theorize your freedom fries
It seems we cannot get enough of the word freedom when discussing dystopian literature. I want to suggest, however, following our discussion on Monday, that freedom has become an essentially meaningless term.
The dissolution of a term
A interesting linking page for the abuse of freedom as a term. A little insubstantial, and rather left wing, but a lot of interesting links to various government programs appropriating the word freedom.
Schedule for Final Week of Class
12/10 M Summation/discussion of the major issues of the class 12/12 W Final reflective essay (begun in class; due on Mon 17 Dec. 9 AM PDT) Remember that final drafts of 2d paper are due on 12/11 11:59:59 PM. We will not meet on the final exam date; those final reflective essays are due at [...]
Peer Review Groups
Group 1: Hammad, Sam, Susan, Katie Group2: Jamie, Dan, John H., Lindsay Group 3: Jaron, Max, Dayne, Aron Group 4: Manayo, Devin, John K., Andy Group 5: Alison, Rebecca, Savina, Jake {links removed]
Idiocracy
So I’m writing my paper on the dystopian future presented in the Mike Judge (Office Space, Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill) film Idiocracy. A lot of people probably haven’t heard of this film, since it was buried by Fox, its distributor, because Judge and Fox executives disagreed about a lot of the content [...]