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Author: Arianna Irvin

Did my definition change?

  By Arianna Irvin April 24, 2022 - 16:48 April 24, 2022 Definition

My definition of dystopia is a not good place where there is powerlessness and the elite live high and mighty while the common people are begging for their scraps. My justification for my definition is from the book Brown Girl in the Ring. In the book, the rich people were Continue reading

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Post editing magic

  By Arianna Irvin April 15, 2022 - 19:55 April 22, 2022 Podcasts, Production Notes

My ability to work in a group is getting better with time and experience. When I am in a group, my role is to suggest ideas and to add on to other team member’s ideas. For this activity, I suggested some ideas for the analog and we went with my Continue reading

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Is Snowden the best thinker on this?

  By Arianna Irvin March 20, 2022 - 22:20 April 22, 2022 Class Notes

When I watched the Edward Snowden interview, I did not find any of his comments too alarming but there were some that had me stop and think about before continuing the video. Over all there were some decent points that he brought up in the video about how certain countries Continue reading

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Planet of the Apes dystopia review

  By Arianna Irvin March 12, 2022 - 22:03 March 18, 2022 Film Critiques

My definition of dystopia is a place where chaos is created and consumes everything. This movie is viewed as a dystopia for many reasons. The first reason is that the crew crash landed into an unknown place to them and apes are using interesting tactics to rally everybody. The second Continue reading

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Is the higher education system a dystopia?

  By Arianna Irvin February 26, 2022 - 21:14 March 18, 2022 Film Critiques

I think that it depends on your perspective, but I do think that the American higher educational system is a dystopia. People can get into colleges with certain SAT or ACT scores, so you are competing with other potential candidates with these numbers and other qualities. Other people glorify their Continue reading

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Which government is least dystopian?

  By Arianna Irvin February 19, 2022 - 20:10 March 18, 2022 Postread

I think that the least dystopian form of government is democracy. In democracy, there is a system is place where everyone has a voice in choosing what’s best for the society. Since everyone gets a chance to vote, in theory, there shouldn’t be any problems that rise outside of that Continue reading

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A Star Is About To Be Born

  By Arianna Irvin February 5, 2022 - 14:36 February 8, 2022 Production Notes

My ability of working in a group is I can work on things and topics people need me to do. I do my best if the schedule and outline is clear with discussions before starting the project. Most of my time in group projects is spent doing small things and Continue reading

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What is Dystopia?

  By Arianna Irvin February 4, 2022 - 10:05 February 19, 2022 Definition

I define dystopia as a world that is post catastrophe with empty streets, underground bunkers that contains food and water, and has no power or electricity. All of the tv shows, movies, and video games that I have watched and played with dystopia has empty stores with shattered glass windows Continue reading

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Oppression is still here

  By Arianna Irvin February 4, 2022 - 10:04 February 19, 2022 Postread

I found three sources that focus on young people feeling powerless in child marriages. Children, mainly girls, don’t have a say when they are being forced into a marriage that has them become pregnant and ends in divorce. I believe that these situations presented in the articles fit into the Continue reading

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Oppression is still here

  By Arianna Irvin January 22, 2022 - 17:51 February 4, 2022 General, Postread

After reading the Five Faces of Oppression by Iris Young, I have discovered that there is still some of these oppressions that still exist today. The one that I will be focusing on in this post is powerlessness. This one still happens, but it does not have the same coverage Continue reading

Tagged   BP02, BP2
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