Class with MHP

Digital Classroom for Spring 2020 @wakeforest courses taught by @mharrisperry. Follow for discussions, insights, questions, and reading suggestions.

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Students in #GirlsStories read #GoodGirlsMarryDoctors for our virtual class discussion today. This phenomenal anthology explores South Asian American daughters' stories of obedience and rebellion.

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#GirlsStories discussed Yoshiko Uchida’s #DesertExile in class today. It’s so fascinating to discuss the topic of WWII Japanese internment camps in the context of current events.

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Today #FarmFoodPower is discussing "Building Houses out of Chicken Legs" by @buildinghouses7

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Students in #GirlsStories discussed why it matters that #HeartBerries is written in the narrative style of a letter

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#GirlsStories reboots today after an extended break with a discussion of #HeartBerries by @TereseMarieM

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In the United States, it is customary to buy a whole week's groceries, but the same is not true in many other places around the world. #FarmFoodPower discussed how these different social dynamics could produce different outcomes when it comes to #COVID19

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The #COVID19 outbreak has had undeniable effects on the national food production chain. We discussed how school lunches, restaurants, and an unexpected home-town labor force of high school and college students are changing things throughout the nation #FarmFoodPower

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Today, we associate fresh fruits and vegetables with being the choice of those who are more privileged, but in the 1970s and early 1980s packaged foods were seen as upper-class staples #FarmFoodPower

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We opened class by going around the "room" and sharing our favorite foods and the stories behind them #FarmFoodPower

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Today students in #FarmFoodPower return to the classroom—via Google Hangouts—to discuss #StealingBuddahsDinner by @bichminhnguyen

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In #RedifiningRealness @janetmock distinguishes femininity and womanhood, prompting the reader to better understand how performance and identity--while inextricably linked-- are separate from one another #GirlsStories

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#GirlsStories reviewed data about violence against Black trans women and trans women of color as a way of understanding the willingness of activists to engage in grueling emotional labor as a means of working toward a safer and more equitable future for their communities.

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#GirlsStories students are discussing #RedifiningRealness by writer, director, producer, and author @janetmock. Thankful for the opportunity to discuss this story with students in class today

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Continuing our conversation about @benandjerrys, students in #FarmFoodPower watched this short video about @MigrantJustice's Milk with Dignity campaign for human rights for farmworkers in the dairy industry https://t.co/QDeMe6D4w6

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Although legal protections against sexual violence exist for farmworkers, protections do not extend to family members. This dynamic makes it extremely difficult for workers who are undocumented--or who have undocumented family members--to report sexual violence #FarmFoodPower

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#FarmFoodPower discussed the complicated politics around how our city spends money to both preserve greenspace and provide affordable housing in Winston-Salem. https://t.co/p60fPVkLNJ

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Today, the United States accounts for 79% of all avocados exported from Mexico, but that wasn't always the case. In fact, avocados were banned for export prior to a policy set by NAFTA that allowed the fruit to be exported to the U.S. #FarmFoodPower

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The next object lesson on today's agenda is a fan favorite: the avocado, which only recently gained popularity in the 1960s. Prior to 60s, the fruit had been dismissed because of its reputation as an aphrodisiac #FarmFoodPower

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.@benandjerrys is more connected to #FarmFoodPower than you might think. The brand printed "Support Farm Aid" on their pints for years to support family farms and continues to lobby against the use of rBGH hormone

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Today's first object lesson in #FarmFoodPower is @benandjerrys. Learn more about their socially responsible history with this short video. https://t.co/2drV4fR2IF