We made it to break. We've been busy. Here is what we've been up to. Madison: Podcast questions about tradition and modernity
BRUCE: All issues that exist with human rights are going to end solely because of my presence at the Human Rights Commission. Similarly to how I single handedly ended all issues with hate by getting C27 passed, human rights violations will be cancelled. COLE: In Sanderson’s first lecture, he talks about what steps someone should take if they want to become a better writer. Consistency. The only way to become a good writer or have a chance of becoming a professional writer is simply to do it. So obviously my project work is helping with that. I also love reading and that in turn fuels my writing. Telling stories is (I think) one of the most important things we do as humans. To be able to show a story or a thing from my brain to someone who doesn’t know me. To make someone feel something from characters that aren’t real. This is why I want to write, to give someone the same experience I have had from stories. Iona: My hands look like murder when she walks away. There’s a face on the floor. A knot in the pine planks. It’s looking at me, wide eyes and an open mouth. It’s scared and screaming that I don’t belong here anymore. I don’t belong here anymore. Here where everything looks like her except me. Her eyes, her hair, her head under the faucet. My hand on her chin, my hand in her hair, my eyes on her face. Her fork in my mouth. Her words in my ear. Our bodies in her bed. And when she sleeps, Addie holds herself and the person next to her. This is the closest she gets to being herself. Small, curled up like a dog or a child, trusting. I’ll be the stain on her shirt and she’ll be the bags under by eyes, pain in my chest, heavy like guilt but it’s okay. Because the sheets are soft and it smells warm here. Like fresh laundry and dust, this could be my home too. Vivi: Aesthetic beauty and morality are strongly linked in most folk tales. This quote, from the beauty and the beast sums this up well, “The youngest, as she was handsomer, was also better than her sisters.” (De Villeneuve 1) Generally speaking, beautiful women are good, kind and hard working, and ugly women are lazy, cruel and bad. There are occasionally exceptions, in that there are beautiful women who are evil, but there are never good women who are ugly. It’s a trend we can also see in modern media, there are TV shows with mediocre or conventionally unattractive male protagonists, but I can’t think of a single popular TV show with even an average looking female lead character. I think most everyone is aware that as a culture we have placed an inordinate amount of weight on beauty in women throughout our history, and continue to do so today, and of course it’s something I have been aware of for a long time, but this has served as a reminder of why ideas about beauty and appearance are so deeply ingrained in our minds. Ana : would like the clothes you don't need anymore. Bring them in on Thursday March 5th. Ashlynn: is a fungi Fungi is a 1 billion-year-old ecosystem that diverged from protists. Scientists today believe that there are over 1.5 billion species of fungi, yet we only know about 1000,000 of them. Yeast is a common fungus that is very prevalent in our everyday lives, it’s used in our wine, beer, and bread. Fungi can be very helpful and necessary, but can also be a very invasive and deadly ecosystem. Fungi are responsible for all types of diseases from athletes foot to histoplasmosis, which is known as spelunkers lung, caused by a fungus found in bird and bat feces. Penicillin, which is deprived of penicillium fungi, became the first mass produced antibiotic in the 1940s. Fungi are vital for the earth to thrive, without fungi there would be no way for anything to decompose on earth. Ultimately Fungi creates life out of dead matter, and keeps the cycle of life turning. Have a restful and productive break! Be well, amyK
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