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The Gender Epidemic: Intersecting Disease, Gender, And Sexuality In A Graphic Novel, Autumn Cejer
The Gender Epidemic: Intersecting Disease, Gender, And Sexuality In A Graphic Novel, Autumn Cejer
All NMU Master's Theses
For my thesis, I wrote a graphic novel set in a world where certain people possess powers that society tries to suppress by viewing them as a disease. The story focuses on two super-powered individuals on opposite sides of the law who handle this oppression very differently. Although these characters would easily be able to overpower the non-powered people in charge, they are too afraid to do so. Internalized guilt from possessing abilities they did not ask for adds an additional layer of conflict, just as women and disabled persons are constantly made to feel like they should apologize for …
Balance Check, Anne Louise Hilenski
Balance Check, Anne Louise Hilenski
Theses and Dissertations
This novel-length work of fiction seeks to explore the world of women’s elite gymnastics and the way it invites glory as much as it invites sacrifice, mental fortitude, physical pain, and suffering. When gymnast Rachel Wallerstein secures four gold medals at the World Championships a year before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, her destiny as an American Olympic hero is preemptively written into the history books. What happens in the gym stays in the gym, but not for long, as the ever-present approach of the Olympics casts light on the cracks in her parents’ seemingly perfect marriage. On the …
Front Pew Reflections: Redefining The Role Of Women And Solid Theology In The Church, Yanna Telyeten
Front Pew Reflections: Redefining The Role Of Women And Solid Theology In The Church, Yanna Telyeten
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
If we are honest, the modern Evangelical Church has struggled to find a clear answer on what the Bible says about the role of women. This ambiguity often causes women of faith to be confused or uncertain about their value, role, and function in the church. In Front Pew Reflections: Redefining the Role of Women and Solid Theology in the Church, I tell of my personal experiences and struggles as a young woman of faith growing up in the Slavic church. In this reflective piece, I share the discoveries I have made about what the Bible says about the …
Compendium, Sara E. Manlowe
Compendium, Sara E. Manlowe
Senior Projects Spring 2021
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
Strawberry Ghosts: Lore, Loss & Licentiousness In A 400-Year-Old City, Ella Wheeler Mcgrail
Strawberry Ghosts: Lore, Loss & Licentiousness In A 400-Year-Old City, Ella Wheeler Mcgrail
Senior Projects Spring 2021
Old New England towns are viewed as bastions of American History, but most narratives promoted by such places are highly selective, and tend to showcase the white, male, settler-colonial perspective. In this collection of stories, vignettes, personal accounts and historical snapshots, the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire is portrayed through the voices of residents past and present, real and fictional. It seeks to examine the city's history through a deconstructionist, anti-colonial lens and to ultimately tell a story that reflects the true beauty, shame, and complexity of this extraordinary coastal town.