After reading the Reflection on an Aural Genre document in Week 15, post on the following questions: How did switching genres from academic paper to podcast allow you to think in a different way about the subject of your paper? Switching genres from the academic paper to the podcast has allowed me to think about … [Read more…]
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How much does identity matter? Why? How would Gay answer? How would Johnson? What would they say to each other? I think identity matters a lot. It is how people categorize themselves in order to feel accepted. If someone is struggling to accept their identity, they may have problems. Like for example, in the article … [Read more…]
Autonomy and belonging factor into this article, throughout the whole thing. In the beginning we meet Sigrid Johnson, who was called upon to become a research participant for a study about ancestry DNA. Johnson was adopted when she was a baby from a mother who had an affair and her husband did not want the … [Read more…]
I do not think Roxanne Gay is a bad feminist. In fact, think she is one. Gay says she agrees with most of what a feminist is pushing for, “I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have a string opinion about misogyny, institutional sexism that consistently places women at … [Read more…]
I view essentialism as the idea that a specific way of how people word things, which in turn, causes stereotypes. In the article, Appiah defines essentialism as “children assume that these superficial differences – the ones that lead to applying the label – reflect deeper, inward differences that explain a great deal of how people … [Read more…]
Appiah: “The first is obvious: every identity comes with labels, so understanding identities requires first that you have some idea about how to apply them.” (8) Me: I do think that identities come with labels because it is what defines you as a person. It gives you the qualities that make you, you. Appiah: “That’s … [Read more…]
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In my paper, I talk about how conversation is difficult, and ways that you are able to fix that and have a better conversation. I also talk about how through conversation, you are able to hear other people’s sides/opinions and it might even make you change your mind about something you once thought that you … [Read more…]
After watching Celeste Headlee’s TED Talk, she mentioned ten ways for you to have a better conversation. She mentions that listening is the most important. Not talking while the other person is talking is an important part of a conversation. It shows the person that you are listening to what they have to say and, … [Read more…]
