Author: Ian Pitcher
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To Speak In Tongues
Sometimes, it feels as if my tongue has been removed I can feel its remnants, hinting, mocking But is it even mine, how could it be? A family tongue is passed, bestowed I lack the words to speak – Make mistakes that reveal me, That I don’t belong. That I am without tongue Or only…
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A Response Paper on the Yellow Wallpaper
What is the effect of space on the rhetoric of securitization, particularly in the context of gender relations. There’s something about space that our neoliberal epoch doesn’t quite understand. Is this unsurprising when counties, towns, and homes seem to be carbon copies of one another? Securitization, to paraphrase the one paper that I read on…
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On Superman
There’s a claim that I endeavor to sell you – that Superman is the Best superhero. Obviously, this is a somewhat subjective matter, and to claim that something is Best can definitely be characterized as fighting words. It is important to first consider why you might hate Superman, or think that he is boring. Who…
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A Thought on the Lack Of Context about the Conflict In Ukraine
Two events growing up led me to understand that the west didn’t care or know much about Eastern Europe. First was the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008, and the first Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014. The current imperialism invasion of Ukraine is simply another in a long procession of events that further emphasizes…
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Reflection Paper #4
The concept of two-facedness is part of many cultures. Sometimes this concept is portrayed as it is in animation when characters have an angel on one shoulder and a demon on the other. Yet, Dr. Jekyll’s case seems to be somewhat different. Although he had “two characters…one was wholly evil, the other was still Henry…