Ellie from D.C.

The riots of 1968 are of particular interest to me for the final project since I live near and spend much of my time in the areas that were affected the most by the destruction, particularly the U Street corridor. I thought that my project could discuss the neighborhood prior to the riots as well […]

When considering my project, I concluded that I definitely want to focus on an issue involving race, as the ever-changing demographics of my city has always been of interest to me. My initial idea was to focus on the gentrification of the city in some capacity. In recent years, I have seen Washington, D.C., morph […]

This week’s activity particularly sparks my interests since I have lived in Washington, D.C. since I was just a year old. I consider myself through and through a true and passionate Washingtonian. I did a bit of playing around on the sites before I settled on two primary sources: a map and a newspaper page, […]

The two websites that I chose to analyze for credibility are The Pill, a site produced by PBS about the history of the birth control contraceptive pill, and The Commercial Closet, an online collection of advertisements depicting  LGBT relationships and/or persons. The Pill This website was created to host and supplement the documentary by the same name, […]

My name is Ellie and I currently live and have lived in Washington, D.C. since I was just a babe. I attend George Mason University as an undergraduate student of the College of Arts and Sciences. Because of my love of the written word and my passion for literature, I am majoring in English with […]