I had never been in this discussion based atmosphere throughout my academic career. I found it nerve wracking and indulgent because every session was filled with rich conversation from my fellow classmates and professor Pressman. My three takeaways from this class are: the patriarchy keeps trying to ruin women (even fictional ones), the ocean is a living archive, and real life context clues of when an author wrote a piece of merefolk literature will be subtly imbedded within their story (it helps connect the dots easier).
I’ve learned so many new techniques to analyze text and now images! In hindsight, this was daunting but I’m so happy to have experienced this course with my fellow classmates!

Thank you Professor Pressman for everything and being so supportive, kind and helpful!
Thank you to my fellow classmates for always having such an inviting environment with rich discussions!