Category Archives: Zombies

Anti-Vaxxers and Zombies

Posted on February 10, 2015 at 2:55 am by Sharon Gerald

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is often cited as one of the earliest examples of zombie literature. Frankenstein’s monster isn’t a zombie by our modern definitions, but it is sort of related due to being an animated creature made from non-living parts. … Continue reading →

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When is one life more valuable than another?

Posted on November 30, 2014 at 6:55 pm by Sharon Gerald

**Spoiler Alert** This post discusses Season 2 of The Walking Dead. If you are still crawling at zombie-pace through Season 1 on Netflix, you might want to back off at this point and come back later. *** In Season 2, … Continue reading →

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Zora Neale Hurston on the history of the zombie

Posted on November 25, 2014 at 3:36 pm by Sharon Gerald

Zora Neale Hurston is perhaps best known for her book Their Eyes Were Watching God, a classic of Southern Literature. Students who read about Janie’s love for Tea Cake might not guess that Hurston also believed that zombies were real … Continue reading →

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It was bound to happen

Posted on November 25, 2014 at 12:49 pm by Sharon Gerald

This YouTube video spreads a rumor that Ebola is a “Zombie Virus” and that Ebola patients have been known to rise from the dead. The rumor has been debunked. It was nothing more than a hoax. But it was bound … Continue reading →

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