Paired Discussion
Adrienne and I talked about Losse and how we think she would respond to Atwood’s society based on how she feels about Sandberg’s view of life. Losse doesn’t think that work should be a never ending race and that the life Sandberg glorifies isn’t the sort of life that Losse thinks women should have to […]
Corporations Blog Update
For our group we’re focusing on the corporations, the technology within society and how society is structured in The Year of The Flood. So far we’ve made three info graphics to advertise some things in the book. Corporations play a huge role in this book seeing how it’s basically what runs this futuristic society. So […]
The Key to Being Forever Young
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The Year of the Flood Reading Response 3
Towards the end of the novel we see all the characters come through for each other. It was touching to see how the relationship these people had after 15 years still. Atwood does a really good job portraying Ren and Toby and how their characters are basically opposites of each other in a lot of […]
The Year of the Flood Reading Response 2
As we get deeper into the book, it’s interesting to see how the Gardeners interact with each other and also how their system is built. I really enjoy reading about how Amanda and Ren interact with each other. Their relationship with each other is really sweet, especially in a book where it seems everyone just […]
The Year of the Flood Reading Response 1
I was never a big fan of science fiction books so I was really surprised that this book has really caught my attention. I think The Year of the Flood does a really good job of portraying real life issues especially issues that women face with futuristic elements. The book starts off by introducing Toby […]
Technology Diary 4: Gyms
One thing I’ve noticed is that my gym is basically split by gender. There seems to be a consensus in the gym that the first floor is where everyone goes so both men and women are comfortable exercising there, but when you go to the second floor, you will very rarely see a women there […]
Brograms and #Femfuture Reading Response
I think Hicks brings up a very good point that we shouldn’t take lightly the perception of others simply because we think that they aren’t the majority or that these brogrammer’s output isn’t significant. Stereotyping is exactly what has caused this gender difference and people’ s perception need to be changed, not left alone. It’s […]
Technology Diary 3: Macbook
After reading the article on Sandberg’s Lean in by Kate Losse, I looked at my life and wondered if I’m depending on my Macbook too much. I honestly did not agree with most of Sandberg’s view on how women should solely focus on work and how even one’s family life and even possible children are […]
Halberstam/Haraway Reading Response
I find both Haraway’s and Halberstam’s view on cyborgs and the way technology has affected women very interesting. Haraway’s reading is filled with metaphors and comparisons. I think it helped that I read Halberstam’s reading Haraway’s since she simplifies and explains parts of Haraway’s work in her own work. I really like how Halberstam’s reading […]
