sydney hancock

maritime lit student #hon436

[sydney hancock @mermaidgorl]

@JLawrence_RepUs will you please stand in solidarity with Kentucky and endorse @Booker4KY for senate?

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@_itsbrendabitch every single one i know tbh

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@Elizabe68988415 Novellas are shorter than a full length novel but longer that a short story (usually) (and according to the internet) #HON436

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@Elizabe68988415 Yes, but then either in the afterword or acknowledgements (can’t remember which) the book is actually described as a novella, which after understanding that makes sense on how abrupt it was! #HON436

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The afterword was beautiful— I love the telephone analogy! #HON436

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I was kind of expecting the wajinru to be angry with Yetu for leaving. Amaba’s compassionate & concerning response to not let Yetu go back to how it used to be, was surprising #HON436

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As if women’s bodies are secrets and it is all on us to hide our bodies in a manner that won’t “provoke” or “distract” boys. Even from a young age I knew this wasn’t fair, and I am still unlearning these things I’ve internalized about human bodies #HON436

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“Wajinru discussed bodies openly,” i appreciate this. This makes me think of the conditioning of my youth, in MS & HS there were rules preventing girls from wearing tank tops, leggings, or anything that might be “revealing” #Hon436

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“Though the curious quiet and lightness of her mind pleased her, she did not relish forgetting, she felt unmoored.” I feel like this is the paradox in life of thinking of the past, while also remaining present. What’s the balance? Too much of either has its consequences #Hon436

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Yetu swimming all the way to the surface makes me think of the visual/website we looked at the beginning of the semester and just how deep the ocean is, and what lives at each depth #HON436

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Ive read a lot of books that are about an unjust or corrupt system that gets challenged or changed by the protagonist of the story — it makes me think of now & how our “system” is so obviously broken and in desperate need of drastic change too #HON436

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What do you think the multiple references to the womb mean/symbolize throughout this book? #HON436

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clipping. - The Deep https://t.co/JWGomvJLqL via @YouTube #HON436 Rivers talks about how the book was a collaborative and mentions this in their acknowledgments

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@StrebleV @Olivia35880779 Also, I found a lot of articles talking about the othering & villianizing of otherness that occurs in the original little mermaid animation, with Ursula especially! #HON436

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https://t.co/1jIfT55aNS #HON436

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@StrebleV @Olivia35880779 & the part talking about how in a lot of folklore mermaids come from manatees too — manatees are large & have a lot of fat to stay warm in the ocean. mermaid portrayals in western society seem to be an extension of toxic, white, fat-phobic beauty standards #HON436

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my answer is, I really hope so, but doubtful. that exceeded the 25 character limit though :( #HON436

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Do you think there's any possibility mermaids -- or any sort of mer-creature, is real? #HON436

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#HON436 "This is the network's most watched telecast since the Steve Irwin memorial special in September 2006" -- omg y'all, a mermaid "documentary" (docu-fiction actually)
https://t.co/i0XobXYBX3