My essay talks about the negative affect that enforcing gender stereotypes can have on kids, but also the negative affects that having no standards can also have on kids.
Author: d.hung
Style Imitation
People are always asking what the meaning of life is, pretty much what you spend a whole semester on in some philosophy class, a class I will never take, but are never satisfied with the answer they get. I personally never really cared about the answer, it was always some pessimistic shit or something positive, I always gave a pessimistic answer. But I think the answer that sticks with me the most to this day is “The meaning of life is to give your life meaning,” which is such a simple answer, and knowing this now I just finished a semester of philosophy so I’m going to request that I get the college credits for it, but … (NOT FINISHED)
Day 21: Using Sources/Writing Style David Hung
The first reading “Using Sources” explains how to identify the most useful sources possible and putting them into your own piece of work. Finding information is easy but to turn it into something you can use to persuade your audience is harder. The reading also explains the term “infotention.” Infotention refers to the “use of appropriate tools to work efficiently within a digital environment.” The author also explains the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing information. You could use quotes to emphasize someone’s exact words or use signal words to emphasize your own point and the author’s point. This was a really interesting read because learning to use information from sources effectively can change bring your argumentative essay to a whole new level. You don’t want your essay to be all over the place and using information sources effectively can make your essay look and sound like a well oiled machine.
The next reading talks about how you should keep discourse communities in your mind at all times no matter what kind of paper you are writing. You also have to consider who your audience is. If you start discussing things that do not matter or things that your audience does not care about your argument won’t be as strong.
Day 19: Research Process David Hung
There are several methods of acquiring evidence in order to persuade the reader about the argument made. The time of the evidence has to match the time of the argument in order for it to be effective. These days people only use the internet to acquire their evidence and ignore the library which is just as good or better than using the internet. The library has more references and resources than a personal computer but people prefer the internet because it is right there at our fingertips.
Under My Thumb was a very interesting read. She starts out with a story from 8th grade where she is trying to get some guy to acknowledge that she too listens to Rolling Stones. She then explains that women often have to fight harder to convince others, including other women, that they have “great” music taste and has something of value to say about music. I call these type of people “gatekeepers.” They don’t seem to understand that music is for everyone to enjoy and just because they “discovered” someone first does not give them the power to say others can listen to that music. They seem to like to get others to “prove” themselves. It’s really annoying and pointless. Chelsea Booth then goes on to say that she spends countless hours talking about men artists but never or rarely talks about women artists. She states two arguments that other professors make and refutes those arguments. To be honest I barely know any women artists too. The ones I do know are pretty mainstream and are already at the top of their game. In her last “arc” she talks about sexual harassment at concerts and how she was a victim of this.
Day 18: Manifesto
George Sanders is saying a lot in his piece; Manifesto. A manifesto is “a declaration of policy and aims.” And that is exactly what Sanders says in this piece. He states the goals of his PKRA party and details the exact things they did to fulfill their aims. He says that their group reaches people who have don’t even belong to their group. He portrays his group as a cult. A cult of love that will reach their goal no matter what.
Day 17: Researching Stereotypes and “Fake News”
Research is very vital to any claims you want to make. It strengthens your argument and applies to the audience’s logos and ethos. You can’t have an opinion or argue about something you have no clue about. It is important to distinguish ourselves from all the fake news in media today. These days the media write stories to trigger emotions in their audience and rather than fact checking the information, the audience just blindly believes it. It is important to find out for yourself whether the information you received is true or not.
Humans are naturally curious. We research to find out more about a topic. Everyday questions can be considered as “research.” The simple question of asking “Why?” can broaden our knowledge of the topic. Even asking your friends how their day was is research. It is the simple act of gathering more information and using it in some way or another.
Day 15: Revision
- You can never write the “perfect” first draft. No matter how long you spend on the first draft it will and can not be perfect. The only way to get close to perfection is to revise. To rewrite what you have written. Even though I rarely revise, I agree with this statement. Most students are obsessed with their paper being “good enough” and not obsessed with their paper being “perfect.” We definitely understand that revision is important but it’s not something we would be willing to do if the paper we have written so far meets the guidelines. There is something about more work that turns us off.
- I would say revision is like buying an old house, knocking it down, and rebuilding it.
- “Good writing is essentially rewriting.” (pg 101) Like I mentioned before you can never write the perfect paper in one sitting. You should never be satisfied with your first draft. You should never be satisfied with something that is “good enough.” It is important to reread and rewrite your paper. It is important to have others look at your paper. There is always something you can reword, something you can add. My creative writing teacher at high school said “during revision you should always read your paper or your peer’s paper as a writer and not as a reader.”
Day 6: Project Pitches
At first I wanted to do an analysis paper of a song’s lyrics but I am not so sure I can use any lenses to write the paper so that is now my third option. I actually swapped my first and third option. Currently my first option is to analyze the playable character in South Park: The Fractured But Whole game. There is actually a lot I can write about this game using some of the lenses from the JTC book. I’d have to give a lot of context though, since they take a lot from the actual show and from the previous game they made. My second option is also a game called Detroit: Become Human. There are 3 playable characters, each with a unique story and I will analyze the character called Kara.
David Hung Intersectional Readings
“Dancing Around Objectification” compares two different stories, The Harlem Dancer and Invisible Man, and their objectification of women. In both stories the men are lusting after the dancing women, but their race and the context of the story is completely different. In The Harlem Dancer the dancer is looked at as an object and the readers are told of how “perfect” her body is before they learn that the dancer is mostly a singer. Despite the dancer being a good singer, the audience only notice her dancing and take in her shape “with eager, passionate gaze.” However, in the Invisible Man the dancer dances naked in front of some black teenage boys who feel fear and desire at the same time. The teens are forced to look at something they can never have.
In the reddit post on r/SRSDiscussion the author explains what the term “Intersectionality” means. “Intersectionality is a methodology of studying ‘the relationships among multiple dimensions and modalities of social relationships and subject formations.’” Basically, it is the study on how different biological, social, and cultural categories interact and serve as a new form of social inequality. People can and will discriminate others using multiple forms of oppression.
The TED talk started out with a simple exercise. Everyone would stand up and Kimberle Crenshaw would start saying some names and if the audience could not say anything about who that person was they would sit down. At the end of the first half of the exercise, most of the audience members were still standing. However, at the end of the second half only four audience members remained standing. It was revealed that all the names had something in common. All the people she listed were black people killed by the police. The first and second half had one main difference though, gender. Kimberle Crenshaw explained that the women that were killed faced a form of disclination called intersectionality. The women were discriminated against because she was a woman and because she was black. This is why most people did not hear about their deaths.
The Bechdel test is a method used to evaluate the portrayal of women in fiction and has a total of 3 rules.
- The movie in question must have at least 2 women in it,
- who talk to each other,
- about something besides a man.
Nike Ad
This is a recent ad which sparked a huge outrage online. Nike chose to release this ad on their 30th anniversary of the “Just Do It” slogan showing their backing of Colin Kaepernick. I chose this ad because it’s really funny reading all the tweets that people posted. They got so mad and the #NikeBoycott started trending. I’m sure the couple hundred dollars that they spend a year will really hurt this multi billionaire company. The same company that in 2018 was named as the most valuable global apparel brand. Global. They did a similar thing when Serena Williams was banned from wearing her cat suit.