more Examines archetypes used by Virginia Woolf in "Mrs. Dalloway" and George Orwell in "Shooting an Elephant" suggest that Modern British subjects were lost because of imperialism and the ways of previous generations, and were looking to redefine themselves and their society. Places the works in their period, touches on themes of doubt, despair and uncertainty, and ends with a lesson for the post-post-Modern reader.
How Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were affected by their gender roles as... more How Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were affected by their gender roles as seen through "The Mortal Immortal" and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The book of Esther in the Old Testament features Esther, a woman who's uncle, Mordecai, has taken... more The book of Esther in the Old Testament features Esther, a woman who's uncle, Mordecai, has taken her in. She is a Diaspora Jew, a woman, and a part of the working class. She uses her sexuality to manipulate the king and save her people from death. My argument is that she is fails to redefine heroism because she lacks a revolutionary consciousness.
exemplifies how religion influenced people of all types to go on pilgrimages, Julian of Norwich s... more exemplifies how religion influenced people of all types to go on pilgrimages, Julian of Norwich showed how some followed religious doctrine so closely that they were physically affected by it, and
This article focuses on how high school teachers can confront the intersecting oppressions of rac... more This article focuses on how high school teachers can confront the intersecting oppressions of racism, classism, and sexism by teaching students counter-hegemonic writing in response to graphic novels that echo the “Pedagogy of Hope” that bell hooks writes about in her book, Teaching Community.
'Black Elk Speaks' is John Neihardt's transcription of a Lakota Indian visionary's purpose in a t... more 'Black Elk Speaks' is John Neihardt's transcription of a Lakota Indian visionary's purpose in a time that saw American colonialists steal his peoples' sovereignty while decimating their population and way of life in pursuit of progress and capital (gold). This essay explores Black Elk's vision and its meaning, not only to Black Elk and the Lakota, but to life itself.
John G. Neihardt transcribed the story of Black Elk's vision. His vision was about a lot of thing... more John G. Neihardt transcribed the story of Black Elk's vision. His vision was about a lot of things. And the fact that he told it to Neihardt and we can read it now means a whole lot more. You really should read the book, but the short and skinny of it is that people like the Lakota have practices and traditions that the people with the big guns and oil pipeline plans need to stop what they are doing and consider, before they go ahead trying to kill everybody on the planet by destroying the rapidly decreasing resources we all need in order to survive.
Starting with the idea that love is constant, in Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 and tracing the Heavy F... more Starting with the idea that love is constant, in Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 and tracing the Heavy Father motif and the Cuckolding Plot through "Two Gentlemen of Verona", "The Merchant of Venice", "Romeo and Juliet", and "Othello" ends in villainy, gruesome Patriarchy, and the declared obsolescence of Shakespeare, cuz, it's fucking 2017 and Black Lives Matter.
"Marvel has done a marvelous job of adapting to its market. It has sold a nation at war nationali... more "Marvel has done a marvelous job of adapting to its market. It has sold a nation at war nationalism. With Image being a company created by seven of Marvel’s best-selling artists, it has enabled creator ownership, which boasts creative freedom yet continues to produce what will sell rather than what will explicitly challenge socioeconomic and political norms. Most recently, with Captain America: Civil War, it has followed East of West in throwing qualities of Otherness and Orientalism onto a patriarchal black character, thereby ignoring movements like Black Lives Matter and capitalizing on privileged America’s apathy towards solving racial issues. By comparing Captain America Comics to The Green Turtle the critical reader can see how Edward Said’s observation that Orientalism, depicting Eastern characters as cartooned abstractions, makes them mysteriously foreign and is hence xenophobic. By carrying this theoretical discourse over to East of West, bringing bell hooks in the mix and looking at how the continued inaccurate portrayal of Others enables systems of domination such as U.S. capitalism, imperialism, racism and patriarchy to endure. Students analyzing comics in critical theory classes, casual readers, graphic novel writers and artists, publishers, distributers, and everyone who makes or goes to see comic book movies could and should look closer at the way these stories reflect society. The more people talk about the world around them using accessible cultural artifacts like comics the more opened up the discussion becomes to anyone, regardless of age, race, sex, or creed and the more conscious each person can be the better; the stronger the fight against oppression becomes."
"April 13th, 2016 California’s State University professors, lecturers, counselors, coaches, and l... more "April 13th, 2016 California’s State University professors, lecturers, counselors, coaches, and librarians, united through the California Faculty Association, are threatening to strike for a 5% raise. In his article, “Report recommends that Cal State faculty receive 5% pay increase,” Jason Song of the LA Times quotes conflict resolution specialist Bonnie Prouty Castrey as saying, “educators’ pay had stagnated during the recession and ‘the faculty are still suffering from structural salary issues as well as the lack of substantial salary increases.’” While Marx and Engels would use this article about the strike to further solidify their critique of capitalism because it exemplifies continuous and progressive alienation of workers from their labor power, Gramsci would examine the role of the professors and how their demands and actions are inconsistent with their supposed level of consciousness as intellectuals."
