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So far this is what I am aiming to present as my final paper… A girl does not transition into womenhood solely after she attends school then obtains a ‘grown up’ job, love plays a major role. In my paper, I want to write about how a girl transitions into womenhood through her love and sexual experiences which includes many high’s and […]

1) In his open and unapologetic (?) discussion of racist values within gay desire, McBride spends the first 6 pages framing the chapter. This extensive reflection on the topic of discussion, the gay marketplace of desires, reflects seriously on the implications of starting the conversation McBride notes that, “[he] come[s] not to this work as […]

1. At page 3 of the introduction Robert Reid-Pharr says about the goal of his essay: “[…] I am groping for a method by which to bridge the divide between theory and practice, to break down barriers between the ways I think about American life as a professional critic and the manner in which i comport myself in my everyday […]

I read Black Gay Man by Robert F. Reid-Pharr and it led me to ask myself some questions. 1. The author uses the derogatory language of negro queer, colored sissy and nigger faggot.  Did these terms offend anyone or did their use  by an African-American and homosexual writer make using those words inoffensive?  Should the […]

Hello Everyone, It’s been a very busy semester, but we have a few upcoming events organized by the Library that I wanted to highlight—they are not to be missed! Tuesday, April 14: Why Can’t I Download That Ebook? Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) and the Politics of Electronic Reading, led by Alycia Sellie This workshop will […]

1.  The author suggests a “road map” paragraph in the introduction of the paper.  The author then describes how the main body of the paper should develop and defend your argument.  So, should each paragraph be devoted to a single source that develops and defends that argument? 2.  The author tells us in the conclusion […]

1. Throughout Cha’s narrative, but especially on the story of Yu Guan Soon, what do you see as the connection between time and memory? 2. Similar to Zoe’s question on Cha’s usage of French, how does Cha use “language” as tool to illustrate notions of national belongingness, or “home”? (I’m thinking about Cha’s literal incorporation of […]

1. Cha is intentionally ambiguous in a number of ways, including her use of pronouns, images without description, and the omission of a direct indication of time in many of her stories. Why do you think Cha prefers ambiguous implications over clear description? 2. What does it mean to consider this collection of different women’s […]

I hope you are enjoying Dictee… For those of you who would like a bit more support getting into the text, or getting the swing of it, here’s a great reading guide, by Professor Viet Nguyen of USC: http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~vnguyen/dictee/dictee1.htm Here are some blog posts from my previous class (“Approaches to Life Writing”) about Cha’s Dictee: https://lifewriting.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/07/more-than-words/ […]

Hi everybody. I’m posting the interview questions from last night’s session below.   Bringing the two sections together was, I think, really productive–and it was great to see the areas of overlap between their investigation of self-hood and our consideration of “oversharing.” We are going to continue to try to connect these two classes.  I would […]

Elise Cowen and Allen Ginsburg I was drawn into the Miller article for three main reasons, I work at Hunter College, I love memoirs and as a precocious young teen I spent a lot of time reading the Beats. As Miller concludes, “ the six degrees of separation that mark the distance from your life […]

25. I am late for a date as I write this! 24. But homework calls- go figure. 23. Why start with the Number One instead of going backwards? 22. The hard part of this is that Microsoft won’t automatically insert the numbers for me, I have to do this myself. I guess Microsoft feels the […]

Tomorrow, when we bring both classes together, you will be asked to sit with someone from Professor Tougaw’s section, someone you do not know. Professor Tougaw and I will interview each other. And then you will exchange a “25 random things” list from Viegener’s book with someone from the other class.  Think of it as […]

Looking forward to our shared conversation tomorrow, here is Professor Tougaw’s class blog: https://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu Please feel free to comment on and respond to posts on Viegener, Miller and Koestenbaum–and to post further on these texts on our site too.  It would be wonderful to see a bunch of comments flowing back and forth as we […]

Here are a few notes from what we covered for sharing, and I attached copies of the handouts too. · Here is the MALS guide we looked at (with databases to start with under the “Articles” tab): http://libguides.gc.cuny.edu/MALS o We looked at Academic Search Complete (widened to ALL of our EBSCO databases), Project Muse, and […]

Hi Everyone, We will be meeting in Room 6496 on 3/17/15 from 6:30p – 8:30p for our combined class with Professor Jason Tougaw…more information to follow during the day today!  Carrie

