It's day 3 of our intensive trip around New York and Massachusets, and today we explore Lenox, MA. Starting off, we visited the house of Edith Wharton, one of the authors we have been studying through the course. Visiting the historical house helped us build our views and realize how her lifestyle of luxury shaped her portrayals of the different social classes. After that, it was off to Mount Holyoke Women's college to visit the archives and look at their history and development. These archives were both interesting and inspiring, as there were many "artifacts" that made just as much of an impact that day as they would have decades ago. Personally, I was inspired by a certain zine that had an essay about intersectionality and the dangers of exclusive feminism, and I have been trying to get in contact with the author. We got to go around town for lunch and my friends and I stopped at Insomnia Cookies for a life-changing experience of ice-cream "cookiewiches." After lunch, the class attended a contra dance. Not knowing what to expect, we were somewhat overwhelmed by the initially confusing choreography. However, at the end of our lesson, most [definitely not all] of us were contra dancing like pros. To end the night, some of us took an impromptu trip to a graveyard to see Emily Dickinson's grave with one of the locals. I closed off the night by reading a friend's tarot cards, which, do NOT open up any portals for evil spirits. No need to worry.
- Izzy
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