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March 21, 2024

  • Visiting Author: Sheila Squillante
    Last week, the visiting author, Sheila Squillante, presented the art of creative non-fiction at BGSU. Last year, her memoir came out. From Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA, Squillante visited BGSU, last week. Previously, she has published collections on poetry, but most recently, her memoir, All Things Edible, Random and Odd  was published in 2023. “I […]
  • Petrofiction Review: Oil on Water
    Here’s my review of Oil on Water by Helon Habila – a petrofiction novel which won The Commonwealth Prize and Caine Prize. For context, petrofiction stems from petroleum and fiction. A specific text that focuses on petroleum culture in political economics and environmental impact. Although Habila’s novel begins with a journalist investigating a kidnapping, the […]
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Blogs emerge as mass medium

Thankfully, blogs have become the watchdogs of the popular press, of the government and any other entity of far-reaching power.

To be a credible blogger, one doesn’t need a piece of paper that says they have notable degree from a respected institution to prove they know something. Thomas Paine rejoice!

Blogging has become the new forum for international scholars to discuss issues.

Blogs have, in many ways, revolutionized the media by allowing the average citizen to publish his or her work and potentially have an audience across the world.

Through this, blogging increasingly has become one of the most important tools for a vital democracy.

Moreover, blogs cater to various purposes, serving as diaries, exposing scandals or allowing individuals to develop as a writer and thinker.

Blogging is an excellent outlet for self-development; it’s a safe zone for self-expression and forming identity as long as governments stay out of it and corprations keep their hands off.

In this sense, blogs are an equalizer of power, giving credit where deserved. In an age where the average person can feel like nothing more than a hair on a barbershop floor, any access to voice is a good thing.

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