PinnedLavelle WongMy Data Stories (ongoing)Collections from UQR2215: Developing Meaningful Indicators, UQF2101K: Pursuit of Happiness, and as a Data Reporter for The Daily Tar HeelFeb 26, 2023Feb 26, 2023
Lavelle WongGuns in the Hands of Poets: Depictions of (Gun) Control in the Works of Black PoetsGuns are responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans every year. The U.S. is also the world leader in annual mass shootings…Feb 26, 2023Feb 26, 2023
Lavelle WongLiminality in the Subordinate Space: An Ecofeminist Examination of Women and Subalterns Suchen…The woman and the subaltern both occupy the subordinate space under white Western patriarchal culture, and experience oppression in the…Feb 26, 2023Feb 26, 2023
Lavelle WongAttempting a Singaporean adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit in a Covid-19 WorldJean-Paul Sartre’s 1944 existentialist play No Exit has been widely regarded as one of the philosopher’s best works. However, no one has…Feb 26, 2023Feb 26, 2023
Lavelle WongLegacies of Modernism: Re-examining Metamodernist Classifications in Ali Smith’s How to be Both…The old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum there arises a great variety of morbid symptoms. — Antonio Gramsci…Feb 26, 2023Feb 26, 2023
Lavelle WongSelf-criticism, Self-loathing, and its Manifestations in Singaporean LiteratureCritique about Singaporean culture, attitudes, and ideals in Singaporean literature usually manifest in the form of self-criticism or…Feb 26, 2023Feb 26, 2023
Lavelle WongThe Truth Shall Set You Free: Hellenic and Hebraic Totality in Oedipus the King and “The Lame Shall…Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and Flannery O’Connor’s “The Lame Shall Enter First” both start with protagonists that are self-assured heroes…Oct 6, 2021Oct 6, 2021
Lavelle WongThe Humanity of Aliens: Performances of Self and Existential Authenticity in MegamindMegamind, a 2010 film produced by DreamWorks Animation and starring Will Ferrell as the voice of the titular character, follows the story…Aug 24, 20211Aug 24, 20211
Lavelle WongDivine Intervention, Loyalty, and the Inevitability of Odysseus and PenelopeThe prominent role of the gods in determining the fate of Man is an indisputable feature of Homer’s Odyssey. We see that the gods also…Apr 7, 2021Apr 7, 2021
Lavelle WongGlass Ceiling: Feminine Entrapment in The Golden Cangue and Raise the Red LanternEileen Chang’s The Golden Cangue and Zhang Yimou’s Raise the Red Lantern heavily feature spaces of feminine entrapment that serve similar…Apr 7, 2021Apr 7, 2021
