The Faults of Balance in Communication

In the November 21, 2016 edition of The New Yorker, Toni Morrison argues that Trump won due to the terror of privileged white men in the face of a rapidly diversifying country.

In the November 21, 2016 edition of The New Yorker, Toni Morrison argues that Trump won due to the terror of privileged white men in the face of a rapidly diversifying country.

You'll remember that I kicked off our syllabus for Big Books by asking you to look @ Candice Benbow's  Lemonade Syllabus,  as one in a sequence of contributions to a genre including the charleston syllabus and a

The stigma of the graphic novel is one that is still alive and well. Considered “comic books,” by many, they are often read in the sense that they provide a form of entertainment that is fun and easy to swallow. As the World Burns, however, turns that stereotype on its head. Through its use of powerful images and harsh language, this graphic novel conveys a powerful and important, message: Corporations and big businesses are the ones actually responsible for ecocide and it is up to us to stop them. In The Collapse of Western Civilization, the same topic, climate change, is discussed, but in much more scholastic terms.

Saving Flora and Fauna

The Significance of Porosity

Upon reading “Human Cells Make Up Only Half Our Bodies. A New Book Explains Why” by Johnathon Weiner and “Porous Bodies and Trans-Corporeality” by Stacy Alaimo I have developed a closer relationship with the environment. When reading other works such as “As the World Burns” by Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan and “The Collapse of Western Civilization” I have grown to understand that if powerful corporations along with people continue to be ignorant of the degrading environment, the Earth will continue to deteriorate until it is completely destroyed. All these authors stress that we must change our ways to avoid Earth from being demolished. Despite this, I unfortunately am part of the problem as I am ignorant of environmental issues and do not seek any ways to better it.

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I do not yet know what I will write for my independent study. I have yet to become passionate about any of the topics I've been thinking about. Masculinity. Black masculinity. Trans black masculinity. Gay immigrant masculinity. Teaching a boy how to become a man. Teaching through music. At this point it seems like I will be focusing on Getting Mother's Body, Between the World and Me, or The Book of Salt. I will do some more reading and reflecting this weekend to see what sparks interest.