
Writing Minor
Here is all of the works I've written and edited over the 2 years I've been in my Writing Minor, including works from entry writing courses, research projects, poetry, etc. and an extra work from a GWS class.
Prompt: Explore a topic relating to gender.
I chose to analyze how women and men respond to and outwardly express emotions, and with which intensity. My analysis also dissects emotional labor, and what impacts it can have in the domestic sphere.
Prompt: Collect all the poems we wrote in class: CA Conrad exercises, somatic exercises, etc.
I wrote many of these pieces while looking back on my history. It was still early in the war, and I was feeling a sort of 2nd hand nostalgia from my parents for a home that will never be the same.
Prompt: Find something from history and write a narrative surrounding it; using a tangible object preferred.
I decided to write about a bible my father owns that is over 200 years old. It’s a sentimental object for me, and I wanted to breathe life into it while holding it.
Prompt: Write about literally anything that interests you.
I wrote about monocultures and how they relate to western, and now, more global society. I wanted to explore the dichotomies between agriculture and humans, given the long-standing ties to cultivation. My gardening and farming background aided in my research, and it was interesting to see just how much society and agriculture mirrored each other.
Prompt: Research an element of literacy that we discussed during the quarter.
I decided to write about cursive, because I wanted to know if there was any truth in the complaints that no one uses cursive anymore. My findings were mixed, and showed more nuance than the standard narrative.
Prompt: Take an assignment that you've written and edit it for a new audience/for a new genre.
I took my Cognition in the News assignment and changed the work to be an educational comic. I decided on a comic because I wanted to make memory and the unreliability of memory to be more known among the general populous, as people put too much faith in their memories.