In Sam Anderson’s piece “In Defense of Distraction,” Anderson’s main claim seems to be “… the problem of attention has migrated right into the center of our cultural attention.” In translation, the lack of attention people are providing has not only begun affecting the individual but almost the entire human population collectively. However, as you … [Read more…]
Social change is something that has been happening in our country at an exponential rate recently. Younger generations are seeing the importance of change in the world, specifically changing old policies that no longer apply to our modern world. For example, the legalization on equal marriage rights has kickstarted a movement of social change for … [Read more…]
In Epstein’s writing, she discusses how Uganda is much more socially cohesive than South Africa. She noticed how people were very close because they were not shying away from difficult or shameful conversations. Throughout the article, Epstein explores the change in their community due to their open conversations. The rate of infection had already begun … [Read more…]
Martha Hall tells her story through a mix of words and art. But there’s something different in the way Hall shares her books versus most other authors, though I would refer to Hall as more of a creator or artist than an author. She uses a mix of different colors, shapes, words, and structures of … [Read more…]
In this article Epstein touches on various different topics surrounding AIDS, one of which being that there tends to be a social stigma about AIDS. This idea reminded me of Anne Hallward’s Ted Talk on telling our silenced stories in which she explains how telling our stories in which she explains how telling our stories … [Read more…]
In this Ted Talk, Hallward discusses the effects of shame and telling our silenced stories in order to achieve widespread social change. Throughout the presentation, Hallward repeats the same idea of “[W]hen we speak of what is most personal, it’s the most universal” meaning that people are able to connect to those types of stories … [Read more…]
