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CIB Cultural Appropriation: Food
For my first civic issues blog, I’d like to take a look at the concept of cultural appropriation of food. I’d like to think that this is a fairly innocuous aspect of culture when people consider what counts as appropriation. … Continue reading
Streetcorner Symphony- Rob Thomas
Just Another Morning Light. Peeking over the hilltops, slowly but surely light comes to the world once more. It slants between buildings across the empty streets, reflecting on glass windows and sparkling on the steady waters of the river. It’s … Continue reading
Ashes- OceanLab
The Pyre It’s a cold that can kill you. It cuts like a knife and the icy winds will scream as you slowly fade from this world into the next. But the torch burning in your clenched hands staves off the … Continue reading
This I Believe: Rough Draft
So I just kind of let things flow while writing this so it’s extremely long and I will completely understand if you don’t want to read the whole thing. However, I would appreciate if you skimmed it a bit and … Continue reading
This I Believe: WIP
I screwed up and accidentally wrote a WIP about my Civic Issues Blog instead of my This I Believe, so as the saying goes, better late than never. For my speech I would like to examine video games and the … Continue reading
Closer- The Tiny
So for this semester’s blog I decided to switch things up and explore my creative side. For each week’s blog I will be writing a short story based on a song. The story can come from the lyrics, tone, just … Continue reading
Civic Issues Blog WIP: Cultural Appropriation
For my civic issues blog, I would like to focus on the issue of cultural appropriation. Appropriation can be defined as the adoption of some specific elements of one culture by a different cultural group. This act typically has a negative connotation … Continue reading