A book by fourth-grader Rosa hints at the tensions some girls may feel between operating within a discourse of love and romance and an alternative 'good girl/good student' discourse. Love and romance may represent a sanctioned cultural pathway for girls, but they receive conflicting messages about when and how they are to embark on it, such that in certain times and places for girls to operate within a discourse of love and romance is to position themselves as "bad." This may be especially true for Latinas, who are often stereotyped in good/bad binaries, and for girls within the context of schooling, where being “good” generally requires a denial of one’s sexuality. In the initial draft of her story, Rosa wrote about a girl who watched too many soap operas, talked about them incessantly in school, kissed a boy while under their influence, and performed miserably as a student until her teacher talked to her mother. At that point the girl stopped watching novelas and became a model student.
-Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, Good guys and "bad" girls: Identity construction by Latina and Latino student writers in Reinventing Identities: The Gendered Self in Discourse
10.26.2005
10.23.2005
A is for Affective
Affective epistemology is based on the idea that there is a way of knowing which transcends, specific perceptual frames. The idea is predicated on two primary elements:
1) Feelings and emotions (affective components) are relative to localized perceptual frames. They are not specific to perceptual frames. Individual affective components are specific-to-specific thought forms.
2) These components maybe categorized into two basic sub-classifications lateral and trans-lateral.
Affective components indicate the qualitative and quantitative efficacy or weighted meaning of a given perception, thought form, or way of being in the consciousness of human beings and sentient life.
There is a faith that, through affect and reason, an understanding of reality can be attained.
1) Feelings and emotions (affective components) are relative to localized perceptual frames. They are not specific to perceptual frames. Individual affective components are specific-to-specific thought forms.
2) These components maybe categorized into two basic sub-classifications lateral and trans-lateral.
Affective components indicate the qualitative and quantitative efficacy or weighted meaning of a given perception, thought form, or way of being in the consciousness of human beings and sentient life.
There is a faith that, through affect and reason, an understanding of reality can be attained.
10.18.2005
The Horrible Templet
Don't be confused, Orange is not my favorite color.
...this is the calm before the storm.
...this is the calm before the storm.
10.14.2005
The Glory of Love
If you love something, set it free.
If it comes back, it will always be yours.
If it doesn't come back, hunt it down and destroy it.
If it comes back, it will always be yours.
If it doesn't come back, hunt it down and destroy it.
10.13.2005
Hat Tip
This one goes out to all the ones that check this blog more often than I update it.
...this bud's for you!
...this bud's for you!
10.10.2005
The Next and Last Semester [Are Yall Ready?]
ART 21: Figure Drawing (3 units)
ART 160: Ceramics (intermediate) (3 units)
ART 120: Drawing (advanced) (3 units)
ART 113: Design (advanced) (3 units)
ART 140: Intermediate Painting (3 units)
ART 179: Development of Artistic Expression (3 units)
ART 160: Ceramics (intermediate) (3 units)
ART 120: Drawing (advanced) (3 units)
ART 113: Design (advanced) (3 units)
ART 140: Intermediate Painting (3 units)
ART 179: Development of Artistic Expression (3 units)
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