Taylor Mali’s Nightly Prayers to the Same Old Ghosts
Nightly Prayers to the Same Old Ghosts I need no more reminders of love’s limits … Continue reading Taylor Mali’s Nightly Prayers to the Same Old Ghosts
CI #3 The Meat Industry
I am not vegan nor am I a vegetarian. If the dining hall allowed for it, I would be pescetarian at best. Recently, I encountered the term “Reducetarian”, online. According to the Reducetarian website, the premise of becoming a Reducetarian is to “eat less meat, as well as less dairy and eggs, regardless of the degree … Continue reading CI #3 The Meat Industry
CI #2 Fast Fashion
Let’s discuss one of my top interests, fashion. Fashion has been of interest from the ornate tastes of Marie Antoinette to the minimalist style of the Olsen Twins. However, in the crisis of sustainability, the fashion industry has become one of the top culprits in creating a multitude of waste. This is contributed to the … Continue reading CI #2 Fast Fashion
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Socialist and the Suffragist
The Socialist and the Suffragist Gilman’s The Socialist and the Suffragist is a poem in which two individuals are, as the title states, a Socialist and a Suffragist. In the initial five paragraphs, there is an ongoing debate between the two parties. The first stanza begins with the socialist accusing the suffragist of “only [working] … Continue reading Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Socialist and the Suffragist
CI #1 Plastic
Welcome to my first Civic Issue Blog! I am going to be writing about choices regarding sustainability and how the average consumer can make informed, educated, and sustainable choices. In 2019, I became increasingly interested in the health of the planet and what Earth would look like for future generations. After extensive research and generally … Continue reading CI #1 Plastic
Taylor Mali’s Things We Both Know That I Still Have to Tell You
Author of the infamously dark, “The Whetting Stone”, in which Taylor Mali tells of his first wife who committed suicide by jumping from their Manhattan apartment window. It was the first day of school and Rebecca was a school teacher. The title of the poem “Things We Both Know That I Still Have To Tell … Continue reading Taylor Mali’s Things We Both Know That I Still Have to Tell You
RCL #10
I was incredibly late to the first class RCL class ( and my first ever college class) due to my lack of spatial intelligence and not only overestimated my ability to locate the Sackett Building but also underestimated how long it would take to arrive at my classroom’s door. This was nerve-wracking, embarrassing, and quite … Continue reading RCL #10
Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese
http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_wildgeese.html Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” is a guide from the poetic speaker to the reader about living an authentic life, a life free of internal judgment towards oneself. Initially, the poem begins with “You do not have to be good”, establishing a personal and intimate conversation as the speaker is directly speaking to you – … Continue reading Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese
Proposals for Documentary
Medical Legalization History Doctors didn’t oppose making marijuana illegal; doctors were actually opposed to making marijuana illegal due to its healing properties. Schedule I drug – in same field as heroine, cocaine. No reason to use, not for medical reasons either. Fatal drugs; weed is not fatal. If Yellow Journalism was a scare tactic of … Continue reading Proposals for Documentary
Marijuana’s controversial history of Legality
Marijuana wasn’t always such a controversial topic; the recreational and medical usage of the plant has been used for thousands of years, with evidence of its use being recorded from as early as twelve-thousand years ago( psychedelics encyclopedia). Its early usage in Asia and the Indian subcontinent was primarily for rituals and to experience religious … Continue reading Marijuana’s controversial history of Legality