Literature

In Context

by Ems on December 10, 2008 · 2 comments

in Italy 2008,Opinion

For this semester, I took two classes that fall under the heading of “art”. One was literature and the other was an art history class. Having started off college as an English Literature major and never having taken an art history class before, I am now asking myself why, upon reflection, I’d rate my art [...]

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Quidditch!

by Ems on November 12, 2007 · 0 comments

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I really hate that feeling where it is so cold that, when you finally warm up, your skin is completely on fire. Good grief. So, I spent my entire Sunday was spent watching Quidditch. Not just any Quidditch, mind you, but the Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup, Middlebury v. Vassar. My initial reaction to this fact [...]

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I have this sudden obsession with Gothic novels. And not Frankenstein or Dracula, but their predecessors. They’re amazing! Plus, it’s an entire genre that deals with entirely messed up material and is not plagued by sequels or Disney. Anyway, my point is that, through researching the genre, I am convinced that we are living in [...]

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Status Updates

by Ems on February 24, 2007 · 2 comments

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  If I had been diligently changing my Facebook status updates for the past few days/weeks, etc., they would look something like this. E is: happy sad excited stressed anxious rooting for Obama swamped overloaded loving classes in love with Octavian of Rome daily becoming more proficient in Italian losing her sanity embracing change irritated [...]

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Shakespeare and Politics

by Ems on November 11, 2006 · 1 comment

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This may sound kind of strange, but I think I needed the election to be over.  As much as I loved the campaign, as much as I love the people, as much as I miss it all, I think it all, in some metaphorical sense, kept me grounded in life before college.  It’s hard to [...]

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Here’s today’s food for thought. I’m a bisocial heterosexual.(Think about it.) I don’t think there are more homosexuals (proportionally) than there have ever been.  However, I do think society’s awareness of homosexuality has increased making people believe there are more homosexuals.  But one then has to consider where “homosocials” fit it–people who are deeper friends [...]

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