Alexa

After reading the article and really thinking about it I think that is very important that we pay attention to the words we say and hear. Even though we don't mean for things to sound the way they do, we use words with one meaning to mean something else. That is our fault and our wrong doing. If you don't mean what you say or are going to say, then it should not be said. Brother Ali said that on his past albums he had used different slurs that were not meant to offend, but did. This shows that once something is said you can't take it back. It's out there and it's out there for good. Watching what you say can prevent from this same thing happening to many others. If you really think about what you say before it comes out, chances are it won't be something you are going to regret later.

Current Event #2 In the article about the sexist avenger t-shirts, it is said that clothing tends to make women/girls incapable of taking care of themselves. With the "I need a hero" t-shirt it suggests that women/girls are just not able to fend for themselves and take care of themselves, and that they need a "hero" or a man to do the job for them. In the second article, a dad has come to the realization that clothes for girls are getting more and more revealing, and the age at which the girls start wearing these clothes keeps dropping. When his 8 year old daughters showed him the new clothes they had gotten he was not impressed or marveled, just worried. The clothes were too revealing, especially for an 8 year old. The article talked a lot about how clothing is getting more and more revealing and they don't understand why it's acceptable to sell the clothes that they do.

Based on the different clothes that are for sale in the stores and the different clothes that are being designed we can learn that society doesn't see all women in the same way we see ourselves. The clothes make it seem like women are needy and can't take care of themselves, when in reality we can. It makes society think that it is socially acceptable to judge people by what they wear. In the second article the author wrote that teachers judge girls by the way they dress and just assume that if they are wearing revealing attire they are unintelligent. This is not necessarily true, it could be true but it's not an assumption that can be automatically made. All the clothes that are made nowadays make people judge each other on their physical appearance before even getting a chance to meet them and get to know who they really are. It gives everyone a disadvantage because it makes others think things about you that may not be true.

Journal #3 In society today, I think people overlook the true heroes in our lives like soldiers, firefighters as well as many others and focus more on the celebrities who are considered to be "empowering". Miley Cyrus is not a feminist because she does not create a good image for the girls and women of today. She sets out to represent something great but instead sends so many people the wrong impression like Sinead O'Connor for example. In her letter to Miley she says: "No one who cares about you could support your being pimped … and that includes you yourself. Yes, I'm suggesting you don't care for yourself." If that's the impression that she is getting then who's to say all her fans and spectators aren't getting the same idea. For anyone to be a hero they should be respectful and people are not getting this from Miley. She says she wants to be a good role yet she goes out and does these drugs and promotes other high risk behaviors and makes decision based on what she thinks is right verses what actually is. Jennifer Lawrence says: "Lawrence, however, did say she makes "conscious decisions" to be a role model when it comes to her younger audiences." Jennifer thinks of others before making the decisions that she does and considers the outcomes and reactions to everything she will do.

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Journal #4 Well since this is a free write, I'm going to rant about how annoying I think it is that people care so much about what others think of them. Every thought you have, every word you say, every action you take, there's always that cliff hanging question of "What will other people think about this?" I think that is extremely messed up and it keeps people from being their true selves. I know that when I'm with my friends at their house or my house they act so much different than they would in public. When we have sleepovers and just hang out they are so much more fun. Once we go somewhere public they become people pleasers and do whatever everyone else would approve of, and THAT is just stupid. Life isn't all about fitting in, it's about standing out. There's a quote from 'What A Girl Wants' that I practically live by, and it is said by Ian Wallace (daphne's boyfriend) "Why do you try so hard to fit in when you are born to stand out?" I really love this quote because every time I think of it I remember that I need to stay true to myself and never let what others think effect the things I do.

Journal #5 For our project we had to design a campaign for a candidate running for mayor using different types of propaganda techniques to get publicity for the candidate. Each group was given a different person running for mayor and had to create ads telling people why they should vote for him/her. Other than needing 3 product, the project was very open-minded, letting us do our own thing. In our group we chose to use glittering generalities, which is having useless words to define your candidate. We also used the testimonial technique by putting Malcolm Hitchcock, the quarterback of the football team, in our commercial. We also used card stacking by telling half the truth of the scandal that was going to be published about our candidate.

The most challenging part of this project was having to figure out ways to deal with the outcoming scandal and determining what propaganda techniques would be the most effective to use. The overall concept of the project was easy, it was just the planning for it that was more difficult. I would have changed the way the discussion went and let more people be involved with it rather than just letting one person represent the whole team. We should have made our commercial funnier because that really effected who voted for who.

We could use these techniques on other projects in this class as well as other classes to present projects as well as getting a better grade by using techniques that appeal to the audience. Once out of school, you could use this in your everyday life with the job you have. Using the different techniques to get the attention of other people and presenting your company on billboards and in magazines to get noticed.