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Blog Portfolio & Reflection
When the year-long blogging task was initially explained to the class my first thought was; how can I get out of this? I had previously...

Ellen Hutchinson
Apr 16, 2023


South of the Border, West of the Sun
Honestly, this book just felt like one long, sex-driven, fever dream. Was Shimamoto even real? Why is Hajime so painfully unlikeable? Why...

Ellen Hutchinson
Mar 13, 2023


Murakami & Short Stories
In my opinion, Murakami is really in his element when it comes to short stories. That's not to say all of his short stories are exempt...

Ellen Hutchinson
Feb 28, 2023


Murakami on Women (and their Breasts).
My main take away from reviewing the books I've read by Haruki Murakami is that he has never had a genuine and/or meaningful conversation...

Ellen Hutchinson
Feb 9, 2023


Dissertation Ideas
Time to kick the old brain into gear and start thinking about the dissertation. It's go time! As enjoyable as it is to write about things...

Ellen Hutchinson
Jan 28, 2023


Reflections on Feminine Archetypes
When writing my previous blog post about Carl Jung and his theory of archetypes I couldn't help but reflect upon my undergraduate...

Ellen Hutchinson
Nov 9, 2022


Violence Against Women - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Straying away from the theme of Scottish writers, here we have Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston was from Alabama and was not only an author...

Ellen Hutchinson
Nov 3, 2022


Gender Performativity - Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Here is another feminist Scottish writer. The links between Carol Ann Duffy and Jackie Kay go even further as the pair were in a...

Ellen Hutchinson
Oct 20, 2022


Feminine Archetypes
Feminine archetypes and stereotypes is an area that interests me. Not only how these archetypes apply to women in reality but also how...

Ellen Hutchinson
Oct 15, 2022


Feminist Poetry - Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy was “the first woman, the first Scot and the first openly gay poet” to be appointed as the British Poet Laureate from...

Ellen Hutchinson
Oct 4, 2022
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