From the mammies, sapphires, and jezebel figures, often, African-American women are subject to poster children for poise, class, and strength. If not displaying all of these characteristics, they are dogged by the "angry black woman" trope.
Manifesto
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How Many More Candles Must We Burn? – A Manifesto to End Anti-Trans Violence
"How Many More Candles Must We Burn" is a manifesto that talks about the rising violence against transgender people in America and worldwide. It is an attempt to deconstruct the assertion that trans people are predators, as well as delineating how things like homelessness and inability for economic growth contribute…
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Where We Go Now: A Manifesto
This project builds on the Home Page of the fictional grief support organization Where We Go Now. The website is a paratextual artifact set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe between the events of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. . .
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The Masked Writer
There is a need for authentic voice in writing. We need to embrace more unconventional forms of writing so when it happens we’re not always so shocked. Inspired from Hesse’s “Who owns writing,” this manifesto, created on Canva, demonstrates a compiled rant about the use of authentic voice in the…
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“Climate Change: A Citizen’s Manifesto”
For project two, I have created a manifesto about man-made climate change. Similar to the "Slow Food Manifesto," I approached my manifesto through a written piece with a multimodal component as well. My manifesto articulates the past actions of humans that have propelled climate change to where it is today.…