Comments by Alyssa Bardugon Most recent public comments by Alyssa Bardugon https://nowcomment.com/users/93801 although the judge withdrew, he technically didn't altogether https://nowcomment.com/documents/264197?scroll_to=2382380 https://nowcomment.com/documents/264197?scroll_to=2382380 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:17:14 -0400 another example of the backlash taking place due to the ruling by Judge Johansen https://nowcomment.com/documents/264197?scroll_to=2382376 https://nowcomment.com/documents/264197?scroll_to=2382376 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:16:40 -0400 gained national attention, probably had something to do with him changing his mind and withdrawing his ruling https://nowcomment.com/documents/264197?scroll_to=2382372 https://nowcomment.com/documents/264197?scroll_to=2382372 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:15:24 -0400 use this quote for essay https://nowcomment.com/documents/264197?scroll_to=2382352 https://nowcomment.com/documents/264197?scroll_to=2382352 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:12:49 -0400 highlighting the feelings of fact vs fiction / fantasy vs science https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374997 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374997 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:47:20 -0500 This type of writing and journalism was very harmful to Deborah and her family's perception of HeLa cells. https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374959 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374959 With so much misinformation and sensationalized journalism being spread throughout the country, it only makes sense that the Lacks family wouldn't understand how HeLa cells worked or what they actually did in the science community. Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:27:43 -0500 this is a good viewpoint to use for the other side of the story https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372284 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372284 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:45:40 -0500 good quote to use https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372280 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372280 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:44:18 -0500 critics of the law aren't against ending discrimination but are against how little it actually protects LGBTQ people https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372278 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372278 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:43:22 -0500 That sounds about right with religious interference in politics in Utah https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372277 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372277 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:41:19 -0500 the exemptions show that the act of the anti-discrimination law was very performative https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372273 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372273 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:40:55 -0500 "model for other red states" ... could Utah actually be an example? https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372272 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372272 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:40:09 -0500 same thought I had, especially because this was written in 2015 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372270 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263024?scroll_to=2372270 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:39:29 -0500 seems pretty hands-on and restrictive of a person's free will https://nowcomment.com/documents/261773?scroll_to=2361661 https://nowcomment.com/documents/261773?scroll_to=2361661 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:03:51 -0500 not only is this bill hurtful to our own community, but also would end up hurting the economy as well https://nowcomment.com/documents/261773?scroll_to=2361519 https://nowcomment.com/documents/261773?scroll_to=2361519 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:01:58 -0500 this could be detrimental to the mental and physical development of a child https://nowcomment.com/documents/261773?scroll_to=2361517 https://nowcomment.com/documents/261773?scroll_to=2361517 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:01:14 -0500 50-23 is a very large margin ... reflects the Utah government's attitude towards trans people and the lgbtq community as a whole https://nowcomment.com/documents/261773?scroll_to=2361516 https://nowcomment.com/documents/261773?scroll_to=2361516 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:00:34 -0500 the media created fear in the American people and made them mistrust in cell science https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358293 https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358293 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:54:47 -0500 important to note that contamination with the culture and HeLa cells was so evident that they created a nonprofit federal cell bank https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358292 https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358292 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:53:51 -0500 paragraph emphasizes (again) how important and essential HeLa cells were to a lot of scientific breakthroughs https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358287 https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358287 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:44:18 -0500 Coming in later with why HeLa cells were brought into space in the first place... shows reader the large strides that scientists were making due to these cells https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358285 https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358285 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:42:54 -0500 the author opened up with this bit of information to show the reader how widespread HeLa cells had become https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358279 https://nowcomment.com/documents/259680?scroll_to=2358279 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:36:57 -0500 It is obvious that Henrietta did not knowingly consent to allow doctors to take a sample of her cells for research purposes. https://nowcomment.com/documents/254672?scroll_to=2342848 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254672?scroll_to=2342848 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:20:41 -0500 Just this statistic alone shows how much Henrietta's cells helped the medical field, but her situation might have created mistrust between the people and medical professionals in the process. https://nowcomment.com/documents/254672?scroll_to=2342844 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254672?scroll_to=2342844 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:18:28 -0500 this is an incredibly accurate statement that represents what a lot of students are feeling right now. https://nowcomment.com/documents/253911?scroll_to=2316400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253911?scroll_to=2316400 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:19:07 -0500 Having family that actually believes in the Qanon movements like Save The Children, it is interesting to hear that they are delegitimizing actual causes to help stop human-trafficking. https://nowcomment.com/documents/254753?scroll_to=2316389 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254753?scroll_to=2316389 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:25:37 -0400 connects it back to Christian values (a shift that needs to take place in Christian values) https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308202 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308202 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:12:23 -0500 as people change and future generations are growing up, we need to push for a more equitable world https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308199 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308199 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:11:55 -0500 systemic racism present https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308197 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308197 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:11:22 -0500 I think waiting a couple of years is too long. it's been the name long enough https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308196 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308196 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:11:06 -0500 shows the shift of Christian values as time goes on https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308194 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308194 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:10:32 -0500 important information that I don't think a lot of people know https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308191 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308191 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:09:46 -0500 push for change/solution https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308188 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308188 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:09:28 -0500 introducing the racist past of Christian private schools https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308184 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308184 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:08:56 -0500 further examples of this Christian school's racist past https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308163 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308163 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:05:07 -0500 there are still problems with the new solutions due to the uncomfortableness created by the issue of racism https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308157 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308157 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:04:01 -0500 another group working towards a solution for this problem https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308153 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308153 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:03:19 -0500 highlights the racist past of private Christian schools and the real reason they were formed https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308147 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308147 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:02:28 -0500 I really don't like this