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Always be planning ahead! Give yourself time to read the readings, get the basic ideas, and take note of what other people say. You get an amazing experience to hear such unique voices unlike your own. Listen, engage, and empathize #BSUENG490
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Always be planning ahead! Give yourself time to read the readings, get the basic ideas, and take note of what other people say. You get an amazing experience to hear such unique voices unlike your own. Listen, engage, and empathize #BSUENG490
Every time they talked about Serena's pregnancy after mentioning how the needles looked identical, I got so scared. Like, don't mix them up, please! #bsueng490
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Every time they talked about Serena's pregnancy after mentioning how the needles looked identical, I got so scared. Like, don't mix them up, please! #bsueng490
The way Alex's body moves differs by gender. Around women, she is generally more careful and talkative; more dominating and louder in their presence. She is also willing to be cared for, leaning on top in comfort. She leans into men submissively, making herself physically smaller. #BSUENG490
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The way Alex's body moves differs by gender. Around women, she is generally more careful and talkative; more dominating and louder in their presence. She is also willing to be cared for, leaning on top in comfort. She leans into men submissively, making herself physically smaller. #BSUENG490
I find it pretty interesting how Alex/Adrien's reactions to care differ for the dads. Alex and her dad have been nonverbal and physically distant, just co-existing; Adrien's is more nurturing and very self-sacrificing for his "found" son. He doesn't question or scold him; he compromises.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I find it pretty interesting how Alex/Adrien's reactions to care differ for the dads. Alex and her dad have been nonverbal and physically distant, just co-existing; Adrien's is more nurturing and very self-sacrificing for his "found" son. He doesn't question or scold him; he compromises.
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"I chuckled first, then I laughed. Just sounds, only sounds."
At the end of her story, Isobel reclaims her name and her voice, no longer part of a constant transaction of silence.
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At the end of her story, Isobel reclaims her name and her voice, no longer part of a constant transaction of silence.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"I chuckled first, then I laughed. Just sounds, only sounds."
At the end of her story, Isobel reclaims her name and her voice, no longer part of a constant transaction of silence.
#BSUENG490
At the end of her story, Isobel reclaims her name and her voice, no longer part of a constant transaction of silence.
#BSUENG490
"And they say: but look what you have been given. Equality, diversity: they all become gifts for which we are supposed to be grateful; they become compensatory. We are not grateful when a system is extended to include us when that system is predicated on inequality and violence" #BSUENG490
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"And they say: but look what you have been given. Equality, diversity: they all become gifts for which we are supposed to be grateful; they become compensatory. We are not grateful when a system is extended to include us when that system is predicated on inequality and violence" #BSUENG490
"When the sun touched her, it brought out the sepia and cinnamon in her blood, overpowered the milk and honey, and he could no longer pretend she was white."
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November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"When the sun touched her, it brought out the sepia and cinnamon in her blood, overpowered the milk and honey, and he could no longer pretend she was white."
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Reading parts of the book reminded me of a migrant's journey, particularly with assimilation on 70, 81, and 87. Binti makes due with what she has available to keep her culture with her, like many immigrants with recipes #BSUENG490
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reading parts of the book reminded me of a migrant's journey, particularly with assimilation on 70, 81, and 87. Binti makes due with what she has available to keep her culture with her, like many immigrants with recipes #BSUENG490
"Refusing to recognize difference makes it impossible to see the different problems and pitfalls facing us as women" #BSUENG490
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Refusing to recognize difference makes it impossible to see the different problems and pitfalls facing us as women" #BSUENG490
"Still, not all science fiction has the same ancestral bloodline, that line being Western-rooted science fiction, which is mostly white and male... She goes out as she is, looking the way she looks, carrying her cultures, being who she is."
Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa | TED
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October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Still, not all science fiction has the same ancestral bloodline, that line being Western-rooted science fiction, which is mostly white and male... She goes out as she is, looking the way she looks, carrying her cultures, being who she is."
