#firstworldproblems
I was driving a friend home last night because his car was getting fixed, and I really started to think about how easy my life is. See, I was driving the car my mom gave to me, without any stipulations...
View ArticleThe things that hate us
I was driving to work the other day, and this song came on my Kanye Pandora station: First thought: man, this song is such a JAM. Second thought: this reminds me of that thing we read in the beginning...
View ArticleThe Heights of Fear
So I signed on tonight to catch up on blog posts, not quite sure what I was going to write about other than attending to the ones I keep letting sit in drafts (soon you will all be blessed with those...
View ArticleThe Battle of Algiers as a work of non-fiction?
(This is SUPER late, and I’m sorry for being behind!) I think when looking at The Battle of Algiers and discussing the response it got during its time, we have to note that it is a work of art — not a...
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True Life: My grandparents are racist
I think in class the other day, we all kind of agreed that at least one person in our life is racist or looks down on other races. And I kept thinking about it in my life. And with the way I was...
View ArticleTears for the Twin Towers
Today in class, we talked about where we were for and how we remember 9/11. I was in the 5th grade and I still remember it quite vividly, though I was only 10 years old and I lived in Buffalo — on the...
View ArticleSteubenville
I missed the class on rape, and I’m not exactly sure what was talked about, but I still wanted to write about my two cents on the Steubenville case. What really struck me the most out of all that I’ve...
View ArticleKONY 2012
So KONY 2012. What can I say about it. I’ll admit, when I first saw the video, I got behind it. It sucks you in. But that is Invisible Children’s mission. While I admit that after more consideration,...
View ArticleMy (changed) theory of social change
I don’t really know what I said about my theory of social change before the semester really started, but I guess I can write about what it is now. I think social change can be started by anyone. It...
View ArticleThe most influential people
So I was thinking about that Time “Most Influential People” bracket as I was watching the NBA game with friends tonight (basketball = bracket = I don’t know anything else about sports really). But as I...
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