Black Geishas - First Announcement

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Black Geishas - About Us Page - Black Is Beautiful!

Nǐ hǎo to all of you.  Welcome to our Black Geisha page.
On the left is Hissie.  On the right is Ana Lucia.  That's me - Arish - in the middle.
By reading our pages in CANVAS groups, we invite you to follow our journey through English 110.
 For us, Writing is Magic.  Writing is Power.  Writing is Freedom. 
Below are our student profiles as they appear in our class blogs:

	My name is Ana Lucia.  I’m from Bogota, Columbia.  I look forward to sharing with you this semester on my brand new  The Double Life  I like to read,  I like to write,  and  I like to cook, but with this blog, I hope to  stand up for important social issues regarding equality, immigration reform, and drug and alcohol abuse.  Look for me this semester to write about women’s rights. I’m excited to have a voice and a place to use it.  Count on me as your IVC Friend of the Earth.
My name is Hissie Chrynde.  These are my interests: Cooking without meat, Long bike rides, Spanish-language telenovelas, Antique typewriters.  I'm studying art on this campus.  I want to transfer to Hofstra University in New York.  I want to see the world.  This semester I'm writing a research paper about Frida Kahlo. She inspires me with her spirit and determination.  Very Cool!  Are you ready for my blog?  Whenever I get real down and depressed, I try to write down what I feel.  It's not a very complicated or sophisticated process. I just type and type and type until the sadness goes away. When I began to think of an appropriate title for a blog, I came up with "Stop Your Sobbing.""  I think it just might work.	;
	My name is Arish.  Actually, my real name is Sira – that’s Arish spelled backwards.  I was born in Spain, but my destiny led to me to  Morroco.  That’s my story. I grew up as Sira in peace time and ended up Arish when World War II broke out. Sira is my softer, youthful self.  Arish is my harder edge.  I need them both.  In my blog, I hope to share a diversity of experience and emotion.  I can’t write one without the other. In English 009, I’m basing my research paper on the film Girl, Interrupted.   The film is a true-to-life story about a young women who struggled with mental illness.  She was intelligent, compassionate, and pretty, but she had developed bipolar personality disorder. Her parents committed her to a mental hospital.  My goal is to be nurse some day.  I want to be there to help people in need.  There are a lot of people suffering out there.  We have to open our eyes. Be more understanding.

Remember: Black is Beautiful!
Con mucho carino,
Hissie, Arish, and Ana Lucia.

The Black Geishas - About Them Page - Strong Females!

Dear Classmates,

This semester our group  have selected strong, independent women for the subjects of our research.  The following three women have overcome hardship and adversity in their home lives.  They are all strong women.  When things got tough, they didn't sit around and  feel sorry for themselves.  They didn't let anyone push them around.  They all believed  strong people stand up for themselves.  They picked themselves off the ground.   Their actions inspire strength in others.  Don't ever give up. Never, ever give up...
* Arish starts off with a profile of Suzanna Kaysen, the author of Girl, Interrupted.  Arish read the memoir and saw the movie during her time in English 009.  She respects Suzanna's courage to share important truth about mental illness. Suzanna wasn't a doctor or a psychologist.  She herself suffered from borderline personality disorder. Her writing opens up important discussion.
* Hissie watched the Jenni Rivera documentary Mariposa de Barrio on Netflix.  Hissie identified with Jenni's relentless pursuit of her dreams.  Jenni is a hero for the rest of us.  She's a girl from the streets.  This is Hissie's favorite quote from Jenni: "The number of times I have fallen is the number of times I have gotten up."
* Ana Lucia writes about the legendary artist Frida Kahlo.  Ana Lucia enjoyed Salma Hayek portrayal of Frida in in the movie, but she may have learned more about the artist from studying Frida's self-portraits. In her high school years, Frida suffered long-lasting injury to her spine and foot in a freak trolley accient. For the rest of her life, Frida's movements would be severly restricted.  Often she would remain immobile in bed.   Frida's pain would only strengthen her will.  She learned to paint on alone on her back.  Her self-portraits reflect her true self. 

I hope you had as much fun as we did with our writing.

We can't wait to read yours.

  

Con mucho cariño,

              The Black Geishas