The lessons learned here at AYA are immeasurable in value and provided, will stick with us for many years. However, it isn’t just our academic guidance that shaped us through this program but the experience of joining our fellow peers along for this journey. The eclectic yet cohesive cohort of AYA was able to verse …
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Navigating Nabokov: What Lolita really means according to art
Oftentimes readers are told to look past a book’s cover and create a full opinion until they have read the material. Despite this initial impressions of certain works form a crucial understanding in our interpretations of meaning in media. As leadership of production companies and publishing houses cater themselves to Eurocentric patriarchal views they then …
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My foray into the punk rock music scene
Initially upon studying the messages and communities behind the Hip Hop genre added with all the issues that they try to convey, I was immediately reminded of my personal affinity for punk rock music. Music has grown and developed throughout the generations, becoming a medium of entertainment and storytelling, using these devices to lure people …
Journal #1
In increasing numbers over the years our society has started to move more aspects of our lives onto online spaces to the point where we have adapted ourselves to technology. Important conversations regarding politics and global events have been transferred to these sites in hopes of gaining attention and generating responses, rather than relying on …
Communicating Change 