My Thesis: Fashion & Identity

Reading Time: 2 minutes Below is my Thesis Abstract. It basically lets you know what caused my great lack of blog posts and what took up my time for the past 4 months (Jan. 2011-Apr. 2011). This is the bare bones of my thesis project and all that it entailed. As usual, copyright and Continue Reading →

Literary Comparison: Mark Twain and Harper Lee

Reading Time: 3 minutes Here is a post on an assignment for my Introduction to American Studies class in which I had to “consider another author and/or pivotal literary work that I considered to have entered American imagination, and raised thorny questions of representation, comparable to Fishkin’s argument for Mark Twain.”  Any critiques are Continue Reading →

My Personal Identity Essay: Living in Spanglish

Reading Time: 4 minutes Below is the personal identity essay that I wrote for my Race and Ethnicity class. It was originally written on September 13, 2009. Any critiques are welcome. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Living in Spanglish Every once in a while, I end up getting asked the question, “Where are you from,” or “Where were Continue Reading →