The Cult of True Womanhood from nineteenth century religious society in America, consisted of fou... more The Cult of True Womanhood from nineteenth century religious society in America, consisted of four elements: purity, piety, domesticity and submissiveness. This paper looks at which of those Louisa Ellis from "A New England Nun" submits to, which she subverts, and overall how she subverts the expectations of True Womanhood.
Examines archetypes used by Virginia Woolf in "Mrs. Dalloway" and George Orwell in "Shooting an E... more Examines archetypes used by Virginia Woolf in "Mrs. Dalloway" and George Orwell in "Shooting an Elephant" suggest that Modern British subjects were lost because of imperialism and the ways of previous generations, and were looking to redefine themselves and their society. Places the works in their period, touches on themes of doubt, despair and uncertainty, and ends with a lesson for the post-post-Modern reader.
How Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were affected by their gender roles as... more How Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were affected by their gender roles as seen through "The Mortal Immortal" and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The book of Esther in the Old Testament features Esther, a woman who's uncle, Mordecai, has taken... more The book of Esther in the Old Testament features Esther, a woman who's uncle, Mordecai, has taken her in. She is a Diaspora Jew, a woman, and a part of the working class. She uses her sexuality to manipulate the king and save her people from death. My argument is that she is fails to redefine heroism because she lacks a revolutionary consciousness.
exemplifies how religion influenced people of all types to go on pilgrimages, Julian of Norwich s... more exemplifies how religion influenced people of all types to go on pilgrimages, Julian of Norwich showed how some followed religious doctrine so closely that they were physically affected by it, and
This article focuses on how high school teachers can confront the intersecting oppressions of rac... more This article focuses on how high school teachers can confront the intersecting oppressions of racism, classism, and sexism by teaching students counter-hegemonic writing in response to graphic novels that echo the “Pedagogy of Hope” that bell hooks writes about in her book, Teaching Community.
'Black Elk Speaks' is John Neihardt's transcription of a Lakota Indian visionary's purpose in a t... more 'Black Elk Speaks' is John Neihardt's transcription of a Lakota Indian visionary's purpose in a time that saw American colonialists steal his peoples' sovereignty while decimating their population and way of life in pursuit of progress and capital (gold). This essay explores Black Elk's vision and its meaning, not only to Black Elk and the Lakota, but to life itself.
John G. Neihardt transcribed the story of Black Elk's vision. His vision was about a lot of thing... more John G. Neihardt transcribed the story of Black Elk's vision. His vision was about a lot of things. And the fact that he told it to Neihardt and we can read it now means a whole lot more. You really should read the book, but the short and skinny of it is that people like the Lakota have practices and traditions that the people with the big guns and oil pipeline plans need to stop what they are doing and consider, before they go ahead trying to kill everybody on the planet by destroying the rapidly decreasing resources we all need in order to survive.
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By comparing Captain America Comics to The Green Turtle the critical reader can see how Edward Said’s observation that Orientalism, depicting Eastern characters as cartooned abstractions, makes them mysteriously foreign and is hence xenophobic. By carrying this theoretical discourse over to East of West, bringing bell hooks in the mix and looking at how the continued inaccurate portrayal of Others enables systems of domination such as U.S. capitalism, imperialism, racism and patriarchy to endure. Students analyzing comics in critical theory classes, casual readers, graphic novel writers and artists, publishers, distributers, and everyone who makes or goes to see comic book movies could and should look closer at the way these stories reflect society. The more people talk about the world around them using accessible cultural artifacts like comics the more opened up the discussion becomes to anyone, regardless of age, race, sex, or creed and the more conscious each person can be the better; the stronger the fight against oppression becomes."
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By comparing Captain America Comics to The Green Turtle the critical reader can see how Edward Said’s observation that Orientalism, depicting Eastern characters as cartooned abstractions, makes them mysteriously foreign and is hence xenophobic. By carrying this theoretical discourse over to East of West, bringing bell hooks in the mix and looking at how the continued inaccurate portrayal of Others enables systems of domination such as U.S. capitalism, imperialism, racism and patriarchy to endure. Students analyzing comics in critical theory classes, casual readers, graphic novel writers and artists, publishers, distributers, and everyone who makes or goes to see comic book movies could and should look closer at the way these stories reflect society. The more people talk about the world around them using accessible cultural artifacts like comics the more opened up the discussion becomes to anyone, regardless of age, race, sex, or creed and the more conscious each person can be the better; the stronger the fight against oppression becomes."