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For my final extra credit assignment, I attended the film Kiss Me, Stupid by Billy Wilder: the final Billy Wilder film showed during the Emory Cinematheque screening series this year. I personally found the film to be particularly sexist when looked at from a progressive, 21st century point of view. I found that the film, … Continue reading Extra Credit #3

Over the course of the semester, I made several changes to my website; most importantly, I made my website an interface for all my classes at Emory, not just ENG 101 as it was previously. I wanted to make this website my own, in order to demonstrate my work and progression as a writer and … Continue reading Final Website Reflection

Uber: How To Literally Navigate a New Sphere of Digital Media I am 19 years old and I do not know how to drive. I grew up in New York where most people don’t have cars and don’t need to drive anywhere because of public transportation. Now, more and more, this is becoming the norm … Continue reading Research Essay Final

Final Project: https://www.instagram.com/humansofuber_/ Artist's Statement/Explanation: For my creative project, I decided to create an Instagram page based of off the Humans of New York Instagram page. Over the course of a few weeks, I took twelve Uber trips and recorded my conversations with drivers, with their permission of course. I then screen shotted an image … Continue reading Final Creative Project and Artist Statement

Introduction: I am 19 years old and I do not know how to drive. I grew up in New York where most people don’t have cars; instead they rely entirely on other forms of transportation. Now, more and more, this is becoming the norm everywhere with the invention and proliferation of ride share applications such … Continue reading Research Essay Rough Draft

For my Annotated Bibliography Rewrite, I edited my MLA citations and expanded on the reasoning behind why I chose each source. I additionally added another source that I initially left out from my annotated bibliography: this will help explain why I chose two articles from 2014 initially. Dervis, Kemal. “Is Uber a Threat to Democracy?” … Continue reading Annotated Bibliography Rewrite

Thus far for my creative project, I have decided to conduct informal interviews on my Uber and Lyft rides. I have created a guideline for some questions I may ask, but for the most part, I want the conversations to flow authentically. The following are some guiding questions I am using to conduct my interviews. … Continue reading Creative Project Rough Draft