Author: Margarethe Conner

Margarethe Conner Final Project – December 14, 2022 What comes to mind when you hear the term “ballroom culture”? You might think of gowns and waltzes. You also might think of the Netflix show Baby Ballroom. Or, you could think of FX’s Pose, or RuPaul’s Drag Race. The latter is what I’ll be focusing on… Continue reading Ballroom Culture: A History Through Media

I have chosen the key-word ballroom culture. DEFINITION: Ballroom culture describes the culture surrounding the drag shows that majority Black and brown queer people participated in in New York starting in the 70s and 80s. They are drag performances where people perform different identities such as femme queen, executive realness, and town and country. People… Continue reading Journal 10 – Margarethe Conner

For my final project I’ve changed my word from “quare” to “ballroom culture”. The form I want to write in is as if I’m writing a newspaper/magazine article. I’m picturing this as sort of being like an essay but with a slightly different tone and with images. I’m also going to be pretending to write… Continue reading Journal 9 – Margarethe Conner

One key strength I have when writing is I think I do well at supporting my argument with evidence (i.e. quotes from the text). I also think that I come up with creative arguments about the text. I like the process of formulating an argument and looking for “clues” in the text that back up… Continue reading Journal 8 – Margarethe Conner

To practice self care, I watched an episode of the new season of White Lotus, a show that I like on HBO Max. I haven’t watched TV in a while, especially in the last week because I’ve been really busy. I also find that while I’m watching TV I feel guilty because I’m not being… Continue reading Reading Journal 7 – Margarethe Conner

The metaphor I chose to focus on in Sula is seeing or looking as a metaphor for not knowing, and assumptions. One example of this metaphor is when Nel and Sula accidentally cause the death of Chicken Little, and they believe that Shadrack sees them; “[she felt] his gaze turning, turning with her” (56). As… Continue reading Margarethe Conner – Journal 6

The text I have chosen to examine for the midterm is Sula by Toni Morrison. I chose this text because I find the concept of flipping binaries upside down (Bottom:Valley, White:Black, Good:Evil) to be really interesting. I am also compelled by intense relationships between people, and I am looking forward to further examining the relationship… Continue reading Reading Journal 5 – Margarethe Conner

Woman allegedly assaulted by suspect in Eliza Fletcher case speaks out: ‘I’m angry’ A headline is key to setting up expectations for an article. It presents a thesis for what the article will be about, and the angle that the author is writing from. Authors use many tactics to persuade their intended audience, one of… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 – Margarethe Conner

Taylor Swift’s folklore album was one of her most well received, and she broke from her traditional personal storytelling lyricism by writing stories about other people, both real and imagined. Her song Betty is indicative of this, as it’s written from the perspective of a 17 year old boy named James who’s singing to his… Continue reading Margarethe Conner Journal 3

“Many heterosexual black men in white supremacists patriarchal culture have acted as though the primary “evil” of racism has been the refusal of the dominant culture to allow them full access to patriarchal power, so that in sexist terms they are compelled to inhabit a sphere of powerlessness, deemed “feminine,” hence they have perceived themselves… Continue reading Journal Entry 2 – Margarethe Conner