CUNY Academic Commons | Yael Rosenstock | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/yrosenstock/activity/ Activity feed for Yael Rosenstock . Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 e0c86b59cf20322317e60c770356a29d Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=776 Tue, 19 May 2015 20:54:52 -0400 I was very against taking an Introduction to Graduate Studies course but have thoroughly enjoyed the readings and conversations. I signed up for Inventing the Self because it sounded the most interesting and […]

]]> 14baea26dd3525c0bc73c108430c00ac Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, An Anthology in Need of a Title, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/05/12/an-anthology-in-need-of-a-title/#comment-212 Tue, 12 May 2015 20:01:52 -0400 Private Bodies, Shared Selves – not sure about which subtitle, maybe An Anthology on Self Perception and Projection

]]> a55f4c9a858bfe148b8ae25cc271af7f Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=698 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 03:47:23 -0400 Questions for class discussion:

1. Have you experienced moments in which you “weren’t yourself?” What were the circumstances? Do you think it is possible to explain it as another, less embraced version of you […]

]]> 108fd3d07919c8e0fa0a49d31e7d7785 Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=696 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 03:25:31 -0400 I really enjoyed the [ample] reading for this week; the Carter chapters and Hustvedt book complemented one another well.

I’m not sure from the letters of the notebooks if they are actually alphabetically […]

]]> b6fdfad780ccc7fd42195063f4d019bb Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, the rewards and short comings of talk therapy, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/04/19/the-rewards-and-short-comings-of-talk-therapy/#comment-197 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:27:30 -0400 I agree that there should be a medium. I know someone who seeks talk therapy from one source and prescriptions from another. The talk – therapy, as well as exercises she performs herself, and life stressors, help […]

]]> f107e93d918728b7a4d51d84348780ed Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Controversial Medical/Mental Health, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/04/19/controversial-medicalmental-health/#comment-195 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:10:00 -0400 In response to Mari,

I thought the idea of addressing voices at different times seemed like my version of compartmentalizing. People often think I am without feeling or emotion when really, I decide to address […]

]]> b738806feb7beddeef150cc9a35c0998 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Post One-Sentence Descriptions of Your Research Projects Here, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/04/11/post-one-sentence-descriptions-of-your-research-projects-here/#comment-185 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:45:36 -0400 My research topic is looking at how commercially sexually exploited children/youth (CSEC) and older sex workers internalize the perceptions of others and to what end it effects their sense of self.

]]> 4afb9ac00051254a3668b09b57acc3ad Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, There Was This Goat., on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/30/there-was-this-goat-3/#comment-167 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:14:28 -0400 Your post made me think about the dangers of generalizing. Initially, the first of the two hypothetical conversations with two white characters demonstrate possible identities and responses to the initial […]

]]> 79769078aea8ba6f4694c445fb521978 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, There was this Goat, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/29/there-was-this-goat-2/#comment-166 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:12:06 -0400 I agree with your analysis Andrew and think the authors took us even further by not only helping us get to know Mrs. Konile, but also by helping us get to know ourselves.

The authors were faced with their own […]

]]> 863ad3c5f1ed2a48da86e5c2060e75f6 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Prompt #3, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/23/prompt-3/#comment-126 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:23:55 -0400 Venita and I are both looking at how the labels imposed by others effects one’s sense of self. I think there will be a lot of overlap. Both point at the possibility of stigma affecting how one feels. In her case […]

]]> 7cea4d8d947eeec0975f7b6ec177bf80 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Prompt 1: C, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/23/prompt-1-c-2/#comment-119 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 03:29:04 -0400 I may have misread but my understanding was that Lieberman was saying that we are very much influenced by our surroundings and while we believe that we have unique, personal beliefs, we are misguided.

I was […]

]]> 089a10069efcfd1f15faeb9672d4484b Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Prompt#2, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/23/prompt2/#comment-118 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 03:23:03 -0400 Have you decided to focus on a specific mental illness diagnoses or are you looking at a range of illnesses/circumstances?

]]> 98c616737330cdaa087451286971df62 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Prompt #2 The Self and Fictional Characters, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/23/prompt-2-the-self-and-fictional-characters/#comment-117 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 03:20:39 -0400 I have nothing to add except that I would love to read your paper when you’re done. This topic sounds so fascinating!

]]> 744572877cc038ae2d420037a76d1bc1 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Lieberman makes brain science approachable, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/22/lieberman-makes-brain-science-approachable/#comment-116 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 03:09:51 -0400 That’s the part that I expect to be using as well!

]]> d16417bf29d03077459cc5387c2c7fc0 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, P1) Lieberman & Picking a fight? piggybacking? leapfrogging? Oh my, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/21/p1-lieberman-picking-a-fight-piggybacking-leapfrogging-oh-my/#comment-115 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 03:07:59 -0400 Liz,

I will look back and see if that’s what I was looking for.

Thanks!

