MISCELLANEOUS
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." –Will Durant
Fall 2015: World Wars of the 20th Century and the Culture of Death
Fallen Soldiers: The Myth That Made the Memory
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Fallen Soldiers by George Mosse discusses the factors that contributed to the Myth of War Experience. This movement put signicance to the war in an international effort and need to grieve for the mass death in quantities never seen before. I dispute the Myth in that as much as it gave significance to the war, it also took away a fair bit as well.
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Spring 2016: Introduction to the American Economy
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Other Women: The Exploitation of Female Workers in the Packinghouses
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At the time of its publication, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair revealed a painful and brutal workplace. What the story failed to say was that as much as the packinghouses were hell for the working man, they were even worse for the working woman. My essay discusses how women who went against the day's standard by working outside the home had little ability to provide for themselves or their families.
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Exploring Masculinity and Femininity as Social Divisions
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Simone de Beauvoir discusses the mythology surrounding sex and gender in her book The Second Sex. I put de Beauvoir in conversation with Carole Pateman, Sarah B. Pomeroy, and others in order to consider the role that gendered mythology plays in the political sphere. Domestic imagery reduces women to incapable, invisible figures. Until these divisions are eliminated, women will be trapped by the stories we tell ourselves.
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Spring 2017: Feminist Theory
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