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Anna Mowris
© 2024 Anna Mowris
Academic Pieces


My Patent Red Loafers
Click-clack, click-clack, click-clack I listened intently as my brand new red loafers stomped down the hallowed hallways. My mother had...
May 15, 2021


Middle-of-Buttfuck-Nowhere
I lay in the middle of a heat-stricken field, taking drags from my shitty expired blunt. The grass browned from the unbearable sweltering...
Apr 26, 2021


Analyzing the Power Dynamics at Play Within No One’s a Mystery
Within No One’s a Mystery, Elizabeth Tallent chronicles the relationship between a young girl at the ripe age of 18 and an older married...
Apr 25, 2021


Women Should Always Be Wary
Within Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Joyce Carol Oates utilizes the theme of fantasy versus reality, the use of metaphors and...
Apr 25, 2021


Egil’s Saga Tells the Tale of Viking’s Wealth, Power, and Social Norms
As we take a deeper look at Viking and Medieval Scandinavia we find that it is frequently tied to the themes of killing and pillaging to...
Nov 20, 2020


A Deeper Delve into The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin depicts a society struggling with the real-world issues of oppression and caste systems. These issues...
May 14, 2020


Fukushima: Robots in Hell a Missing Work
In an attempt to salvage the land compromised by the most serious nuclear accident of the century an inhuman force is called upon. Years...
Dec 13, 2019


The Racial Caste System That America is Built Upon
The racial caste system within America is a topic that is consistently brought forward in both Malcolm X’s speech, Message to the Grass...
Mar 15, 2019


How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days vs. The Classics
Romantic comedies have pushed boundaries for years and have helped us overcome many societal issues including racism, sexism, and...
Nov 9, 2018


The Performance of Gender Within Society
Everything that we do in our everyday life is a performance. From the way we dress, talk, and act we are performing our idea of who we...
Oct 16, 2018
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