CUNY Academic Commons | Alexis Calderon | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/alexisrose/activity/ Activity feed for Alexis Calderon. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2c72414a62fbee4029419eb6d5c07bec Alexis Calderon wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3457 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:58:40 -0500 African American history and culture is unique compared to other cultures. One of the more tragic elements of African American culture is what W.E.B. Du Bois refers to as “sorrow songs”. These sorrow songs are a […]

]]> 85b9f4b3f78febd459fa191033e83988 Alexis Calderon wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3242 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 01:22:57 -0500 At the beginning of the “Power” episode, Damon Krukowski asserts, “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.” He goes on to ask, “But might it [the m […]

]]> d956a0141622c02d902c66fc3b272def Alexis Calderon commented on the post, Blog Post #6 | Cherilene Guzman, on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-6-cherilene-guzman/#comment-2108 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:46:13 -0500 Haha I actually do experience the “tingles” when listening to ASMR (for me it feels like someone is lightly tapping their fingers against my forehead) but I don’t really enjoy watching ASMR videos. Ever since […]

]]> 6ace7a53562d4d7a528ca12d9006cf97 Alexis Calderon wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3158 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 21:07:19 -0500 In Damon Krukowski’s Ways of Hearing Episode 2 Love, he presents the argument that because sound has moved to a digital platform to keep up with today’s technology, the human voice has lost an element of their […]

]]> 94ee81cd4e359da9ee66db3a65899ad2 Alexis Calderon wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3045 Sat, 24 Oct 2020 23:35:58 -0400 In Ways of Hearing Episode 2: Space, Damon Krukowski speaks about noise and his experience growing up in New York City. In Krukowski’s view, he describes the noise as “less of a roar and more like being hit with a […]

]]> 1b8fdc10908e0be89d05243a7f74da7f Alexis Calderon commented on the post, Blog Post #4, on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-4-13/#comment-1673 Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:16:34 -0400 I agree with your point that media of people united protesting together is largely ignored even still today by the media and that the news handpicks images that will manipulate the reader just like advertisements. […]

]]> f0f03424db7c6d5f872da4e852b14538 Alexis Calderon wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2856 Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:08:09 -0400 According to Martin A. Berger, white owned newspaper and magazine owners during the times of the civil rights movement often selected photographs that catered to their white readers’ base even though the heart of […]

]]> bda63f95db1e6e18915f367ea494dc51 Alexis Calderon commented on the post, Blog post #3, on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-3-10/#comment-1435 Sat, 03 Oct 2020 14:35:13 -0400 Very insightful! I agree and like that you pointed out the images of the refugees not only conveys sympathy but also superiority as well.

]]> f6be94cb179a1ae79df37116696d2fc0 Alexis Calderon wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2679 Sat, 03 Oct 2020 00:04:01 -0400 In John Berger’s Ways of Seeing Episode 4, he observes that advertising images are all around us and affect us in ways we might not even realize. He states “We change ourselves by buying more.” In other words, […]

]]> 8e13df2fd5216625fe994ee43447ae83 Alexis Calderon wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2446 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 22:36:20 -0400 In John Berger’s Ways of Seeing Episode 2, he brings up the controversial ideology that women’s nudity is solely created for the male viewer,connecting it with nude paintings of women from the Renaissance […]

]]> 18414cf80f8b41f0ba7cbe914148e4b7 Alexis Calderon wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2265 Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:57:09 -0400 1.According to Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, writers should use the model of “entering the conversation” in their writing. What are the advantages of this model?

When using the They Say/I Say format in w […]

]]> c193346b303aff97854354b2f63166d5 Alexis Calderon commented on the post, All About Alexis, on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/all-about-alexis/#comment-1129 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:32:59 -0400 Haha, that’s great!

]]> 93b682ca211c3bef5673ddcc7a9f229c Alexis Calderon wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (Fall 20) https://eng101fall20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2105 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 22:32:57 -0400     Hello All! My name is Alexis, I’m a 30 year old (90’s baby!) mother of a 6 year old boy. Born and raised in Astoria, Queens (I’m still surprised at how much it’s changed over the last 20 years). I’ve had a l […]

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