In Wayne Koestenbaum’s essay “Memoir in the Age of Buzzfeed” reviewing Matias Viegener’s 2500 Random Things about Me Too, Koestenbaum opens by saying his favorite books “teach me how to think, or how to stop thinking,” and Viegener’s book did both and was thoroughly provocative: On page 188, Viegener says that he wants to create […]

Hi, Miriyam here, in “But Enough About Me What do You Think About My Memoir?”, Nancy K. Miller, talks about memoirs, less about narcissism and more about memory and people’s need to be memorialized and remembered. She talks about a generation stricken with metaphorical Alzheimer’s. I found this idea interesting particularly, since at the beginning […]

The Snowden Files: A complicated political, social and ethical Issue. But was it an Overshare? I found the deliberating process of coming up with a final research topic difficult for this class. My goal was to link this project to the rest of my academic research, which is mainly international relations and China. Looking to […]

Also, I want to ask you an opinion about this fact that happened last week. I was looking for a video on Youtube and I found this video in which two twins guys came out to their dad. It is a very intimate moment, private and very moving. They posted on Youtube and the whole […]

I suggest this article on “The Wall Street Journal”, called Thank You for Not Sharing, What Triggers People to Reveal Too Much; Avoiding the Post-Conversation Cringe, by columnist Elizabeth Bernstein in which she explains the causes of the oversharing and how to control the impulse. Is it really just an impulse? “Experts say oversharing often happens when […]

I plan to write about individuals sharing personal information about their sex lives as a form of activism that aims to eliminate awkwardness and shame. There are two main groups of activists I’d like to consider here: 1) feminists asserting their right to sexual freedom by rejecting the traditional attitude of secrecy and shame, and 2) […]

A couple of years ago, in a museum bookstore, I picked up a book called “Without Sanctuary.” It was published in 2000 and was a series of photographs of lynchings across the United States in the early 20th century. I was absolutely repelled and wondered why anyone would publish this book. But I couldn’t forget […]

Following up from the discussion about how the internet has changed the way we connect and ccommunicate, I found this discussion titled “Real Relationships in the Digital World?”, and thought it worth while to share. Below is the link to the debate from the NY times website. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/03/05/real-relationships-in-a-digital-world?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region Adam

As someone who labored through the first volume and a half of “My Struggle” by Karl Ove Knausgaard over the course of about six weeks this summer, I’m simultaneously thankful that this wasn’t included on our syllabus—so many pages!—and curious about the discussion we could have about this project and oversharing. For those who aren’t […]

Hi All, This is just a reminder that if your proposed research involves human subjects in any way, and that includes interviews etc., you will need to receive IRB clearance.  Here is the information: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Prospective-Current-Students/Current-Students/Human-Subjects-IRB Take a close look before proceeding with your work.  Best, Carrie  

Hi all, I just finished reading I Love Dick, an astonishing memoir/novel/series of feminist essays by Chris Kraus. The story centers on Kraus’s obsession with an unattainable male figure at the periphery of her life. She describes her lengthy pursuit of him in cringe-worthy detail. Her husband ambivalently consents to the affair. Eventually she moves alone to upstate New York to sort […]

by: Shirley Franks’ Question: 1. Why do people feel the need to anonymously post things that don’t seem to be controversial or embarrassing? I did not consider any of the posts to be oversharing. My response: I found some of the posts to be very shocking. While I’m not sure if they fall under the […]

The Permissible Violation of Privacy: The Dilemma of the Inner Voice Mattheus Oliveira The goal of this paper is to explore the implicit violation of privacy that the secondary/inner voice of character undergoes. In what ways does this violation of privacy allow a text to address complex, societal judgments on moral issues? For the final […]

I was thinking about doing a paper about oversharing and generational gaps involving Soviet immigrants and their Americanized children. With the collapse of the Soviet Union there was a huge influx of soviet citizens in the 1980’s and 90’s. These immigrants escaped a country where “oversharing” even innocent details could lead to a prison sentence […]

Hi. My research interests are on questions of Asian American Studies and gender and sexuality. I have two paper topics that I’ve been thinking about, but don’t know how to approach and narrow down: 1. The build grison. The coming of age narrative is often considered the trope in Asian American literature. Maxine Hong Kingston’s […]

Hi Everyone, Miriyam here, awhile ago my sister told me about an app called whisper, also a website. Whisper is basically similar to PostSecret, and I think that it is also interesting to read. Here is a “secret” on whisper.   I do not consider these two sites Whisper/PostSecret to be over-sharing sites, I consider […]