Imperfect Silence Winter whispers into my soul, and settles down to paint my heart with joy. It is a journey that puts the mind in a trance. It is the breath of death before the kiss of life. It is the echo of deafening silence.
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Flick Chicks
Flick Chicks, by Mindy Kaling https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/flick-chicks Flick Chicks, by Mindy Kaling, is an article published in the New Yorker magazine, discussing the women who populate romantic comedy films. Kaling’s favourite film genre is romantic comedies, but she begins to notice a pattern amongst the women written into the films. She describes them as fake, none […]
What’s the Language of the Future?
https://www.salon.com/2011/11/06/whats_the_language_of_the_future/ What’s the language of the future? By Henry Hitchings What’s the Language of the Future? By Henry Hitchings, outlines the history of international language, and how English is moving into this position. The article also discusses the possible outcomes of English becoming an international language, writing that native speakers will likely be left behind […]
Concrete Abstract Poem
Comfort Comfort is the aroma of dinner cooking after a long day It is the warmth of a crackling fire Hearing the chorus of your favourite song It’s the taste of Grandma’s secret recipe soup Comfort is seeing your warm bed on a cold day
Behind the Naked Face
The Naked Face by Malcolm Gladwell https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/08/05/the-naked-face The part of this post that pulled me to reading it was not the title, or the subject area, but the author. The author, Malcolm Gladwell, is a writer for the New Yorker and host of (my favourite podcast) Revisionist History. Much of this Canadian journalist’s work revolves […]
We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Tale
http://lib.tcu.edu/staff/bellinger/abortion/Tisdale.htm For a very long time, I have wanted to pursue a career of medicine, specifically obstetrics and gynecology. My reasoning has always been that women’s health and education about her reproductive system is of the utmost importance. I am very pro-choice, so this subject area is very significant to me. I am pro-choice […]
African Storm Paragraph
Small Acts, Big Effects Gandalf’s quote, from Lord of the Rings, makes the observation that it is not power which holds evil at bay, but small acts of kindness. This simple idea is reflected in Allison Howard’s South African Storm. Howard’s idea that her act of walking, rather than driving, for groceries, poignantly states how the […]
Miss Brill Discussion Paragraph
Miss Brill discussion paragraph