]]> 6e88db05affb8bc21adef9c62253265b Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, P2) Premature ponderings, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/21/p2-premature-ponderings/#comment-114 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 03:06:26 -0400 I completely agree. I actually have an ethnography that talks about the women in a Brothel in Nevada. While I think it could be a useful piece, there are HUGE differences between that population and the one I am […]

]]> d0960e2095d9e87b84e233485fc24faa Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Lieberman...ehhh, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/23/lieberman-ehhh/#comment-113 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 03:03:56 -0400 I like your comparison to Pugh. It’s making me think about the connections to money and materialism that Lieberman seems to argue are less valuable. In the case of Pugh’s work, I think he would discuss how the […]

]]> 896c7a12410ffb14a0324e1fa283ccc7 Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=436 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 17:25:45 -0400 I fear this could end up becoming a list of praises but I want to applaud Lieberman on his use of layman terms, how he breaks down experiments, and even how he explains sections of the brain. The last piece is […]

]]> fc1037ebf8cb3d8087ed13b0f2d477da Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=433 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:36:07 -0400 p2) Describe how your research topic builds on or contributes to some conversation about the origins, meanings, or functions of selfhood. What other thinkers, scholars, or writers are part of this […]

]]> 368167ed650a22b95c6cc2897b4414d5 Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=431 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:51:38 -0400 I wish I had read the prompts earlier as it is driving me nuts that I can’t find the moment in the book where Lieberman explicitly states that scholars are often on both sides but that the argument should really […]

]]> 09b9b255602a9987a5d4a275d50443d2 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Blog Post - Matias, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/16/blog-post-matias/#comment-100 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:52:23 -0400 I was surprised, but not put-off, by how personal the lists were. I was concerned that I would hate this book because I read three random things “at random” and thought, ‘oy… 2500 of these is going to be […]

]]> 0af54165758b1043a9688868f7d416af Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, 25 random things..., on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/16/25-random-things-2/#comment-99 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:41:30 -0400 I have probably close to 100 pairs of shoes and many of them are heels. I rarely wear heels anymore…

]]> 9b8e4e89f8e31734d4140e86b81b03b0 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, 25 Random Things, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/15/25-random-things/#comment-91 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:09:39 -0400 I also highlight and underline for those purposes. Whatever, I’m highlighting for me! I also highlight what I find beautiful or insightful. Why should I bring attention to something I don’t understand for […]

]]> b7f961c1d1d4b5b0854fdc7298634912 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, random 25, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/14/random-25/#comment-90 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:07:47 -0400 Berni,

I do think that there is a preference towards short lists because of our attention spans. I have to set aside time to read actual articles from the NYT or the Atlantic but seem to always make time to […]

]]> 58e9575b63ccf0a8493bea89222a3cc8 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, 25 Random Things, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/15/25-random-things/#comment-89 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:59:36 -0400 I really enjoyed reading your list. I feel like Berni did about one of my numbers; some of your sentences beg for the stories to be told. I suppose if you were to write more lists you could continue those stories […]

]]> 9d3677df439450c861f2e81bb2baed6c Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=372 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 17:28:09 -0400 Looking at the water travel down the street makes me wonder where it goes.

 

I suppose I’m not that curious because I could probably look it up or explore it further by foot but I don’t.

 

The golden […]

]]> 98a2b70645d278a47786ee6d59dbbedd Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, Casey and Hacking Thoughts, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/03/03/casey-and-hacking-thoughts/#comment-77 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:55:22 -0500 Thank you for reminding me of what the Hacking chapter was discussing.

I was reading a NYT article today (see below) titled, “Medicating Women’s Feelings” which speaks to our country’s quick to medicate […]

]]> bf2d97de705dcea8982339764bf7c222 Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=328 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:12:34 -0500 Yesterday, while on the train, I mentioned this book and my friend immediately asked for the title. He was animated by the topic and asked me how I had enjoyed the book. My honest response was that I would never […]

]]> 3d7641696a7d776b50a54f5760c374db Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, The man who walked away: a novel by Maud Casey., on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self https://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/02/28/the-man-who-walked-away-a-novel-by-maud-casey/#comment-68 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:09:56 -0500 I agree with you, Jeffrey, that the description of the asylum is unrealistic but the author does address this through the nurse’s explanation for her presence at this particular institution. The nurse is only […]

]]> 2da41d04ff4bce95f0aaf7528391daf9 Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=312 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 21:38:43 -0500 I watched the video before reading Noe’s explanation of his dollar bill analogy so I didn’t get a chance to question the analogy for myself before hearing the interviewer’s criticism of it not being comparable. […]

]]> e86ee83ded477af061ac616faa5097d1 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, The Interaction of Brain, Body and Environment, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/02/23/the-interaction-of-brain-body-and-environment/#comment-63 Tue, 24 Feb 2015 21:17:05 -0500 I like Julia’s comment about what is included in the “I” and the implications of what is and isn’t included as it relates to free will. From what I understand, Noe doesn’t believe the neurons and mechanical brain […]

]]> e400ede1fcc5edaac9bd9fbe6f6a428a Yael Rosenstock wrote a new post on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=220 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 03:38:06 -0500 ThumbnailDamasio’s anecdote in “Stepping into the Light” involving the patient who was “bodily present but personally unaccounted for, absent without leave” made me wonder about other situations in which our consciousness […]

]]> 0b8b02ac1bbb16e83051a68f64e77eb0 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, The Story of a Shaking Woman, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/02/07/the-story-of-a-shaking-woman/#comment-12 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:50:42 -0500 I am intrigued by the idea of humans as questioning that you bring up Jennifer. We are always told about the curious nature of our own species and that through that curiosity we develop and test theories, […]

]]> aeb5913833bd17e167149a4c616a3598 Yael Rosenstock commented on the post, The Story of a Shaking Woman, on the site MALS 7000: Inventing the Self http://selfinventing.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/02/07/the-story-of-a-shaking-woman/#comment-11 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:27:56 -0500 I am really clinging to the notion of hearing voices, seeing images, etc. that are not consciously conjured in our minds and also not related to severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia. You talk about it, Dag, […]

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