#bsueng490 Take good notes over theory days and make sure to enjoy the readings! Have fun, they are good reads!

The two different transformations I think can be an impactful metaphor for gender and femininity. #bsueng490

#bsueng490 To me after watching the film when he finally embraces Alexia as herself instead of Adrian it reminds me of a gender fluid journey. Could this me a metaphor for being seen as who you arE???

#bsueng490 The dance during the party on top of the truck seems to signify some sort of pivotal change in the plot. ls Alex transforming into something new?

I don't understand the draw to have a father in adrian's dad. The connection they have later through dancing confuses me... #bsueng490

The killings are connected to pleasure. It is interesting how this always connects back to sexual pleasure as well. #bsueng490

The strong desire/attraction to metal/cars/titanium after the accident and having the surgery reminds me of "instinct" of some nature. I also don't understand the desire for pain... #bsueng490

It bothers me how Bob doesn't recognize her and how she has remembered him her entire life... #bsueng490

This is such a strong story of generational guilt and shame. Donna's house could pose as a metaphor to that overwhelming shame. #bsueng490

#bsueng490 "The suit-ghost rushed him, plastered itself along his body. It got paler, its aura-lightnings mere flickers" (238).

#bsueng490 I have been in circles being viewed as a "Killjoy." I found this SUPER relatable. There needs to be a dramatic shift in society that confronting racism, sexism, or other is ruining people's comfortability.

I wonder if there is an allusion to satan with the snake? #bsueng490

"I pulled my hand away and took a deep breath. If I couldn't make otjize here, then I'd have to ... change" (Okorafor 88). #bsueng490

Women should be empowered by their differences that can unite them!!! #bsueng490

I think the fact that Cassie accepted the proposal was a chance to start over and escape the past. Although, I think that it was ultimately just an easy way out. #bsueng490

Cassie is too emotionally invested. My prediction she is going to be killed because of it. #bsueng490

I wonder about the plane codes she finds, was she actually running away due to a pregnancy or because of the roommates??? #bsueng490

I predict Cassie is going to become too emotionally tied to embodying and becoming Lexi that it leads to her downfall. #bsueng490

I loved the connection we talked about in class to Carrie Bradshaw as a post-feminism example. We are being distracted by what we SHOULD be doing!!! #bsueng490

The pace and intensity of "The Likeness" is WAY more intriguing. I love the way that French in such a way I feel like I am unfolding the mystery with Sam, Cassie, and Frank. #bsueng490

"Sometimes I don't draw a line between my others and the brothersisters; they're all ogbanje after all, siblings to each other more than to me" (Emezi 223). #bsueng490

It feels at this point Asughara and Ada seem to be becoming one and the dynamic continues to be one that is complex. I wonder if a Western perspective may see the relationship between the two as a split personality. #bsueng490

"If we learn how to read these webs of power and social life, we might learn new couplings, new coalitions" (Haraway 349). #bsueng490

The use of italics seems to be an interesting and intentional choice by the author. I think this creates more of an unsettling tone, "Come back, they said. Listen to us this time" (Emezi 134). #bsueng490

It is devastating to hear the tradegy that is happening to the Ada repetitively, yet she believes that these actions are justified and that Asughara is shielding Ada. It seems that the more Ada tries to hold onto what could possibly ground her the ogbanje try to consume her. #bsueng490

"The body is not a self-identical or merely factic materiality; it is a materiality that bears meaning" (483). #bsueng490

Names and the circulation of identity becomes a reoccurring pattern within the first four chapters. Names hold great power. (more on this in my presentation...) #bsueng490

The ending seemed a bit rushed. I also wonder if anyone questioned Anna's death... it all seemed to easy of an escape. #bsueng490

"Mothers, like gardeners or historians, identify virtues appropriate to their work work. But to identify a virtue is not to possess it" (Ruddick 36). Mothers wear many hats, being a mother is simply one. #bsueng490

"Oh 'tis you who knows better than the girl's own physician, is it? You, who couldn't even tell a dead child from a living one?" (Donoghue 212). Journalism is not only affecting Anna but her family and the perception of the situation from an outside perspective. #bsueng490

The priest seems to be personification of the church. I am interested to see how dynamic between Anna and Him further reflect the relationship between Anna and the church. #bsueng490

Are the connections to religion possibly a glimpse into why Anna seems to be starving herself.. #bsueng490

"To become literary a house, after all, is to be denied the hope of that spiritual transcendence of the body.." (Gilbert and Gubar 119). The idea of women being compared/transformed to domesticity enables patriarchal writings. #bsueng490

"She doesn't have the terminology or any of the points of reference or any word at all that would give the slightest suggestion as to what water might be" (31-32). This reminds me of the complexity of transformation. #BSUENG490

I wasn't sure if I completely understood but part of me believes the inherent desire for the tiger to want her sexually could be stemming from male gaze/ male approval?? #bsueng490

"not only are women required to learn more formally, but women are required to learn MORE in proportion" (Perkin-Gilman 73). #bsueng490

It is interesting to think about the setting (the nursery) being symbolism of the narrator's lack of agency as a woman/John's perception of her as a woman. -Parallels of how the narrator is perceived/treated by John as being less than/helpless/hysterical and how one could view a child #BSUENG490

#bsuwlit ENG205 ADVICE:📕📕📕 PLEASE read the texts intentionally! Take notes, be in class, and engage in discussion. All of these will help you!

#bsuwlit "Do you think you can handle having the incredible Hulk as your dad?"

#bsuwlit I wonder if Rocky knocking over his dad with his powers is foreshadowing.

#bsuwlit The haircut...

#bsuwlit Connivence Store Woman and Lieutenant of Inishmore

#bsuwlit I knew they weren't going to find Mehdi, but deep down I really hoped he was alive :(

#bsuwlit Me when my hanging indent won't align right