Jeremiah G.

Disability From A Caretaker’s Perspective

There is a problem in New Hampshire schools that we are facing. According to UNH’s survey on disability status, ⅛ individuals in New Hampshire report living with a disability. While this is lower than the national average, along with a higher amount of disabled NH residents with higher education degrees, private healthcare, less poverty, andContinue reading “Disability From A Caretaker’s Perspective”

Disability in Media: How Media Influences the Way We View Disability

Media shapes the way people view others. From newspapers to television, and now to the usage of social media to share stories and ideas, there has always been discrimination on who and what gets viewed by the wider world. If we look back to the first movie, a stop-motion two-second film in 1888, it’s unbelievableContinue reading “Disability in Media: How Media Influences the Way We View Disability”

In Defense of Ophelia: A Historical Look Into Sexism In Shakespeare’s Hamlet

The characterization of Ophelia, much less her ties to how society views grief in both a modern and in the context of a post-medieval era, is not often talked about outside of her impact on Hamlet’s character as his love interest for the duration of the play. During Act 3 Scene 1, briefly, after Hamlet’sContinue reading “In Defense of Ophelia: A Historical Look Into Sexism In Shakespeare’s Hamlet”