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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Making Baozi:
Mechelle said, "Baozi, or bao, is a very popular snack in China. They are typically eaten for breakfast. A couple of years ago, I made them (without a steamer) for a Japanese exchange student who was staying with us. My goal was to give her a taste of..." more
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Fun Friday:
Mechelle said, "It’s Fun Friday at the InterSect. I’ve rounded up a few interesting videos from around the internet. Keeping in line with our theme, most of these have a cultural angle. In my former life, before kids, I worked in radio and..." more
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled In Memorandum: Dorothy Height:
Mechelle said, "Dorothy Height was the epitome of black achievement, during a period of history in which such achievement was all the more difficult due to legislative barriers. Nevertheless, Ms. Height graduated from New York University with both..." more
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Using Cultural I.D. Characters as Theme Carriers:
Mechelle said, "As a culture writer, you have access to several important tools: Cultural Constructs, Functional Constructs, and Cultural I.D. Characters to name a few. Today, we will be looking at how you can create a cultural I.D. character as a..." more
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Cooking Up Culture : Black American Cuisine:
Mechelle said, "According to the U.S. Census, there are almost 40 million black Americans living in the United States. While this information is interesting, such numbers do little to educate writers about the diverse communities of people who are identified as..." more
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Your Black Ain’t Like Mine #writing:
Mechelle said, "This has been such a busy week for me, I have not been able to get to my blog. At some point, I hope to pre-write my blogs and just upload whichever one is slated for the day; but at this point, blogging is just one of the spinning plates in my..." more
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Living La Vida Latino:
Mechelle said, "The View From Here: Mexican American Culture ¡Hola! Writer peeps. In honor of the Mexican American holiday, Cinco de Mayo, or fifth of May, which celebrates the the Mexican army’s win over the French army at the Battle of Puebla on..." more
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Technique: The Culture Plot:
Mechelle said, "Today we’re examining the Culture Plot. Thus far, we’ve only really covered the writer’s worldview, and characterization in culture writing, so in some ways, it may seem that we are moving backward in examining plot at this late date. Maybe..." more
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled I Spent All this Time Working on a BuzzFeed Quiz. . .:
Mechelle said, "Getting Sticky Wit’ It There’s no doubt about it, http://www.buzzfeed.com epitomizes what web designers refer to as a sticky website. Founded by Huffpost alum, Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed relays a sort of hipster coolness, down with the..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled The Dreams of My Teacher:
Mechelle said, "Mrs. Lumpee (I swear it’s a real name) was my eighth grade English teacher at Bowie Junior High School in Odessa, Texas. I remember Mrs. Lumpee for several reasons. I have a yearbook with her name and picture. She was a tough, no-nonsense..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Intersect: The View From Here:
Mechelle said, "At the Intersect, we do theme days. Mondays and Tuesdays are really about the mechanics of writing culture stories. Wednesday, oh lovely Wednesday, is not about the mechanics of telling a culture story, but is, instead, a culture day featuring..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Making Baozi:
Mechelle said, " Baozi, or bao, is a very popular snack in China. They are typically eaten for breakfast. A couple of years ago, I made them (without a steamer) for a Japanese exchange student who was staying with us. My goal was to give her a taste of..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Fun Friday:
Mechelle said, "It’s Fun Friday at the InterSect. I’ve rounded up a few interesting videos from around the internet. Keeping in line with our theme, most of these have a cultural angle. In my former life, before kids, I worked in radio and..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled In Memorandum: Dorothy Height:
Mechelle said, "Dorothy Height was the epitome of black achievement, during a period of history in which such achievement was all the more difficult due to legislative barriers. Nevertheless, Ms. Height graduated from New York University with both..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Using Cultural I.D. Characters as Theme Carriers:
Mechelle said, "As a culture writer, you have access to several important tools: Cultural Constructs, Functional Constructs, and Cultural I.D. Characters to name a few. Today, we will be looking at how you can create a cultural I.D. character as a..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Cooking Up Culture : Black American Cuisine:
Mechelle said, "According to the U.S. Census, there are almost 40 million black Americans living in the United States. While this information is interesting, such numbers do little to educate writers about the diverse communities of people who are identified as..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Your Black Ain’t Like Mine #writing:
Mechelle said, "This has been such a busy week for me, I have not been able to get to my blog. At some point, I hope to pre-write my blogs and just upload whichever one is slated for the day; but at this point, blogging is just one of the spinning plates in my..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Living La Vida Latino:
Mechelle said, "The View From Here: Mexican American Culture ¡Hola! Writer peeps. In honor of the Mexican American holiday, Cinco de Mayo, or fifth of May, which celebrates the the Mexican army’s win over the French army at the Battle of Puebla on..." more
Friday, June 17, 2011 6:22:19 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Technique: The Culture Plot:
Mechelle said, "Today we’re examining the Culture Plot. Thus far, we’ve only really covered the writer’s worldview, and characterization in culture writing, so in some ways, it may seem that we are moving backward in examining plot at this late date. Maybe..." more
Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:35:34 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Your Black Ain't Like Mine:
Mechelle said, "This has been such a busy week for me, I have not been able to get to my blog. At some point, I hope to pre-write my blogs and just upload whichever one is slated for the day; but at this point, blogging is just one of the spinning plates..." more
Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:01:37 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Using Cultural I.D. Characters as Theme Carriers:
Mechelle said, "As a culture writer, you have access to several important tools: Cultural Constructs, Functional Constructs, and Cultural I.D. Characters to name a few.Today, we will be looking at how you can create a cultural I.D. character as a "carrier" of your..." more
Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:01:37 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Cooking Up Culture : Black American Cuisine:
Mechelle said, "According to the U.S. Census, there are almost 40 million black Americans living in the United States. While this information is interesting, such numbers do little to educate writers about the diverse communities of people who are identified as..." more
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:49:42 AM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Using Cultural I.D. Characters as Theme Carriers:
Mechelle said, "As a culture writer, you have access to several important tools: Cultural Constructs, Functional Constructs, and Cultural I.D. Characters to name a few.Today, we will be looking at how you can create a cultural I.D. character as a "carrier" of your..." more
Sunday, April 18, 2010 2:41:00 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Are U my Mammy?:
Mechelle said, "For the life of me, I cannot understand why publishers love books in which a lonely white kid befriends an eccentric, older black woman. Or maybe the black woman isn't eccentric, she's just black and she needs a kid to care for because her kids have..." more
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:42:18 PM
Mechelle Avey wrote a blog post titled Intersect: The View From Here:
Mechelle said, "At the Intersect, we do theme days. Mondays and Tuesdays are really about the mechanics of writing culture stories. Wednesday, oh lovely Wednesday, is not about the mechanics of telling a culture story, but is, instead, a culture day featuring..." more