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From the moment I could write coherent sentences I considered myself a writer. I would write in my journal-write about my day at school with the mean girls, write about my parents fighting, write about my neighborhood crush, write about the sadness I felt while moving. I wrote it all. I suppose that in manyContinue reading “Final Words”

So here I am… … sitting in the middle of a crowded café in Paris, riding the subway in Amsterdam, or being followed by children in India… I began traveling when I was quite young. My mom would hop on plane after plane, taking my special needs sister to the best doctors in the nation,Continue reading “So Here I Am…”

Coming from an experienced traveler, I would hope my airline had flown to various destinations, over the years acquiring vast experiences with all walks of life. In United’s safety video, the compant attempts to express these very values. Although are their efforts misplaced? Their stereotypical views of culture create an orientalist view on the destinationsContinue reading “Multimodality”

Religion. By definition religion is “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods” or “a particular system of faith and worship” according to Google. To much of society, religion is being apart of an organized group of people. My cousin sees religion as Christianity, for my friendContinue reading “My Terministic Screen”

Growing up as a Caucasian woman in America I’ve experienced many cultures, most of which are not my own. I have most of these cultural experiences through the indulgence of food. The beauty of living in a nation with no dominant culture is that these experiences are plentiful. Yet there is a habit in theContinue reading “Autoethnography”

As the common saying goes, “a picture is worth 1,000 words”. Although without the rhetoric and confirmation of the written word, a picture can present something completely different. In today’s multimodal society, one must consider the consequences or misinterpretations which a single picture can cause. Here are some of my pictures and their stories. SomeContinue reading “Story Time”

https://epalmer25.wixsite.com/website I wasn’t sure how to include the original draft of my project so I just have the single link.

1920s Tea Club was the spot- the spot for hanging out with friends, late night study sessions, a relaxed first date or brainstorming the next bestselling YA novel. Their special? Boba. You see, the squishy tapioca pearls were never just about taste for me- it was about the people I drank it with. Boba wasContinue reading “Original Autoethnography”

Religion. By definition religion is “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods” or “a particular system of faith and worship” according to Google. To much of society, religion is being apart of an organized group of people. My cousin sees religion as Christianity, for my friendContinue reading “Original My Terministic Screen”

Coming from an experienced traveler, I would hope my airline had flown to various destinations, over the years acquiring vast experiences with all walks of life. In United’s safety video, they jump from scene to scene for 4 minutes and 15 seconds, in the attempts of expressing these very values. Although are their efforts misplaced?Continue reading “Original Multimodality”