OP-ED: Stop teaching students to study Shakespeare
As a future teacher and an English major with a propensity to take many Shakespeare courses, I often think about how, if given the opportunity, I would teach my future students to study Shakespeare.
I have come to the simple conclusion that I will not.
Many...
I am woman, hear me roar!
I am a woman
I am strong
I can bite back if you threaten me
I can move mountains with just a glair
I can do so many things
I am adaptive
My power is contagious
My laugh can heal a wound
We are stronger together
We have a voice
We have heart
Nothing can...
My name is not…
My name is strong
My name is powerful
My name is special
My names meaning is important
My name should be used instead of a nickname
My name is unique
My name is something that deserves to be said
My name is culture
My name was given by special people in my...
Savages
They call us savages
They say we are only here to work
Make babies and do what we are told
Don’t speak
Don’t have an opinion
Work harder
Work harder
Worker harder!
WH-TCH!
In my mind
I am working harder
I’m tired
I’m Tired
I’M TIRED!
WH-TCH!
My opinion even inside my own brain
Doesn’t matter!
Keeping working
Keeping working
KEEP WORKING!
Maybe if...
TIFF Screening of Aftersun Comes to Saint John
The Toronto International Film Festival, also known as TIFF, offers unique experiences for people to see the world through film. They are a not-for-profit organization which presents the best of international and Canadian cinema designed for audiences of all kinds.
TIFF offers screenings, lectures, discussions,...
What does being black mean to me?
Being black means being part of a stronger community that is outside of myself
Being black means power on all fronts
Being black means watching your surroundings closely especially in public
Being Black means my dark skin is beautiful
Being Black means not just jumping over hurdles but...
Black History Month Film Festival
The Faculty of Arts at UNB Saint John will be hosting a film series in partnership with PRUDE Inc. in support of Black History Month. Three movies will be shown during the month of February, starting at 4PM in Ganong Hall.
Pressure (1976), directed by...
We are not petting zoos
People think that they can just come up to us and
Touch our hair because it’s different
Black peoples hair is important
It let us out of slavery
It created a bond between mother and daughter
Barber and black men unite
Made us a stronger people
Wig, braids, cornrows, natural, straightened
Hair...
Feeing down
Help! Can anyone hear me!?
Is anyone there?
Why do I feel so alone in a crowded room?
Someone pull me out of this feeling,
I’m tired;
I’m tired of my head spinning;
my heart, beating too fast;
the love that used to be
is now a vacant spot in my chest.
Can’t...
Photo series: A journey back home
The following is a photo series submitted by The Baron's photographer, Wolfgang Düchtel after traveling to his home country of Germany over the Holiday break.