Avery W.

We can worry about more than one thing at time: Surviving R. Kelly & Government Shutdown

People are allowed and capable to care and attend to more than one issue at a time.

Immigration in Trump’s Post-Truth America

*This was originally a short essay written for my American Studies course* The United States of America has a long, documented history of its obsession with national identity. This obsession with identity has manifested itself into the close monitoring of, and desire to identify, the “American culture” or “national narrative.” Neil Campbell and Alasdair Kean,ContinueContinue reading “Immigration in Trump’s Post-Truth America”

Class Exploitation: The Humiliation and Debasement of Class Oriented Criminals in Interview Scenes

*This is an essay I originally wrote for my Studies in Film: Crime Adaptions course in Fall 2017.* In 2013, director Baz Luhmann adapted the 1925 classic American novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, into a film starring Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway and Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby. There is aContinueContinue reading “Class Exploitation: The Humiliation and Debasement of Class Oriented Criminals in Interview Scenes”