Cyborg Computers

It hit me today that not only have humans become cyborgs with modern technology, but technology has itself been transformed into a cyborg by technological innovation. In A Cyborg Manifesto, Donna Haraway defines cyborgs as “a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality as well as a creature of…

Planet Earth II: Post-Humanism Boogaloo

In this course, I have learned about the importance of post-humanist philosophy. The ideas of post-humanism can have important ramifications in areas such as conservation and innovation so it is gladdening to me to see the spread of post-humanist ideas. Recently, possibly due to taking this course or possibly because post-humanist ideas are beginning to…

Finding Nemo: A Fishy Tale of Two Male Lovers

There’s no question that everyone loves a good family-oriented animated film. That’s why I agreed to watch a Disney film with my four year old brother last night. I asked him to choose between Cars, Toy Story, and Finding Nemo. He excitedly shrieked “NEMO!!” into my eardrum. Who could blame him? I fricking love Nemo too. In case you’ve…

Branded by my Bag

Earlier this semester, not too long ago, I got in a car accident.  While the severity of this car accident was minor in the sense that I was able to walk away with only minor injuries I still walked away with one thing that will always remind me of this accident.  Due to the impact…

Stone Cold

Given that we are all familiar with USF’s campus, I’m sure you’ve all seen at least one parking garage on campus. And one in particular, Beard Garage. A very “normal” structure to pass on an every day walk to class. Or is it? Taking a closer look, it’s not that normal in my eyes. In…

Losing a “friend”

Once upon a time, I used to act. I used to act a lot. You could even go so far as to call it a passion that I consistently chased until I figured out that the chances of me being successful at said passion were slim to none. At the encouragement of my parents and…

Vibrant Wall

Today I started to move out of my dorm room, I packed away everything into boxes and carried them to my car to drive them back to my house. The house I grew up in, the same house where most of the stuff came from in the first place. But, for some reason when the…

An Invasive Specie’s Story of Becoming

Many people probably don’t know that I’m actually a big fan of turtles. I own two Three-Striped Mud Turtles native to Florida and have spent days researching, identifying, classifying, and comparing the different species found in the southeast region of the United States. Just last week, I was walking from my apartment to the library…

Help! There’s a Senior Citizen in my Closet!

Today while enjoying my meal at McDonalds, my biggest junk food guilty pleasure, I encountered a strange albeit friendly old man. As I sat with my girlfriend and consumed my hamburger and sugary soft drink, I noticed a tall, white, elderly man speaking to a younger man of around my age. The older man was…

Death on Display

Have you ever taken a second to stop and think about how weird our surroundings actually are? You’re walking through the grocery store, simply shopping for whatever is on your list. Or maybe you have no list, and you’re spontaneously searching for foods that jump out at you. But has the meat section ever jumped…