Amanda Pringle

Twitter account for C LIT 240 Spring 2020

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

The metaphor of the zombie was a huge realization when we learned about its roots in the idea of mind control and oppression of minorities instead of as the typical brain eaters that we know of today #livetweeting #SQSF

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

Learned from C lit 240:
1. A lot of people have different views that are all based off of the cultural epistemes that they are apart of
2. Throughout history and even still today minority groups are monsterized in the media
3. We are all plugged into a system in a way #SQSF

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

Beloved made me feel deeply for the trials and hardships that Sethe and the rest of the slaves went through. From being whipped, raped, led to kill her daughter, and more. The flashbacks from this story truly unveil the evil within the plantation system. #SQSF #Readingtweet

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

Queen of the Damned was the first mainstream movie with black vampirism. It sets the portrayal of blackness in film and the representation of femininity as a monsterized, flat, characters. #SQSF #Livetweeting

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

In the Queen of The Damned, Lestat choses to "live in the light" because his fans worship him and give him the affection that he has always wanted. #SQSF #viewingtweet

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

During the casting of Interview With A Vampire, there was talk of replacing Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise as Cher and Anjelica Houston. I wonder how portraying Louie and Lestat as women would alter some of the story's queer subtext. #SQSF #Researchtweet https://t.co/h8sysm4hFL

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

In both the White Zombie and I Walked With A Zombie, the metaphor of the zombie was used to represent mind control of the minorities. This new way of thinking about zombies is different than the brain-eating monsters that we are used to. #SQSF #Summarytweet

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

The vampire can be a metaphor for queerness. It exposes the dynamic of non-normative sexual identity. #SQSF #livetweeting

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

In the White Zombie, why are certain groups of people being turned into zombies? 1. To have a labor force in complete submission without revolt 2. To knock out the competition 3. To control women in the household #SQSF

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

In both movies we watched, the wives were turned into mind controlled zombies. This plays into the idea of women being submissive to the white man in the household. Later on, we will see this continue on through the idea of the 1950’s housewife. #SQSF #Livetweeting

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

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[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

To this day, the Rose Hall Great House is a popular tourist attraction that can be visited and is tied to the legend of the White Witch of Rose Hall. Field trip anyone? #SQSF #Researchtweet

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

In Columbus's letters, he only mentions things that are potentially profitable about the new world. His episteme is only highlighting things that can be beneficial to him and his ulterior agenda. #SQSF #Summarytweet

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

When Columbus mentions that the natives are “without arms” he is viewing them from the episteme that they are conquerable and can be turned into slaves as a profit. #SQSF #Livetweeting

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

While reading Une Tempete I noticed strong recurring themes about race, power, and decolonization. #SQSF #readingtweet

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

Columbus said that whatever lands he traveled to believed that he and his ships came from the heavens. However, in reality Columbus and his ships brought over many diseases that the natives had no immunity to and only resulted in more death and destruction. #SQSF #readingtweet

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

In Columbus’s first letter he speaks of the rumors about a fierce man eating tribe of cannibals. The way that these people were described and viewed plays into the theme of our class about how others have been monsterized throughout history. #SQSF #reactiontweet

[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

Columbus made the assumption that “they would be easily made Christians, as it appeared to me that they had no religion.” Just because they had a way of life that wasn’t familiar to him doesn’t mean that they had no belief system. #reactiontweet #SQSF

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[Amanda Pringle @AmandaPringle16]

Although women got the right to vote in the 1960s, not all women had the same rights. Sojourner Truth, a once enslaved women’s rights activist gave one of the most famous abolitionist and women’s rights speeches in 1851 called “Ain’t I a Woman?” #researchtweet #SQSF