Category: School
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“The drug war is the international projection of a domestic American psychosis.”
The drug war is the international projection of a domestic American psychosis. Focusing just on drug use and not on the causes for addiction, I was struck by this line from Ethan Nadelmann’s Ted Talk. It reminded me of arguments made by founding Queer Theorist Michel Foucault in his landmark book Discipline and Punish. Foucault…
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Drugs and Society: Intro
CJ Trowbridge HED 315 – Drugs and Society 2020-06-01 Reaction Points: Unit 1 ethan nadelman’s ted talk Effects of the war on drugs Created a $300b global black market for drugs More drug use than ever Same failure as the prohibition on alcohol Treaties emphasize criminalization rather than treatment Most money spend around the world…
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Giovanni’s Room Refutes Sexual Orientation
CJ Trowbridge 2020-05-21 English 16 Final Giovanni’s Room tells the story of a character struggling to fit simultaneously inside several contradictory identities, all of which fail to encompass the truth of his life. David is a straight man. David is also a gay man. David treats his multiple selves like characters to be played. He…
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Conversation with a Professor
This was in a lower division LGBT Studies class. We were discussing “Redefining Realness” by Janet Mock. Me: I really connected personally with the line “When I look back at my childhood, I often say I always knew I was a girl since the age of three or four, a time when I began cataloging…
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Coronavirus and The Environment
CJ Trowbridge Environmental Problems & Solutions 2020-05-20 Final Exam In preparing for this essay, I looked back for evidence on my early personal response to coronavirus. I recall that early on, it seemed like a repeat of SARS-CoV-03. Since then, we have learned that though SARS-CoV-19 is much less lethal and contagious, the response has…
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The fact that housing is almost always only being built by investors means it’s not possible to have affordable housing for everyone.
CJ Trowbridge 2020-05-12 USP GWAR Urban Studies GWAR Final The fact that housing is almost always only being built by investors means it’s not possible to have affordable housing for everyone. In this paper I will show that when real estate investors act in their own rational self-interest, they harm everyone else. I will show…
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Sexual orientation is not a “real fact” about people.
CJ Trowbridge 2020-05-14 Feminist Ethics Final Essay Sexual orientation is not a “real fact” about people. In “What is Sexual Orientation,” Robin Dembroff argues that neither of the two popular ideas about what sexual orientation is, holds up to scrutiny. The behavioral perspective tries to classify people based on what physical characteristics their partners have.…
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What’s Coming
Things are about to get a lot worse. Once numbers start to appear about how many businesses will never reopen, then we will fall off the cliff.
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Why does a latte cost so much? Where does all that money go?
CJ Trowbridge Urban Studies 401G 2020-04-24 Social Justice Essay: Final Draft Why does a latte cost so much? Where does all that money go? Capitalism is the enemy of markets, where vampires suck the wealth out of the supply chain in order to get fat on the work of others. Kyriarchy is the enemy of…
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My Queer Enamel Pin Collection
My favorite queer enamel pin so far is probably this one. It reflects my childhood in several ways. I was born at one of the greatest centers at the intersection of the New Age and Shakespeare, as a queer growing up in a far-right family and subculture there. The idea of Prospero as The Magician…