Prisha's Bizarre Takes on Lit

Bizarre Take #3: Do I Have to Stop Dreaming?      I’m here again! Sick of me yet? Today, we are going to be deep diving into the story of the Woman Warrior, a tale that tells the compelling story of a Chinese American immigrant who just moved to the US, and her desire to show her courage and strength in a restrained society. The chapter starts off with the main character introducing us to her imagination, which takes place in medieval china. Here, women are portrayed in a much different light than modern life. Women were encouraged to become swordsmen and warriors, and were perceived as courageous and resilient. It talks about how she was taken in by an old couple, who trained her to become a fierce warrior and help avenge her village. She went on dangerous treks, and learned to fend for herself in the wild, slowly building up her endurance and determination. All throughout, lots of imagery was depicted, and red was emphasized as a motif that kept reappearing throughout t...

WARNING : you might disagree : D (sorry) Written In the infamous tone of Sarah Vowell (The Infamous Gray-Area Patriot): “You can go back to your regular life…or you can know the truth about the universe :)” - Weird Barrie (Personally, I resonated with this barbie the most!) Weird Barbie! Recently this past summer, the new Barbie movie came out! A classic rendition of everyone’s childhood favorite doll, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. It was a brilliant watch, must I say, and it definitely had me on the edge of my seat at certain moments. Tons of advertising was done to help promote the movie (In my opinion, way too much pink!)  Audiences, however, seemed to love it, and were obsessed with the release of this film the second it came out, but so were critics. I mean, a lot of the ideas mentioned were definitely controversial, don't you think? The depiction of the beauty standards for Barbie, the masculine role taking over a primarily feminine dominated society 1 hour in, and...

Bizarre Take #1:Idealization of Death Death is a very interesting yet daunting concept. I mean, when the topic is brought up, usually the whole room goes silent and an awkward sense of eeriness spreads across the room. No one really talks about it, and usually people find a way to slip into another conversation. But as time has gone on, we have become so desensitized to the notion of death that it is simply characterized as a part of life. Not the end of life, just a second half to it. After our life is over, we get a new chance to live. A new chance to redo what we want and maybe approach things differently. At least I like to think of death this way. Not just something that announces the end, but as something that invites a new path. This exact theory is what feeds into my fantasies and lets me make up stories about the dead coming to life, through shadows. (you have definitely seen this image in your dreams somewhere, don't lie!) In English Class, we talked about “Postcards from...