(Revised) RP7: What Did Members of the Farm Give Up for Their Utopia?
The Farm is a secluded, 1,750 acre intentional community in Tennessee that was founded in the 1960s. Created to be a totally self-sufficient and environmentally-friendly socialist haven, founder Stephen Gaskin created a following of almost 1,500 young…
Final Research Report: The Rise and Fall of The Farm
The Farm, one of the most famous communes of the 20th century, was created during the hippie movement in the late 1960s. Located deep in Tennessee, it was the final destination for the caravan of around 60 retrofitted school buses packed with hopeful y…
Semester Reflection
Over the course of the semester, I’ve seen my writing ability evolve more efficiently than it had throughout any given year of high school. Though my style remained much the same, I learned how to make what I was already doing more effective. While I…
Essay 2: Property in Utopia
Throughout history, societies have been evolving and gradually improving to raise the overall standard of living, therefore it is natural to question if mankind will ever reach a stopping point. A society that is flawless, a utopia, is believed to be…
RP8: How did the Social Customs of London Work to Oppress Women?
Throughout her travels in the 19th century, French feminist Flora Tristan wrote in depth about the way women lived in other societies and how she perceived their lives to be. Specifically in England, not extremely different from France in most ways, s…
RP7: What Did Members of the Farm Give Up for Their Utopia?
The Farm is a secluded, 1750 acre intentional community in Tennessee that was founded in the 1960s. Created to be a totally self sufficient and environmentally friendly socialist haven, founder Stephen Gaskin earned a following of almost 1,500 young a…