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/

"How to Tame a Wild Toungue"

For how much I wanted to like this piece I couldnt make myself do it. I hated the fact that there was a major disconnect and that I myself couldnt relate to her because of her writing style. The way she wrote this piece was very un organized and sloppy. I know it isnt right to tell someone to stop using thier language or keep it out of thier writing, but there was just something about it that I cannot bring myself to like. I feel like I am making the same judgements that she talks about in the piece and I dont exactly like reasons I give for not likeing her piece or her writing style but I cant seem to look past it. It was definately my least favorite piece we read all semester.

Workshop Groups

To me my writing is extremely personal. Even when my writing isnt about my personal life I am not always ok with other reading it. I thought that this experience with the workshop groups was going to be terrible. I didnt want anything to do with it. On the other hand I knew it was going to help my writing in the long run. After reading the essays that I had to read for my group I realized that everyones writing was personal and I was no different. I truely enjoyed the essays that I read. I was interested in what my classemates had to say and the different creative wyas that they got thier points across in thier writing. When I came into class I was ready for the worst, I know writing it not my strength and I know that all of my writing needs alot of work. I felt like our group did an extremely good job making sure to point out the positives in everyones work, so when they told me the things that I should change to make my essay stronger I knew that they were truly just trying to help me become a better writer. I felt like this was a good experience for me because it helped me notice the good things about the my writing as opposed to the usual bad news that you hear from teachers when they grade essays. I now look forward to more workshops like this and know that it is all for my benefit.