Apr
12
The Case For Oversharing Discussion Questions
April 12, 2015 | 2 Comments
Is Facebook really optional? According to a Washington Post article from Oct 1014, Facebook had reached 1.35 billion active users per month. That means that 20% percent of the worlds population logs on to Facebook once a month. That’s half of the worlds internet users. Given the growing ubiquity of the platform one can make […]
Mar
22
Discussion Questions for Dictee
March 22, 2015 | 2 Comments
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 […]
Feb
23
Questions about Woolf’s Moments of Being
February 23, 2015 | Comments Off on Questions about Woolf’s Moments of Being
1. The Editor’s Note of my edition (2nd by Harvest/HBJ) explains that most of the essays here were not intended for publication. Should we adapt our reaction to the text knowing that these were her private works? If so, how? Is the posthumous publication of this private text an act of oversharing her work and life […]
Feb
8
More Discussion Questions for “Cleaving”
February 8, 2015 | Comments Off on More Discussion Questions for “Cleaving”
(The Butcher’s Shop by Annibale Carraci, via Wikimedia Commons) 1. Did any part of Cleaving make you cringe? And in what way, if any, do you think cringe-iness relates to oversharing? For example, I found myself cringing at Powell’s repeated Buffy the Vampire Slayer references. On the one hand, I could easily blame this on my dislike […]
