As I’m sure you all noticed, I have a lot of thoughts at any given moment––most of them pertaining to things that are arguably not-at-all related to the discussion at hand and almost always disorganized. But that is something that […]
Looking back on my last four years at Haverford, and this semester in particular, I figured it would only be appropriate to wait until the last minute to turn in my final assignment of college. This class was a unique […]
Coincidentally I’m taking another bodily class right now. It’s a history seminar called Political Technologies of Race and the body. I wouldn’t say that it has been very bawdy however… We mostly discuss how states and corporations deploy material technologies […]
Hi everybody! I hope that everyone’s semester is wrapping up nicely, and that y’all have been a lot more productive than me! Like a lot of people have said already, I did not anticipate enjoying this class as much as […]
Anytime I mentioned this class to friends or family this semester, I was always met by confusion (“Body bodies?”), many questions (“why would you take a class like that?”), and even groans at the pun of the name; I think […]
This was the first Classics course I’ve ever taken (and I was surprised by how much Percy Jackson prepared me for it). I wanted to take a fun class to offset my thesis for the last semester of undergrad. I’m […]
When I look back on my memories from this semester– including even our online meetings– I’m amazed by the amount of laughter in my memories of this class. I rarely associate school and class with laughter; especially since I entered […]
Wow, okay. We made it! This is my last assignment* of college, like, ever, so finishing it is more bittersweet than I expected (still mostly sweet, don’t get me wrong). During our final Zoom meeting when asked to reflect on […]
I came into this course having previously done some research on Bakhtin’s grotesque theory for a children’s literature English class. My understanding of Bakhtin at this point in time was limited, but I saw the “Bawdy Bodies” class as an […]
Overall, I really enjoyed this course, it opened my perspective to the ways that bodies are represented in media, especially modern and classical literature. I always knew what carnival and grotesque things are but this class allowed me to think […]
