We saw a couple of paintings done of the Boylston family, the street @EmersonCollege is on. We even saw Little Building in the background of one painting! #WritingStudies02
Berger feels that nude art has the purpose of pleasing the male viewer, which shows the imbalance between men and women in society. Leppert, however, argues that looking at nude art is subjective and dependent on personal identity #WritingStudies02
#WritingStudies02 From an article published in Feminuity, "Using Black Vernacular English (BVE) as a Non-Black Person Isnβt βWokeβ if You Don't Understand the History" by Anisha Phillips
Of the four ways of forwarding, I would like to incorporate "extending" the most. I think that this is the most interesting way of responding to another persons work because it gives you the most creativity to add your personal opinions + disagree w/ the author #WritingStudies02
Some techniques that I will use when revising my essays is making sure I'm developing my strengths as well as fixing issues in the essay and making a powerful conclusion by answering both "so what?" and "what now?"#WritingStudies02
I'm not sure if there is a Michelle Obama fandom but if there is then I'm definitely apart of it. Besides that my whole family loves Star Wars and I follow all the actors of the show Schitt's Creek on insta so those are my big fandoms right now. #WritingStudies02
Another good name for our generation would be "the digital generation". Technology plays a huge role in our education and our relationships. We use technology for everything and have an online presence/identity along with a real life one. #WritingStudies02
Lam writes that despite some positives to tech advancements we "may just be leaving something important and irretrievable behind". While this may be true, change will always happen and we must adapt to it so we're not left behind #WritingStudies02
I agree with some points Lam made, but not his overall message. Lam writes "Narcissism and voyeurism have become the drivers of the digital world, a mirror of our own" this is true in the way we see people obsessed with their image online, just like in real life #WritingStudies02
If an essay is a conversation with the readers, a proposition makes more sense. A proposition is the writers ideas and thoughts, which may be different from the readers. Most importantly it is not final or definite, but open for conversation, unlike a thesis. #WritingStudies02
Something that resonated with me from the passage is that if we can think of our essays as a conversation with our audience, similar to our conversations over text with friends, writing essays can suddenly seem much less daunting. #WritingStudies02