Peer Editing

I believe that this time around the peer editing process was alot more helpful because the topics were easier to give criticism on because it was relateable and not someones personal life or story. I was alot more comfortable giving my essay to my group because the last exprience was a positive one and i knew it would only help me in the long run. I trust my group in the fact that they are only saying things to better my writing, my paper, and my grade so i was happy to hand it over to them. This class has helped me feel more comfortable with my writing and i am thankful for that. And i can honestly say i look forward to the workshop so i can hear how i can make my paper the best it can be.

Normality

I decided to write about normaliy. I dont quite understand why these ideas were ever invented. Norms run our lives and societies. We need to make changes ourselves in order for the norms to change. It has to be a dealt with on a large scale. I am writing about body image. This has a major affect on everyone but especially the youth. This causes many insecurities and shows children that it is acceptable to feel inferior because everyone does it. It is almost like a steriotype that women are always worried about thier appearance stems from this idea of norms in the media and it is brain washing the youth to think that there are always things they need to do to mak themselves better. Or atleast feel better about themselves.

PHREEQUE.COM

I could not believe my eyes when I looked at the extra parts section of this website. It was unthinkable to see people with extra body parts stick out from places where they dont normally exist. The stories about the twins which grew from out of their torsos except a head. Even seeing the pictures I couldnt keep the thought in my head that these were actual people and that they lived this way thier whole lives. It is unthinkable to walk around with the remnance of another human being attached to you knowing that they were supposed to be living breathing beings, but instead they are simply hanging there. It seems to be to be seirously depressing to have body parts of a living being hanging off of you every day to remind you the death of someone in the family. This site in general was so informing and I loved reading the biographies of the people in the movie freaks, I enjoyed reading the siamese twins biography I couldnt believe that they couldnt find a place that would marry them to thier loved ones. That would call for a serious law suit now a days.

Freaks!

I found this movie entertaining, but at the same time I could not believe that these people really had the different deformities that they had in the movie. It made me wonder what it would be like to live the life they lead. I think it would be extremely hard and no one would treat me like a human being. I went on to the web site that we were asked to look at last class and couldnt believe my eyes. These people had real lives and were real people but never got treated as so. There were some insane deformities that I never even knew existed on there and I couldnt quite comprehend that these were true stories about people's lives and how strong each individual was dealing with their specific case. I agree with Ellen, when she talks about how the mother of the children with microcephaly and how although she takes care of them she knows that they are being paraded around as a specticle and doesnt try to change that. http://ellenawb.blogspot.com/

Class Progression

I think that this part of the course is so much deeper than the last one. The body collage and the readings for the unit although they were deep, I feel like these issues are harder to take in and go deeper into understanding people and other circumstances. The different things that these readings have touched upon I feel have true passion and are serious subjects that exist but are never really read about because they could possibly be uncomfortable or it is taboo to do so. The advertising article was a wake up call for me. It was always infront of me but I never really knew that it was always surrounding the public and that scares me. I also saw the truth put infront of my eyes with Cancerland as well. I just feel like I have learned about about things that have always been there infront of me but I never really paid attention to the specifics and details there were to go along with all of the different subjects. I enjoy reading the articles for this class because I know they will always be useful to me aswell as interesting.

Stallone--truely a hero

This piece was to me extremely powerful. This shows how much someone would give up for something they love. He simply wanted to better himself by widening his range of characters he could play. This was a challenge for him but he was proud of himself for going through it. He is knows for his rock hard body and muscles. To give all that you represent up for a movie it extremely hard to grasp. He gained alot of respect from me after reading this piece because I couldnt believe the struggle with himself that he had to go through in order to make this movie the best it could be. This reminds me of Renee Zelweger when she took the part of Bridget in Bridget Jones Diary. She gained alot of weight for the roll as well and that takes so much heart and dedication. A beautiful body is hard to obtain and keep, and once you have it and simply throw it away over a roll, that means that you have invested more into the movie than most actors or actresses. The part that stood out to me was when he listed the rediculous amount of food that he ate for breakfast. I couldnt believe that a human being could eat that much in one sitting. I liked this piece alot because it gave you a look into a man you think you know, but it taught me that actors are people too and there is more to them than just simply the roles they choose and the characters they play.

Mens Underwear

I absolutely agree with Liz 100% when she said that mens underwear was bound to become a sexually spread atricle of clothing. Our society is obsessed with sex. We hear more and more things that seem to be innapropriate for young kids that have now become the norm. I believe that things like the different types of mens underwear show that direction that our society is going. Even men, the strong, hard working, and tough figure we think of when we think of men are starting to really care about thier appearance and these companies are playing on that to make more money which is spreading these ideas faster and faster. These things that we read about in the article about Skivvies were extremely shocking even though they shouldnt have been. This article opened my eyes wider to what is really out there and the extremes not only women but men go through to be accepted and look the best they can. Sometimes it goes to far like the "package" enhancing underwear for men. Express what you have because its yours and accept it!

Advertising...

After reading "two ways a woman can get hurt I realized that the ads which I see every day have hidden meaning that I never really thought of before now. I am extremely happy with the fact that I read this article because although I didnt agree with all of her arguements, for the most part they all seemed to make sense. The class discussion also opened up my eyes to different things because it seemed to be that males and females for the most part had different ways of interpreting things because most of her focus was on perversion, harm, and sexuality towards woman which could potentially make women unhappy. I agree with danielle when she says that different sexes in our class percieved these advertisments differently. I felt that we had alot of good ideas in class and I liked how people werent afraid to say what they thought even if it was disagreeing with someone else. http://danielleaw1.blogspot.com/