Name: Maggie Goff
Hometown: Kenton, Ohio
Age : 21
Goals: Currently applying for PhD programs. Wants to work in violence prevention and would one day like to be a professor.
Music: "Lately I've been listening to a lot of electric swing music. I love the oldies, The xx, simon & garfunkel"
Hometown: Kenton, Ohio
Age : 21
Goals: Currently applying for PhD programs. Wants to work in violence prevention and would one day like to be a professor.
Music: "Lately I've been listening to a lot of electric swing music. I love the oldies, The xx, simon & garfunkel"
When you see Maggie, you probably first notice how cool she looks. Usually in High waisted trousers and docs , Maggie stands out from the crowd. However, in Manhattanville most people know Maggie as that girl, the one who is always behind a cause. That's great because the world needs more people like that but it's also sad because she is held to a higher standard. I hope whoever reads this is able to walk away knowing Maggie to be more than "that activist girl" but as that girl who genuinely cares.
QUESTION TIME:
1.) Is it safe to say people consider you an "activist" stereotype? How true is that and how does that make you feel?
-"Um, yeah I think that's accurate that people stereotype me that way and I mean yes, activism is a huge part of my life because it makes you think a lot. Particularly as a white person, it makes you think a lot about like power and privilege and what that means and how you fit into that system. Um, as a white person how do you stop perpetuating that system of white supremacy? And..I mean it does change a lot about the way that you think and you live your life but there are other sides to me...um, I don't know . I mean, I don't necessarily know how that makes me feel. I think it can sometimes put really high expectations on me and it also makes me feel really accountable to other people."
2.)How do you think your style , fashion and music wise even your room perpetuate the stereotype?
-" Yeah, I mean I think most people walk into my room and expect...well, I did have a tapestry I put up one time but usually I have more posters up in my room but also my room reflects something really simple. I wanted my life to be more simple. I mean my books are obviously all about theory and justice. I don't know, I'm pretty nerdy but I do like clothes my closet is really full and I have a lot of shoes...a fair amount of shoes ."(laughs)
What you don't know is Maggie is always impeccably dressed |
A couple of Maggie's shoes |
Some of Maggie's books which are almost all about social theory |
3.) On coming to Mville, did you think you would find your niche?
-"Yeah, I was hoping to find more people like me in college and I have found people here. I think you change a lot in college, and that changes the kind of people you hang out with and the people you seek out.
Maggie's "chest" she got from her grandmother |
4.)How has Manhattanville helped you discover more of who you are and separate you from the crowd?
-"Yeah, I've had really amazing classes and professors here, who have really I guess challenged me academically and to think more critically and gave me a lot of tools and a lot of perspective on the world, I hadn't encountered before. Also, a lot of the classes I've taken have also affirmed with theory and with actual readings the ideas I already had and it makes everything I've thought and the way that I see the world and the lens that I use , it made it all make a lot of sense. It was like hey! I'm not the only one who thinks this way!"
"In my spare time, I like to make sentences with the random word magnets on my fridge, It's fun." |
5.) What about you do you think people will be surprised to know?
-"Um, surprised to know? Hmm...that's hard. I don't know. I'm a pretty what you see is what you get person. I guess I have kind of an artsy side that isn't very talented but I have that side and that's probably not very surprising." (laughs)