For my graduate level, ENGL 600 class, we had to write a daily blog post of 500 words exactly on Medium Not 499, not 501 but 500 exactly. I decided to bring my medium blogs over here too after writing them. These were all written earlier this August-September. On the school bus I sat with… Continue reading All the World’s A Stage, Including School Busses
Author: Jessi Walker
The Ariana Grande Problem
Ariana Grande Promoting Wicked. Barbie Simons, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons For my graduate level, ENGL 600 class, we had to write a daily blog post of 500 words exactly on Medium Not 499, not 501 but 500 exactly. I decided to bring my medium blogs over here too after writing them. These… Continue reading The Ariana Grande Problem
Finding Reality After Trauma: Paragliding in the Alps
For my graduate level, ENGL 600 class, we had to write a daily blog post of 500 words exactly on Medium Not 499, not 501 but 500 exactly. I decided to bring my medium blogs over here too after writing them. These were all written earlier this August-September. After I got hit by a car… Continue reading Finding Reality After Trauma: Paragliding in the Alps
Trap of Ever After
Edmund H. Garrett, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Jane Eyre focuses a lot on the traps society has in place for the characters in the novel. Jane, the titular character, is at first trapped into the power imbalance children were treated in society, as well as the trap of being an orphan with seemingly no… Continue reading Trap of Ever After
From Depression to “Helena.”
Picture of Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance. Flickr user Michael Spencer, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The first time I tried to commit suicide I was ten years old. Ten year olds don’t know how to commit suicide though, at least usually not well, so I went to the kitchen and tried… Continue reading From Depression to “Helena.”
That Time I got Hit by a Car
I remember the day it happened pretty well. December 11th, 2025. 5:45 is when I was hit by the car, but we can't start there. We have to start with my day. I woke up and it was finals week, so I didn't have standard class. Today was the day I was going to go… Continue reading That Time I got Hit by a Car
Awareness, Empowerment, and Womanhood in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Drawing in pencil by Charlotte Brontë, 1845, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Anne Brontë’s writing was shockingly revolutionary for the time period. She covered many bold themes that at the time were incredibly taboo, and still considered taboo in some aspects today, in her works. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was considered so shocking that… Continue reading Awareness, Empowerment, and Womanhood in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Mr. Wickham in Pride & Prejudice and in Simon Langton’s Adaptation
Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Simon Langton’s 1995 mini-series adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, Pride & Prejudice, makes unique adaptative choices of her classic novel. Both the novel and the mini-series have a very romantic story between the two characters, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, who originally did not like each… Continue reading Mr. Wickham in Pride & Prejudice and in Simon Langton’s Adaptation
How to Prepare for a Performance
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Khanom%22_theater_in_Qom-Stage_lighting-2016-_Mustafa_Meraji_26.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Khanom%22_theater_in_Qom-Stage_lighting-2016-_Mustafa_Meraji_26.jpg Performance is an activity anyone can enjoy, whether that be in theatre or in film. I have been actively involved with theatre since I was in seventh grade, and I am a Performance and Storytelling minor at Kutztown University. This year, I also directed a play at the local elementary school entitled "Frog… Continue reading How to Prepare for a Performance
Picking Classes
Picking classes is like Christmas time. There's endless of courses to pick from during this time period, until the people before you fill them up. I picked mine at a fairly decent time, which was the 3rd of November at 10 am. However, one class I DID want filled up. That was Documentary Film and… Continue reading Picking Classes