sentence. It makes it seem like they were only changing the name to help business https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308144 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308144 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:01:38 -0500 starts the conversation of a solution/creating change https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308142 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308142 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:00:23 -0500 introduction to the problem at hand --> racist past of Christian schools https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308138 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253907?scroll_to=2308138 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:59:32 -0500 by ending the speech with a sign of hope in the country, he leaves the American people with a sense of calm that we have not felt in a long time. https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2292478 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2292478 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:28:14 -0500 Throughout the entire speech, Biden centers around the theme of unity, and choose sentences to really get that point across to the American people (this is one of those sentences) https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2292468 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2292468 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:27:16 -0500 Biden has said he will be a President for ALL Americans. By Biden using positive diction when talking about the future of democracy, he is attempting to close the divide between the two parties. https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2292450 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2292450 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:59:01 -0500 I agree with this. Right at the beginning of his speech Kennedy mentions the future of the United States and relates it back to the past, giving the idea that he wants to create change during his presidency https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2285129 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2285129 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:16:46 -0500 this long run-on sentence reflects the history of the United States and the many changes that have come in the years before. https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2285045 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2285045 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:09:34 -0500 right at the beginning of the speech, Kennedy begins with shifting the focus away from party wins/losses and instead shifts it to the United States as a whole https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2285017 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2285017 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:21:29 -0500 evidence to support the claim of having some similarities to marvel movies while not following the stereotypical marvel movie layout https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2265963 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2265963 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:24:09 -0500 claim - Black Panther is different than other predictable marvel movies https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2265946 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2265946 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:08:30 -0500 I remember the first time I went to Costco during COVID was at the beginning of Aoril. It was a surreal experience to wait outside in a line, something I had never experienced before. https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2257926 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2257926 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 08:39:07 -0500 I remember hearing about the construction of hospitals in China and was so glad it wasn't us who had to deal with it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2257906 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2257906 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:13:53 -0500 It's is weird to think that we had no idea what 2020 had in store for us in this moment. https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2257902 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2257902 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:36:53 -0500 Antithesis (and irony) https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220579 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220579 Although Orwell was working for the British empire as a police officer, he was not on the side of the British. Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:17:38 -0500 negative diction choices and casual tone https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220360 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220360 With a mix of Orwell's semi-casual tone and negative words like "evil", reveals Orwell's opinion of the British empire Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:08:09 -0500 Irony of Buddhist Priests https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220342 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220342 You would think that the Buddhist priests would not be the ones to cause a scene when seeing Europeans because they are priests, but they do exactly that. Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:05:13 -0500 Tone in the first paragraph https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220333 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220333 Although Orwell is talking about the way he was negatively perceived, his tone reflects a feeling of annoyance more than anything else. Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:04:00 -0500 mainly focusing on the phrase "hideous laughter" https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220321 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2220321 By Orwell describing laughter as hideous, he is combatting the generally positive connotation of laughing by putting the word hideous in front of it Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:02:45 -0500 Orwell explains how generally accepted statements by people in power can lead to a person not developing their own thoughts. https://nowcomment.com/documents/243212?scroll_to=2213018 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243212?scroll_to=2213018 I think this is really interesting because it is true in our lives today. There are some things that we just don't think about and we accept as the truth. If a government is able to create orthodoxy in most if not all areas of life, then there is no need for you to think through things yourself. Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:19:07 -0500 :( https://nowcomment.com/documents/235873?scroll_to=2136661 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235873?scroll_to=2136661 This will not decrease the number of abortions, it will only increase the number of unsafe abortions. If someone truly wanted to decrease the number of abortions, they would push for comprehensive sex education and free forms of birth control. Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:41:04 -0400 This makes me angry. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235873?scroll_to=2136641 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235873?scroll_to=2136641 The government can't claim that they are making this abortion ban because of women's mental health. The ONLY thing that affects a woman's mental health is feeling as though she does not have the choice in the matter of her own body. Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:39:15 -0400 This is correct. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235873?scroll_to=2136621 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235873?scroll_to=2136621 Most scientists and medical professionals will agree that abortion is not killing a baby. They are not misinforming the public, and for Taylor to claim they are just perpetuating the misconceptions about abortion. Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:37:29 -0400 Taylor felt like she didn't have the right to choose! https://nowcomment.com/documents/235873?scroll_to=2136589 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235873?scroll_to=2136589 Although she thinks it has to do with the abortion itself, Taylor felt uneasy and guilty about her decision because she felt like she was pushed into getting the abortion she didn't want. You will feel that guilty, bad feeling no matter if you get an abortion or not if you don't feel like you made the right choice for yourself Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:34:59 -0400 I completely agree with this. I feel like our phone and rooms are used as an escape method from our distress in "the real-life," not a place where we feel the most distressed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131019 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131019 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 11:11:42 -0400 This is an interesting claim to make, considering there can be so many other things that affect whether a teenager works or not. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2130982 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2130982 Teenagers have responsibilities other than just making money, like school, extracurriculars, and family responsibilities. I simply don't have time for a job right now, technology or not. Also, the evidence the author used about 8th graders not working is interesting to use considering I was 13 in 8th grade and not allowed to get a job. Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:22:10 -0400 I don't believe that the phone caused the issue of disinterest when people are talking to you, but I believe that the phone emphasizes where people's priorities lie. Ignoring someone is a reflection of you, and is not caused by the phone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2130963 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2130963 If someone is telling you something important and you choose to focus more on your phone, that isn't because growing up in a generation with more technology made you do so. Technology doesn't create rude people, but it does help point those people out. Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:44:14 -0400 I agree that our generation is different than the generations before us, but it doesn't mean that our generation is destroyed like the author mentioned in the title. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2130904 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2130904 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:34:24 -0500