English 2367.02

[bronsonstacy16]

Resistance of Pop Culture

SNL, Portlandia, and It's always Sunny in Philadelphia as possible examples for group project

[poetryofresistance]

"If there are flowers flowers must come out of the road.”

Young Afrikans by Gwendolyn Brooks (via poetryofresistance)

[syerington]

Tell me why fire yearns for the heart.

Juan Felipe Herrera, “Half Punk Panther” (via syerington)

interesting take on a common idea, usually we hear that the heart yearns for fire or passion

(via evkenn17)

[theoakwa]

I am woman and not white.

"A Woman Speaks" (Lorde). (via theoakwa)

Every line that Audre Lorde writes is so blunt and powerful

(via evkenn17)

It is left out so the reader does not pre-judge the poem.

[jtsnow99]

"Your Du Bois (pronounced Du BWAH)?”

Gay, “Some Instructions on Black Masculinity Offered to my Black 

Friend by the White Woman He Briefly Dated, A Monologue”

(via jtsnow99)

Shows the lack of knowledge of the African American culture.

[syerington]

One man had a heart, a pill under his tongue- a pill, a dog a broomstick.

Nick Flynn, “seven testimonies (redacted)” (via syerington)

This quote makes you realize the confusion and torture of being a POW

(via aldengardiner)

[evkenn17]

"This is a time capsule for the Coast: words of the people —don’t forget us—”

-Natasha Trethewey, “Liturgy to the Mississippi Gulf Coast” (via evkenn17)

[syerington]

The radio said there is no god.

Ricky Laurentiis “No Ararat” (via syerington)

This was a religion issue because the kid did not know what was right, her own thoughts or the media’s.

(via taylorpugh)

This shows the possibility that the girl has given up hope.

[trevorhansen412]

"Most white American men are the same color they were then." #racism #hatred #discrimination

“Onlookers with the burning body of Jesse Washington” -Steve Scafidi  (via trevorhansen412)

This just hows how big of a problem racism and discrimination are and how it should be stopped.

(via brittanycastrataro)

I think that racism will never be stopped. There will always be some people who would think that minorities are inferior and don’t deserve respect. Then they will pass on this training to their children, and the next, and the cycle will continue.

(via theoakwa)

I agree, and to add to it I believe racism has evolved into a social and mental abuse due to different forms of racial profiling and discrimination.

[evkenn17]

"This is a time capsule for the Coast: words of the people —don’t forget us—”

-Natasha Trethewey, “Liturgy to the Mississippi Gulf Coast” (via evkenn17)

[bronsonstacy16]

Group Project-Pop Culture

The satirical sketch comedy TV show Portlandia would be a possible example of the resistance to pop culture.

[brittanycastrataro]

He will tell you the distance between heart break and rage.

Ross Gay, “Within Two Weeks”

#heartbroken #deep #anger #pain

(via brittanycastrataro)

[rsparksblog]

"The sky shook off his clothes and was brilliant. I tell you it was necessary: violence had to preface such beauty." Optimism impacts the way people view things. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Innocence and compassion is brought out after destruction.

No Ararat. Ricky Laurentiis.  (via rsparksblog)

[bronsonstacy16]

The Beat of #life

#life is complex

it is filled with #memories, #hardwork, and #change

personal #expression and #passion are key components

they will #influence your #progress along the way

but don't let #power #control you

because #conformity is not the only option

#life is left up to your own #interpretation

Do what you want to do

Be who you want to be

That is the beat of #life

[bronsonstacy16]

I held on to my mother holding her mother’s hand. I didn’t dream this. Terrible noise. Terrible hollering. I slept through the hollering. Terrible wind-against-earth

"No Ararat" - Laurentiis

[bronsonstacy16]

This is a memory of the Coast: to each his own recollections

"Liturgy to the Mississippi Gulf Coast" -Tretheway

[bronsonstacy16]

A farmer I was, twenty -two on the ground--hands feet back fists & blood

"seven Testimonies" -Flynn