Too many times have I seen the men described in this theory use slurs of groups they are not a part of and justify that usage with the parts of their demographics that are marginalized, particularly gay and working-class men #BSUENG490
October 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Too many times have I seen the men described in this theory use slurs of groups they are not a part of and justify that usage with the parts of their demographics that are marginalized, particularly gay and working-class men #BSUENG490
Trying to keep up with all the rules Cassie be breaking #BSUENG490
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trying to keep up with all the rules Cassie be breaking #BSUENG490
Cassie has become too emotionally to the case to where both of her lives are blurring together dangerously #BSUENG490
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Cassie has become too emotionally to the case to where both of her lives are blurring together dangerously #BSUENG490
Cassie's guard is being dangerously let down the more involved she becomes with the group. The "no pasts" rule makes it easier to integrate herself without anyone questioning her, even as she plays a faked role in these real, tight-knit relationships #BSUENG490
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Cassie's guard is being dangerously let down the more involved she becomes with the group. The "no pasts" rule makes it easier to integrate herself without anyone questioning her, even as she plays a faked role in these real, tight-knit relationships #BSUENG490
Listening to the audiobook and I remember this is told in the past tense and I just need to pause every 10 minutes each time a new secret is revealed #BSUENG490
October 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Listening to the audiobook and I remember this is told in the past tense and I just need to pause every 10 minutes each time a new secret is revealed #BSUENG490
"Rather than stressing collectivity or the concerns of women per se,... The young women is addressed as a potential subject of great 'capacity'" (624).
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"So she's got that body, no husband, and the ability to make a living in a real field"
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"So she's got that body, no husband, and the ability to make a living in a real field"
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Is Barbie a feminist icon? It's complicated
The Barbie movie is being celebrated (and slammed) as a feminist film, with its themes of female empowerment and critiques of the patriarchy. Can the same be said for the doll at the center of it?
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October 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Rather than stressing collectivity or the concerns of women per se,... The young women is addressed as a potential subject of great 'capacity'" (624).
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"So she's got that body, no husband, and the ability to make a living in a real field"
#BSUENG490
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"So she's got that body, no husband, and the ability to make a living in a real field"
#BSUENG490
"God forbid we know her cycle was regular!" (Liv and I when discussing how O'Kelly gets squeamish over female body functions)
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October 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"God forbid we know her cycle was regular!" (Liv and I when discussing how O'Kelly gets squeamish over female body functions)
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I tried not to read at first from a trans perspective when we initially learned the author is NB. Continuing showed more acknowledgement of terms like gender dysphoria and liminal spaces with gender binaries, terms that are not in everyone's immediate field. #BSUENG490 (1/2)
October 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I tried not to read at first from a trans perspective when we initially learned the author is NB. Continuing showed more acknowledgement of terms like gender dysphoria and liminal spaces with gender binaries, terms that are not in everyone's immediate field. #BSUENG490 (1/2)
When Ada goes through her panic attack, she finds comfort in the masculine part of herself, one more docile than Asughara. I find their dynamic interesting, as Ada finds comfort in the man spiritually inside her, one she is not allowed to talk about, despite her experiences with men
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September 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
When Ada goes through her panic attack, she finds comfort in the masculine part of herself, one more docile than Asughara. I find their dynamic interesting, as Ada finds comfort in the man spiritually inside her, one she is not allowed to talk about, despite her experiences with men
#BSUENG490
#BSUENG490
The Cyborg Manifesto reads like a sarcastic piece on identity being shaped under the stress of Western perspectives. In a sense, it reminds me of A Modest Proposal. #BSUENG490
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Cyborg Manifesto reads like a sarcastic piece on identity being shaped under the stress of Western perspectives. In a sense, it reminds me of A Modest Proposal. #BSUENG490
"The Ada felt like a trickster, which felt right. She could move between boy and girl, which was a freedom, for her and for us. But when she turned twelve and started bleeding, everything was ruined... we were in a cage that obeyed other laws, human laws" (123)
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September 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The Ada felt like a trickster, which felt right. She could move between boy and girl, which was a freedom, for her and for us. But when she turned twelve and started bleeding, everything was ruined... we were in a cage that obeyed other laws, human laws" (123)
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On page 50, when Ada finds herself between Black Americans and international students, I have found myself feeling similar as I would not "fit in" with other Fil Americans, instead finding more similarities, less "check boxes" with other diasporas. It feels like a rip between identities.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
On page 50, when Ada finds herself between Black Americans and international students, I have found myself feeling similar as I would not "fit in" with other Fil Americans, instead finding more similarities, less "check boxes" with other diasporas. It feels like a rip between identities.
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#BSUENG490