Integrative Writing BCC

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BEER by Charles Bukowski

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Read this if you are still stuck after today’s lecture.

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This handout on transitions will introduce you to some useful transitional expressions and help you employ them effectively.

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This handout describes what a thesis statement is, how thesis statements work in your writing, and how you can discover or refine one for your draft.

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Pop Culture Died in 2009: Gossiping With the Best Celeb Blogger on Tumblr

Which mid-2000s mess is poised to make a comeback? Pop Culture Died in 2009 reveals all.

Proud of you, @popculturediedin2009.

The paparazzo becomes the paparazzee.

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INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION

INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The…

What is the message of the article “How Long Do Cultural References Last”?

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Worst Case Prep

How do you think zombie films and novels work as “worst case prep”? What does the article mention as other points in history where literature worked as worst case prep?

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Zombie #3

What does the author mean by “Collective Therapy” in the article on the significance of zombies in popular culture? How does that connect to the idea of culture reaching a “bottleneck”. 

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Zombie #2

“But it should still try, because zombies do matter.”

Do you believe this statement? Why or why not?

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Zombie #1

“When large numbers of the living start dressing up as the undead, they are announcing a true cultural phenomenon. It may seem like a fad, but zombies matter--not just in the sociology of pop culture but in how we collectively orient ourselves toward the future of civilization itself.”

What is the author’s main point in the intro paragraph?

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Body Sync

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Archetypes!

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Max Headroom: the definitive history of the 1980s digital icon.

On Thursday, April 4th, 1985, a blast of dystopian satire hit the UK airwaves. Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future was a snarky take on media and corporate greed, told through the eyes of investigative journalist Edison Carter (Matt Frewer) and his computer-generated alter-ego: an artificial intelligence named Max Headroom. Max became a singular ‘80s pop culture phenomenon that represented everything wonderful and horrible about the decade. Max hosted music video shows; Max interviewed celebrities; Max hawked New Coke; Max Headroom became US network television’s very first cyberpunk series. Max was inescapable — and then almost just as quickly as he had appeared, he was gone. Thirty years after the premiere, I spoke with the writers, directors, producers, actors, make-up artists, and network executives that helped bring Max Headroom to life. And it all began, like so many things in the ‘80s, with music videos.

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What Does Technology Want?

Are new ideas and new inventions inevitable? Are they driven by us or by a larger force of nature?

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100 Years of Zombie Evolution in Pop Culture | Time Lapse Video

Think All Zombies Are the Same? Think Again.

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