Kyle

2/7/14

Rapper Brother Ali is saying that people should be more careful with the words they say because they can hurt people. Brother Ali is saying that at first he didn't really care about using the f-word, but then later in life he realized that what he says can be hurtful. In the article The Intersection of Homophobia and Hip Hop: Where Tyler Met Frank he mentions that there was a lesbian sister who stopped listening to his music because of all of the slurs. I think that people need to be careful about what they say so that they don't hurt someone else's feelings.

2/21/14 In the article ** Sexist 'Avengers' T-Shirts Tell Boys To Be Heroes And Girls To Need A Hero **, it talks about how Marvel came out with t-shirts where the ones for boys says "Be a hero' and the one for girls says "I need a hero.' It also talks about how there are lot of things that are sexualized. In the article ** A Line Between Sweet and Skimpy **, it comes from the viewpoint of father who has two young daughters. It talks about how clothing for girls can be overly sexualized. I think that there is a lot of sexualized clothing in society. I think that it often gets overlooked by people.

2/28/14 Odysseus was loyal, brave, persistent, and selfless. He is a role model because of those traits. Heroes of today are police officers, firemen, soldiers, and doctors. I think that we should pride ourselves with characteristics that are good, characteristics like loyalty, honesty, bravery, patience, and selflessness. I don't think that Miley Cyrus is a good role model for young women because she dresses and acts inappropriately. In the article **Miley Cyrus Calls Herself A "Feminist" And Says She's "Empowering To Women"** she says that she is a feminist, but other people disagree with her.

5/12/14 We did a class project where there were 6 groups and each group had a candidate to represent. Then each group was tasked with coming up with a campaign for their candidate. We made flyers and speeches to represent what the candidate would want to do and say. Then each group found out that their candidate had a scandal and they also found out one other group's scandal. We needed to come up with a way to counter the scandal. Then each of the candidates had a debate over what they would do. Everyone in class got a card to represent a person from a different gender, age, kids or no kids, and relationships. Then the class voted for who they they thought would be the best candidate choice for their person based on their cards.