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Impressions on the Heart Of Darkness
An amusing side note before beginning: I attempted to read Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness in high school a few years back whilst on a serious reading kick. I was totally excited, went out, bought the book, sat down in the late-spring … Continue reading → Continue reading →
momento mori 2014-03-17 22:19:41
as much as I enjoyed this novel and the fact that it was one of the few fiction readings rather than what we have been focusing mainly on, I am a little unclear about how this is considered a remake/remodel of the last reading. As per usual, it always takes me a little research to […] Continue reading →
the heart of darkness!!
hello friends we are almost done arts one and we get to finish it off with some quicker readings! not gonna lie, i was pretty excited to see that this book was pretty short… either way, i was actually really … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Some musings on today and such
Hello UBC blog world, Today in tutorial we discussed Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. As I said in my last post, I find it difficult to discuss was a key feminist text seeing that I am a white male and … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Fingers Crossed
I feel that these days I don’t personally experience many conscious feelings of being an Other in relation to men. Maybe men and women are becoming more equal in general. Maybe it’s because I’m around progressive people most of the time. I’m lucky I’m sure, as most of us are, to be living where I […] Continue reading →
Are women more than just a reproductive organ?
Yay for more feminist readings! I feel a lot of these books are sparking heated debates, but I’m glad we’re exploring this genre. The bane of my existence is how English classes tend to focus on white male european writers. … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Second Sex
I really liked Jill’s lecture on The Second Sex. While I was reading the text I noticed the multiple similarities to many of the other texts we have studied, so I’m glad she covered them all. I think it’s very fitting to study Beauvoir close to the end of the year! I think sometimes we forget […] Continue reading →
Thinking about Beauvoir
First off, I just want to say that today’s lecture was absolutely wonderful. Now that we’re close to ending the year (10 essays completed, 2-3 more to go) we’re all starting to approach the last few lectures left of Arts One. Today’s lecture on Beauvoir combined so many different elements of what we have learned […] Continue reading →
oliviahart 2014-03-10 19:01:12
The ideas that most stuck out for me this week were 1) The relationship between slaves and masters 2) Why there’s inequality 3)Inequal, but different 1)I may have heard this before, but I found it to be really thought-provoking idea. … Continue reading → Continue reading →
De Beauvoir: The Second Sex
Hello to all you subjects and others! Today I want to talk about lecture today as well as what I all around thought of The Second Sex. Jill’s lecture was very interesting and of course, adding Ellen DeGeneres’ always adds … Continue reading → Continue reading →
