In blog post #11 I will be writing a response to the film The Mask You Live In. The Mask You Live In focuses on the way society treats males. The film also talks about the certain expectations upheld for males and how they are treated if they do not meet those expectations.
How does the argument in the film make you feel (impact on your being)? The ongoing argument in the film The Mask You Live In is that males are taught to not show emotions when they are growing up. The taught stereotype for males is that if you cry or show emotions it means you are weak. The argument from the film makes me feel angry about the society that we live in. The way that social acceptance of certain actions by males and females differs so vastly blows my mind. I don’t understand why it’s socially acceptable for females to cry pretty much where ever or when ever and it is not viewed as a sign of weakness or it doesn’t make them less of a female. But if a male cries just once its a sign of weakness. How does the argument in the film make you think (impact on your knowing)? The argument in the film makes me think that males and females should not be forced to act a certain way. If a male wants to show emotions or even cry than he should be allowed to without people passing unwarranted judgement. The same goes for females like I said in my last post if a female does not conform to certain expectations placed on a female no one should pass judgement on her if she is truly happy with the way she is. How does the argument in the film make you want to make change (impact on your doing)? The argument in the film makes me think that there needs to be change. I know that in today's society a lot of people want to see change for a variety of things. But one change we should strive for is the way that we raise our male children. We shouldn’t teach them at young age that it is not acceptable to show emotion and cry. We shouldn’t teach our male children that they have to be tough all of the time no matter what the circumstances. Everyone is human and everyone has emotions. So it is not fair to teach one sex that is acceptable to cry and have emotions then teach the other that it is not allowed to cry and have emotions because it would make them weak. I think this goes both ways. Males shouldn’t be punished for having emotions and females shouldn’t be judged if they are not over emotional.
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For blog post #10 I will be writing a response about the film Miss Representation. Miss representation is a film that focuses on the way that females are treated or are expected to act on television. The film also talks about the backlash females receive if they do not conform to the expectations.
How does the argument in the film make you feel (impact on your being)? The film Miss Representation focuses on how females are falsely represented in society. The movie has many famous female speakers who share their own personal stories about times they have been criticized for not fitting the expected female mold in society and the media. The argument in the film makes me feel hurt on the inside. As a teenage female I can easily see how females are falsely represented in media and on the television. I can also see why females constantly feel like they may need to conform to the social expectations. Personally I have wanted to change certain aspects of my being because I didn’t think that I fit the expected norms. But as I’ve gotten more experiences in life I don’t feel as pressured to fit those social expectations. How does the argument in the film make you think (impact on your knowing)? The argument in the film makes me think that there needs to be changes in the way that females are viewed. Females are not objects we are humans just like males are human. This being said males and females should be treated equally. Females shouldn’t always be so overly sexualized in the media. That being said females also shouldn’t be criticized if they choose to wear a top that is a little bit more revealing than some people would prefer it be. I know that the needed change won’t come easily. Having an expected look for females on the television has been around for so long. And if a female doesn’t fit that expected look but is on the television or in the media she is widely criticized for not conforming to the social norms. How does the argument in the film make you want to make change (impact on your doing)? The argument in the film makes me want to change because I don’t want to be viewed as an object like females so frequently are. I want to be able to feel happy with the way I look or act without having to constantly worry about being judged because I don’t look or act the way that I am expected to. Since I want to be able to be happy and not feel constantly judged for the choices I make about how I look or how I dress, I try not to judge others. Everyone has a reason for the way that they act. So if their clothing choice isn’t the same as mine I will support them because we are all human and deserve to be happy with life. In this blog post number 9 I will be talking about discourse community and how these three texts speak to the identity of our discourse community. The three texts that I will be basing my information off of are Our Discourse Community Values, What is Literacy? (James Paul Gee) and We Are Many (Pablo Neruda).
In my own words I would describe a discourse community as a group of people all working toward accomplishing the same goal. A discourse community also consists of open communication between others that allows for people to insert feedback to help better other people's work. The first reading titled Our Discourse Community Values, is about the values that we hold within our English composition course. The first value listed states "conceptualize discourse communities as social networks that frame the ethics, expectations, and exigencies of stakeholders who use situated languages to bond with others and to make meaning." I feel like this value helps to further the way that I describe a discourse community in my own words. This first value talks about how a discourse community is a group of people who work together to make meaning because they use situated language. Basically the first value is saying that people are able to connect and help each other because they understand what you are trying to say or difficulties you might be facing in a certain situation. While reading James Paul Gee's text What is Literacy? this quote really stuck out to me "think of discourse as an "identity kit" which come complete with the appropriate costume and instructions on how to act and talk so as to take on a particular role that others will recognize." This quote stuck out to me because I feel like it relates to the discourse community within our classroom. Each week we are given a blog assignment with certain specifications that we are all to follow. After we complete authoring our own blog post for the week we are supposed to comment on our classmates posts. Being part of the discourse community and understanding what was expected to be in the blog posts allows for us to connect more easily to our peers and their writing. The last reading was We Are Many by Pablo Neruda. This reading was a poem. While reading this poem I felt like the final stanza helped speak to what a discourse community is. "While I am writing, I am far away; and when I come back, I have already left. I should like to see if the same thing happens to other people as it does to me, to see if as many people are as I am, and if they seem the same way to themselves. When this problem has been thoroughly explored, I am going to school myself so well in things that, when I try to explain my problems, I shall speak, not of self, but of geography." In this stanza he speaks about wanting to see if people are going through the same things as him when he writes. The discourse community within our classroom allows us to see challenges students within our class may be experiencing with their writing and blog posts each week. Home Page Well-Being Assessment: Functioning.
Why Assessment Summary: The spacing between my quote and header photo needs to be fixed. How Assessment Summary: I plan to fix it by 11:59pm on Tuesday, March 12th. About Page Well-Being Assessment: Functioning. Why Assessment Summary: My answers to the questions were not fully explained. How Assessment Summary: I plan to fix these answers by 11:59pm on Tuesday, March 12th. Contact Page Well-Being Assessment: Flourishing. Why Assessment Summary: I have all of the requirements. Header photo, quote, contact box. How Assessment Summary: Done. Blog Page Well-Being Assessment: Flourishing. Why Assessment Summary: I have 7 blog posts. I have all of T-T-C, header, quote, author bio, images, links. How Assessment Summary: Done. Narrative Project Page Well-Being Assessment: Functioning. Why Assessment Summary: I have what the page needs to be functioning. I do need to add more details about my blog posts and how they helped me prepare to write my narrative. My actual narrative needs work as well. How Assessment Summary: I will add details to my narrative page and correct the writing of my narrative essay by 11:59pm on Tuesday, March 12th. Research Project Page Well-Being Assessment: Flourishing. Why Assessment Summary: I have met all of the requirements for this page so far. How Assessment Summary: Done
For blog post #7 I will be talking about my midterm reflection. During the video I will reflect on how I have changed as a writer during this course so far. I will also talk about how I value writing. Another topic I will discuss is how my past and present writing experiences are different and similar. I used this reflective writing video to help me better understand how to do my reflection.
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