When reading this prompt, my mind immediately went to my boredom-fueled deep dives into YouTube. After hours of clicking on barely related suggested videos, you can come across some weird things. For example, the classic Little Baby’s Ice Cream commercial appropriately titled “This is a Special Time.” For context: As much as I would love Read More…
RCL2: Voting Rights and Rivetters
My two artifacts are related to women’s roles in society, especially in the workforce. They both make statements about what women should and shouldn’t do. The first artifact, and the one my speech will be about, is titled “Suffragette Series No. 11,” part of a series of postcards published in 1909. This series by the Read More…
Speech and Essay Artifacts
PAS2: All is Fair in Love and War
Aphrodite, of the Greek pantheon, is an absolutely fascinating deity. This is mostly due to how expansive her lore is. Any deity of her time would have slightly different variations based on where they were worshiped, but this goddess stands out in my mind. She is mostly known as the goddess of love and lust, Read More…
PAS1: The Woman, The Myth, the Legend
When you think of myths, the first thing that comes to your mind is most likely ancient heroes. Brave or strong or righteous men who go on adventures to prove how brave and strong and righteous they are. You might not think of the women of these myths, which will be the theme of this Read More…
RCL1: Don We Now Our Gay Apparel
As a proud member of the LGBTQ community I love to see support and representation; I just wish companies would participate more than one month a year. If you have any access to media you have probably noticed this yearly phenomenon. Just imagine it. You wake up one morning and check your phone Read More…