Mundane Musings

Who are you? How would you define yourself? I’m Ahna Dwyer. I’m a nineteen year old AroAce person. I use She/They pronouns and don’t feel all that attached to gender as a concept. I’ve been described as quiet or apathetic by some, but I see myself as caring and compassionate, it’s just not in a very “outloud” way. I help when I can and I want the best for most people. I think I am fairly smart (although there will always be many things I don’t know), creative, adaptable, and pragmatic. I have trouble seeming the way I feel inside to others outside of myself, but I’m hoping I’ll find a way to even that out someday. How does (the dominant/hegemonic) culture define you? I was once fairly influenced by dominant culture. I believed that I had crushes on the boys in my class, I believed that I’d end up getting married one day and have kids. I believed that school and grades were what determined my worth to others and if I wasn’t actively working for society, I didn’t deserve to live in it...

  How Little Inferno (2012) Portrays Consumerism and Isolation Little Inferno (2012) Game Written by Kyle Gray Tomorrow Corporation Analysis by: Ahna Dwyer ( You are given a “Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplace” from Tomorrow Corp, with which to burn items from the series of catalogues you are now in possession of. Your only goal is to purchase from the Tomorrow Corp catalogues and then burn them, which earns you more money to spend on more things to burn.) Whilst initially presented as a time-waster pay-to-win game, Little Inferno soon turns into a parallel to our current American capitalist patriarchy shockingly well. The game seems to present both the negative impacts of blind consumerism and cultural hegemony on the mind, as well as the profound effects connection and relationship can have on breaking free of systemic oppression.  The player starts the game being told that 1. The w...