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Introduction to me!

 Hi, I’m Alyssa Almerling. I am a second-year student majoring in Sociology and minoring in Family Studies. I grew up just outside of UBC and was raised in North Vancouver. I am thrilled to be back on campus and in my childhood neighbourhood again! I have always loved reading different types of literature, and I want to be exposed to many forms of writing style. I hope that with this blog, I can share with you my thoughts and questions about the romance world and language and open your eyes to the modern and post-modern world!

The format of this class has inspired me to read as many books as I can. My goal is to make connections throughout the term and find overarching themes and styles from different texts. The Romance Study world is deceiving because it isn't about romance or all the lovey-dovey things that we associate with the word romance. The romance world does not belong to anyone, which I find super fascinating. Anyone can immerse themselves in this literature, and it focuses more on the aspect of romance languages like French and Latin. I am super excited about this course, and I hope that my thoughts and questions can spark a love for literature in you that I have inside me.

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  1. Tamara VukotaJanuary 11, 2022 at 7:58 PM

    Hi Alyssa! I really enjoyed reading your post. I took Family Studies last semester and I really liked it! I am thinking of minoring in it as well. I find the way the romance world is really open-ended and has no concrete place or definition to be super fascinating as well.

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  2. Deeba MehrJanuary 12, 2022 at 6:04 PM

    Hi Alyssa! I'm taking a sociology class atm and I agree that it's so interesting! I definitely get what you mean by the class format being super inspiring and motivating to read as much as we can :) and thanks for your lovely comment on my post! <3

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  3. Nadia UlanowskaJanuary 12, 2024 at 11:24 AM

    Hi Alyssa, my goal is to also read as many books as possible and expose myself to many different types of literature! I am also excited to explore books with roots in Latin and other romance languages like French!

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  4. Ren KoyamaJanuary 16, 2024 at 10:45 PM

    Hi, Alyssa, I'm minoring in Sociology as well. I don't particularly have the love for the literature you have yet to be honest but I'm definitely excited to like you to interact with writings that I'm unfamiliar with! This class might spark up the hidden love for literature within me I didn't even know about.

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  5. Justin KookJanuary 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM

    Hey Alyssa, I also found it interesting how romance studies doesn't have anything to do with romatasicm either lol. I'm hoping this class can also inspire me to start reading books since I am much not a big fan of it right now. Hope you have a good time in this class!

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