Pop! Culture:
“Who is the Native?”: The dynamic of colonizer (military, corporation and other kinds) and native has always been a problem, and still exists in this supposedly post-colonial world. Native peoples are still othered, the ”noble savage” has been replaced by “third world.” In conjunction with native people’s voices speaking out, outsiders need to understand issues in order to help out, and ”Who is the Native?” tries to serve as a way for the writers and audience to do that.
Not Over the Rainbow: With Prop 8. the issue in California and Milk now out to rent, gay issues are gaining prominence in the media. What is being fought for, where has it come from and what does it all mean? Not Over the Rainbow explores the area of pop culture hits political (representation in the media, outing, historical figures). We’ll be your best gay friend about GLBTQ issues– except not.
Body Language: On television, in magazines and all across the internet, we are told we’re too thin or too that. Eat this, diet that way. What are the messages we are getting from the media, and how are they affecting us?
Promotion:
ALBands:
Highlighting the best of the Albany/Capital Region music scene, established and upcoming. (It doesn’t hurt that some of the writers hung out with most of these people.)
People Who Do Stuff:
We know people. People who are making the world better. People who are interesting. People who are doing stuff. These interviews are where they shine.
Work Creative:
(No More) Empty Spaces:
Passing through the streets these days it’s not hard to pass by a number of store fronts going out of business or already up for rent. (No More) Empty Space photo-journalism/art project created in order to call attention to this lack of business in towns and cities.
remember when this used to be Alex’s old college blog?
the ones who are mad to live: year zero
ENG 221: Contemporary American Literature
- Canon Busting and Building: This class explored what made up the canon, why it was made that way and the current additions to the canon from authors who are a part of marginalized segments of American society.
ENG 379: Topics in Film Studies - Writers in Motion: This class explored how film presents writers (playwrights, authors, and screenwriters) themselves, comparing stereotypes and reality. Also, an introduction to basic concepts of film-making.
Some Novel Ideas
(a.k.a. ENG 498 / Senior Seminar - Fate of the Novel): This blog was used for the class. The seminar explored what it meant for writing to be considered a novel, boundaries a novel could push and what novels are supposed to ‘do.’
