Join our hosts for our final review of The Bluest Eye.

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On today’s podcast, we explored author’s intent in “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel. We discussed the meaning behind the tiger, Martel’s ability to imitate a religious character, and the religious insight we gained from the book. Listen here! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1serbdN3RbvK20-KyLNfJbKPuXvugOoDx/view?usp=share_link

Welcome to our last and final special debate-styled podcast hosted by Owen, Tommy, Leo, and Sam.

Join Nick, Michael, Sam, and Samson, the Slaughterhouse 4 for our third and final podcast. This time discussing Author’s intent.

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Welcome to All booked as Damola, Cole, and Giann tackle their newest series Things falls apart written by Chinua Achebe. This is part three of the discussion of the book.

Join our hosts, plus one new host, Sa’Mya, on our final review of The Road!

Welcome to the Third and Last Episode of the TimeSkippers Podcast!

In this episode, hosts Luccas, Abi, Kaitlyn, and Diana go deep into explaining what was the author’s intent in writing the book, Homegoing. They explore different topics mentioned in the book and their significance in the book. Come join them for their last episode!

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No more room in hell is a podcast dedicated to the book The Color Purple. I this episode we touch on the jarring relationship between the narrator and the main male figure of this novel. This book is not for those with a faint heart.

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Kylie, Mehki, Naja

Today on the second episode of Lost we will be going through the Fifth night to the Sixth night. We will be using our Marxist lens to analyze White Tiger and India itself.

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Leo

Ghatak, Maitreesh, et al. “Trends in Economic Inequality in India.” The India Forum, TheIndiaForum, 14 Nov. 2022, https://www.theindiaforum.in/economy/trends-economic-inequality-india#:~:text=For%20the%20most%20recent%20decade,over%20the%20past%2040%20years.

The article I read is about wealth inequality in India. It tracks it through time, starting in about 1990. Something interesting that came up in the article is that the wealth gap has continued to grow since then. The same appears to be true since about 1971. However, in other more recent studies, the opposite is shown. This article showed that the economic scene in India is very unclear, with different articles providing conflicting results. It provides some context for the kind of money and power that the Stork had compared to Balram and the rest of the poor population in India.

Owen

The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. (2020, October 29). Assault Weapons and Large Capacity Magazines. https://efsgv.org/learn/policies/assault-weapons-and-large-capacity-magazines/Links to an external site.

This article gives me more insight into how Marxism is still relevant in India. The caste system in India is a prime example of capitalism and forcing the people in the lower hierarchy or caste into manual labor. In my book the White Tiger, the main character Balram comes from the Halwai caste which is known for only making sweets. But like Marxist once wrote an essay about how the caste system is impeding India’s progress, “the most decisive impediment to India’s progress and power”.

Sam

Yadav, Yogendra. “Revisioning India’s Future? Start with Marxism, without the Baggage.” ThePrint. ThePrint, March 4, 2022. https://theprint.in/opinion/revisioning-indias-future-start-with-marxism-without-the-baggage/856787/.

Yogendra Yadav talks about the rising class of educated Indians, specifically on their view of Marxism. Because of the USSR and China, it’s now only viewed as a radically left form of government commonly associated with Communism and the myriad of stereotypes that come along with it. He hopes to move towards a more positive view of marxism in India, stating, “On ground, Marxism offers us the ideal of equality, an ideal that shines all the more brightly as the world becomes more and more unequal. “ His goal is to employ the Marxist theory in India even with its negative connotations because of the possibilities it could hold for the mainly capitalist society. The issues he outlines are prevalent throughout the entirety of the White Tiger, allowing a reader who employs or understands Marxist ideals to view the true flaws in India’s society.

Tommy

Agarwal, Kabir, et al. “India’s Farmers’ Struggle against Modi’s Government Is Far from Over.” Jacobin, https://jacobin.com/2022/03/india-agriculture-development-narendra-modi-farmers-covid.

This article shows the underclassmen in India fighting against the current government and business people. It is similar to Belrums’ struggle against the landlord that he is forced to work. It also explains how media and Indian culture plays into the perpetual problem. This is similar to Belrum’s Chicken Coup Analogy.

Welcome to our 2nd Episode of Time Skippers!

In this episode, we are introduced to two characters’ stories which will be revised through the feminist lenses. Stay tuned as Diana, Abi, Katelyn, and Luccas discuss their opinions on religion, class, race, and feminism.

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Katelyn

“Popular Peasant Feminism: We Have a New World to Build in Our Hands.” Popular Peasant Feminism: We Have a New World to Build in Our Hands, 17 Mar. 2022, capiremov.org/en/analysis/popular-peasant-feminism.

Popular peasant feminism is a proposition that changes the reality of inequality in which we live. For rural women, this relationship with nature and Mother Earth is fundamental. Plays a major role in building food sovereignty through agroecology. In La Via Campesina, they are comprehending our history and realizing how it contributes to changing the reality of women in rural areas. They are working to fight violence, because in the rural world, day after day, violence escalates against women. This relates to our book because our book ties gender stereotypes and racism together in a village that they live in while they try to find their identity.

Abi

“Objectification towards Female Characters in Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing.” Repository.unair.ac.id,

This article was an analysis of the Patriarchy that is present in the book and the tragedies that result from it. It provides additional insight into the book through the analysis of the patriarchy and how it affected the characters of the book. For example, Effia was objectified because of her beauty, and because of such objectification is sold (like a commodity) to the white man that she is forced into marrying. The insight that this source provides in the feminist lens also relates to their breakdown of the patriarchy like in this quote: “Meanwhile, in the story, male characters are seemingly being demanded not to be weak. Male characters in this story are portrayed as great if they involved in women slavery, rape, and even polygamous marriage.” This quote shows the conditions of the society that they live in that make life hard for the women.

Diana

Saungweme, Furaha Joy Sekai. A Critique of Africa’s Post-Colonial Freedoms Through a Feminist Lens: Challenging Patriarchy and Assessing the Gains, 7 July 2021.

While looking for articles to discuss in our book club, I stumbled upon a website that publishes articles. Specifically, the organization is in Africa, which ties in perfectly with the book we are reading. In their ‘About Us’, they state “supported and promoted the consolidation of democracy, human rights, gender justice, ecological justice and constructive dialogue in the Southern African region.” The article, it focuses on how colonization in Africa has affected and created the power struggles that currently affect several African women today. The article focuses on a specific lens that critics and also use a way to analyze the historic importance.

Luccas

Miller, Laura. “A Sprawling Epic of Africa and America.” The New Yorker, 23 May 2016, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/30/yaa-gyasis-homegoing.

This article explained some parts of the book telling the reader how the book is a collection of stories from different family members and time periods as opposed to traditional stories which feature a main character and a time period. Through the feminist lens, the article says that “Unlike the Biblical transgression, however, the source of the curse that dogs an Asante woman’s descendants through seven generations defies pinpointing and straightforward assessments of blame; you might as well shun your own hand.” which suggests that women are to blame for everything that happened with the family which is not true. Things happened because of colonialism and corrupt leadership.