Take notes! On the books you read or on the theory papers you read. You might not think you need to but you will end up using them so much more than you think, especially for the bigger assignments like the theory essay. #BSUENG490

I found her transformation to horse to be very interesting to read and reading about her emotions and the rage that she felt. #BSUENG490

Things seem to be pretty calm right now, and I fear that's going to change... #BSUENG490

crazy that the first words to says to him are 'Dad'. #BSUENG490

I'm understanding her fetish to metal and to cars given her accident, but I don't quite get why she's killing everyone... #BSUENG490

Yeah this is an interesting movie for sure. Honestly he deserved that. #BSUENG490

me after staring at this essay draft for the past 3 hours: #BSUENG490

Me after Verna killed Bob:

Yess, this was so interesting! #BSUENG490

Esme's little comments about things Donna should do around the house "when she has an hour" as if Donna isn't already struggling is infuriating. #BSUENG490

The first story was definitely interesting to read and try to understand. I really liked the second story, I love when she went off on Jude at the end, like yessss! #BSUENG490

"A killjoy manifesto is a willful subject; she wills wrongly by what she is or is not willing to do. No wonder a willful subject had principles; she can be principled. She can share them if you can bear them." (257) #BSUENG490

The first story made me uneasy and uncomfortable. The comparison between birds and the girls that the narrator was talking to was interesting. #BSUENG490

I'm definitely going to be reading the next two novelas in the series. I've never really read anything like this. #BSUENG490

I am not a big sci-fi reader ever, but I was really invested in the story and the protagonist. The pacing of this story was also done really well I think, while still giving us really important worldbuilding. #BSUENG490

Me reading the reveal scene: #BSUENG490

"It is important to realize that masculinity is extremely diverse, not homogenous, unchanging, fixed, or differentiated. Different versions of masculinities coexist at any given historical period and can even coexist within different groups." (Coston & Kimmel 127) #BSUENG490

I'm getting whiplash from Cassie's decisions. Make it stop please. #BSUENG490

I am so curious to know how Cassie will end up, she keeps having slip-ups and I feel like it won't be long before the friend group realizes that she is not Lexie. #BSUENG490

The friend group is giving The Secret History vibes. Something about Justin to me is throwing me off, though I can't really put my finger on why... #BSUENG490

"Rather than stressing collectivity or the concerns of women per se, this replaces feminism with competition, ambition, meritocracy, self-help, and the rise of the 'alpha-girl'.... (McRobbie 624). #BSUENG490

As I was reading this book it felt like the beginning of a crime/thriller tv show or movie which I was weirdly enjoying. I could find myself enjoying the book more and really picturing the characters. #BSUENG490

To me the ending was a bit confusing, I understand Ada coming to take control of her life and accepting herself. However, the abrupt sort of 'ending' to Asughara was unexpected. #BSUENG490

Asughara is becoming much more complex which is very interesting to see. We have seen her as this mad or angry 'hunter' but now we see her connecting with more human emotions like sadness. We also see how this starts to affect Ada. #BSUENG490

"A cyborg body is not innocent; it was not born in a garden; it does not seek unitary identity and so generate antagonistic dualisms without end (or until the world ends); it takes irony for granted." (Haraway 353) #BSUENG490

I think that the introduction to the new characters in this section really lets us grasp what is going on in Ada's mind more openly. We see this in the way that she communicates with Asughara and even Saint Vincent. #BSUENG490

This section was interesting to me, we get to see Ada trying to fit into this mold that she was expected to fit into, while also trying to find her identity within this new group of people. #BSUENG490

"...that culture so readily punishes or marginalized those who fail to perform the illusion of gender essentialism should be sign enough that on some level there is social knowledge that the truth or falsity of gender is only socially compelled and in no sense ontologically necessitated." #BSUENG490

The narration style in Freshwater is very unique. I don't think I've read anything like this before. I wonder what purpose it'll serve as the story continues. #BSUENG490

I knew there was something about Mrs. O'Donnell that I didn't trust. I called it. #BSUENG490

"... To be committed to meeting children's demand for preservation does not require enthusiasm or even love; it simply means to see vulnerability and respond to it with care rather than abuse, indifference, or flight." This is so Lib coded. #BSUENG490

What is Anna trying to get Pat out of by praying all the time, Hell? or.... I need to know what the deal is. #BSUENG490

"I view our bodies as a site of struggle, where we must work to keep our daily practices in the service of resistance to gender domination, not in the service of docility and gender normalization." (466) This is still something VERY much happening today. #BSUENG490

Libs dedication to catch Anna eating is kind of impressive. Also I don't really trust Anna's mother.... just me? #BSUENG490

The idea that even in religion, it was on the side of men. "It was not enough to be born a woman. Born a girl you had no chance at all." (Bourke 302) #BSUENG490

I think there's something very interesting about using mermaids to represent women in the poems and each poem depicting how much they go through and the trauma that they endure, when we think about mermaids in typically a magical way. #BSUENG490

"Do not think she had no will of her own; only, she was possessed by a sense of obligation to an unusual degree, and besides, she would gladly have gone to the ends of the earth for her father, whom she loved dearly." (Carter 45) #BSUENG490

"If the breakdown occurs in the home, it is then alleged to be due to the pressure of "outside interests" conflicting with the "natural" domestic ones; if it happens to a young woman, with no domestic cares yet, it is credited to "overstudy"...." God forbid a girl wants to have hobbies. #BSUENG490

#BSUENG490 The female main characters husband downplaying her very serious mental health and refusing to acknowledge based on the fact that he's a physician (who should know mental health is real) is really telling of how women's health was valued.

#367britlit the comparison to these characters is *chefs kiss*

At least they both get away... #367britlit

the power of imagination in this graphic novel is viewed as dangerous/unwanted instead of opportunistic in the world of STEM. #367britlit

it's that damn phone. #367britlit

I hate Senor Juan. #367britlit

please don't do it Okwe!! #367britlit

the suspense is crazy in this movie #367britlit

how is he so calmly carrying around a human heart?! #367britlit

MT: Carmel finally transforms in this section from bitter and vengeful to reclaiming her self agency and finally leaving Barry. #367britlit

Maxine calling Barry "beyond camp" made me giggle. #367britlit

MT: The difference in how Maxine and Donna grew up is evident in the relationships that they have with each of their parents individually. #367britlit