Weekly Writing

So my friends the other day were talking about something called collective consciousness. It’s the idea that all thoughts are not individual things, but rather the individual conscious person is … Continue readingCollective Conscious

As I’ve had time to think about her ideas, I’ve realized that Hooks’ vision for a dynamic, collaborative classroom is nearly the perfect inverse to my own high school experience. … Continue readingHooks Vs. Cyber High School

In a world where education does not live to its own standards, people become ignorant. I think Hooks’ model classroom is an ideal that all educated members of society can … Continue readingHooks’ Classroom

A few weeks ago I had accidentally read the wrong article and made a post on it. I have read bell hooks before in some other classes and I have … Continue readingConformity

Hooks’ article describes the parallels she experienced in segregated all-black elementary school classrooms, desegregated mixed schools, and the educational system and its attitudes in higher education that also reflect similar … Continue readingHooks, Education, and Marginalization

A core, overarching idea offered by hooks, is that “…any radical pedagogy must insist that everyone’s presence is acknowledged” (8). Further, hooks states that “[Students’] contributions are resources” (8). This … Continue readinghooks’ vision for the collaborative classroom

bell hooks observes the opposition between academics and “being well.” She writes that academics are often idealized as emotionally dysfunctional people, whose intellectual gifts distract them from their misery and … Continue readingTeachers as Self-Actualized Individuals

It seems like a pretty straight forward idea to believe that men and women should be offered equal opportunities within the construct of our society. However; if you asked those … Continue readingWhere has Societies negative perception of feminism started?

I recently became a lover of both podcasts and menstrual cups, and this has been something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. A menstrual cup is a menstrual product … Continue readingMenstrual Cups & Stigma

After our conversation last class I really got thinking about feminism and gender equality. Feminism is something that was brought up with Butler and was the focus of our discussion. … Continue readingGender Equality vs. Feminism