My intended topic for the speech and paper is the shift in how the female body is portrayed in art in Western civilization from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance. I just want to say that I realize this research can be very heteronormative when it comes to the Renaissance paintings, and I do not mean […]

One of my favorite TED talks is “Why I’m done trying to be ‘man enough’” by Justin Baldoni. I only watched this TED talk because Baldoni was an actor on one of my favorite TV shows, but I couldn’t turn away from it due to his important message. Baldoni spoke about toxic masculinity and how […]

Overall, I feel like I could’ve done much better with my performance. Speeches have never been my strong suit, though generally, I believe I could have done better anyway. It’s a good thing VoiceThread doesn’t show you the number of attempts I took to record this speech! I noticed that I often struggled to form […]

Mayhem and good hands. Two things that usually never go together yet are perfect objects to describe the necessity of insurance: people need protection from mayhem; therefore, they rely on good hands to protect them. Nearly every American will purchase an insurance plan in their lifetime, whether it is for their car, house, or some […]