Bonnie Ruberg
is a comparative literature PhD student at UC Berkeley and a freelance journalist specializing in sexuality, surrealism, video games, and new media.
You can reach her at [her first name and last name, all one big word] at gmail.
Author Archives: Bonnie
“Making Monsters”
One of the things I’ve put a lot of time into over the last few weeks is designing a theoretical syllabus for my pedagogy course. Ideally, when I teach my own class next fall (intro to literature and college writing), … Continue reading
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“Collecting the Mouse: Disney Pin Culture and the Consumption of Sentiment”
It turns out structured procrastination is a beautiful thing. While trying not to practice for my upcoming German translation exam (500 words, 1.5 hours, 1 stressed Bonnie), I brainstormed, researched, and wrote this abstract about Disney pin collecting culture for … Continue reading
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“Dido (The End of Falling)”
Today (November 15th) is a very frustrating day. It is made better by the fact that my brain wrote this sort of awful, sort of awesome poem on the BART this morning. Maybe I spent too much of my weekend reading … Continue reading
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“We Were Living in the Woods”
If you live in the Bay Area, the scenic intersection of Haight and Fillmore is officially recommending you go see Ericailcane‘s show at Upper Playground. It involves awesome (i.e. creepy, i.e. awesome) sculptures of woodland creatures with big glossy eyes … Continue reading
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“Wedding Booth Vikings”
These photos of my parents and aunt came from a booth set up at my cousin’s wedding in May. They are, for those who know my family, very strange. 1) These people very rarely pose for picutres. 2) These people … Continue reading
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I convinced 35 college freshmen that Sade was a feminist. This is awesome.
Last week I taught my lesson plan on Sade’s Justine and Juliette and Angela Carter‘s Sadeian Woman. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of undergrads, but they all seemed decently comfortable talking about pornographic material (ah, the libertinage) … Continue reading
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I went to Burning Man. I made mustache-related happiness.
Wow, um, nearly a month ago I went to Burning Man. It was my first year. I was a virgin. I haven’t been able to say that about Rocky Horror since I was eleven. Oof, I feel alternative culture old. … Continue reading
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“Ascanius”
What am I doing on a Saturday night? Yes, writing poetry about the Aeneid. At the moment I’m quite fond of this piece, actually. Then again, it just feels really good to be writing something (see: anything) in a creative … Continue reading
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“My Life as a Little Fable”
Tying up some loose ends at Heroine Sheik, I realized I’d never posted this interesting little photo project I did when I was back in Philadelphia last December. Follow the link for the rest of the set. After trying (and … Continue reading
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I am waking up at 6:00 a.m. to teach Sade. Did you hear me? Sade.
Somehow I signed myself up to assistant teach an 8:00 a.m. class next semester (my first teaching endeavor since my French hooligans), which will mean being up in the city bright and early Why? Why!? I’ve always said getting up … Continue reading
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