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Theresa Shim

Engaging with the Dark Continent of the Unexplored Language

Written for ENGL 700 (2017) — an analysis of Hélène Cixous’ “The Laugh of the Medusa”, with modifications here and there. This paper…

Oct 19, 2018

Engaging with the Dark Continent of the Unexplored Language

Oct 19, 2018

Theresa Shim

Novitiate: Polishing the lens on religion, love, and amplifying the silence of women in film.

“Silence is a metaphor for a cleansed, non-interfering vision…unresponsive before being seen.” (Susan Sontag, The Aesthetics of Silence)

Sep 27, 2017

Novitiate: Polishing the lens on religion, love, and amplifying the silence of women in film.

Sep 27, 2017

Theresa Shim

It’s past my bedtime

I’m incredibly tired — but absolutely, it’s the best kind of tired: the tired that you can only achieve once you feel like you’ve truly…

Jun 16, 2017

It’s past my bedtime

Jun 16, 2017

Theresa Shim

Video Game Tourism

On travelling to worlds beyond our realm and learning to tell the tale. Written for ENGL 392B: Visual Rhetoric, Winter 2017.

Apr 6, 2017

Video Game Tourism

Apr 6, 2017

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UW English Students

Let’s Talk About Grad School

To start: there are amazing resources from the University of Waterloo with information ranging from how job applications, grad school FAQ…

Nov 10, 2016

Let’s Talk About Grad School

Nov 10, 2016

Theresa Shim

They’ll tell the story of tonight…

When I woke up today, it was with a touch of optimism.

Nov 9, 2016

Nov 9, 2016

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Student Voices

Self-Orientation

Or rather — the selfish orientation week and how doing my best to do the best for the first-years meant a reflection on whether I’ve been…

Sep 8, 2016

Self-Orientation

Sep 8, 2016

Theresa Shim

On Female Empowerment and Kairos in Game of Thrones

This essay is a slightly condensed and stylistically modified version of the final essay I submitted for ENGL 309A: Classical Rhetoric and…

Aug 2, 2016

On Female Empowerment and Kairos in Game of Thrones

Aug 2, 2016

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Applaudience

NO MEN BEYOND THIS POINT

Now that I have your attention, allow me to direct your attention to one of the smartest movies I’ve watched this year. Despite the title…

Apr 27, 2016

NO MEN BEYOND THIS POINT

Apr 27, 2016

Theresa Shim

What is Fandom? Is it all just in my head?

A high-level overview of fandom and what it means to me (and maybe you).

Feb 18, 2016

What is Fandom? Is it all just in my head?

Feb 18, 2016

Theresa Shim

Theresa Shim

Attorney. Addicted to popular culture + all things digital. MA at UWaterloo in Rhetoric & Comm. Design. JD from St. John’s University.

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