In this blog, I will share my views on the documentary The Mask You Live In. What is masculinity? People usually associate it with toughness, " manliness", strength, etc. This documentary show how men and young boy are view around the world, trying to fit in while they struggle to live up to the standards of masculinity.
How does the argument in the film make you feel (impact on your being)? This documentary makes me feel annoyed honestly and it makes me angry I don't understand why boy are though to be this way. I have a teenage brother and I watch the way the males in the family talk him it truly saddens me. How does the argument in the film make you think (impact on your knowing)? The documentary The Mask You Live In impacts me in a way thats emotional. After watching I just wanted to call my brother and tell him how proud I am of him and how much I love him. I felt the need to express this more after watching this because I feel like it's what a lot of males lacked in the documentary. There were many things like empathy, compassion, and unconditional love, I just don't get that people expect humans to just act one way according to gender. How does the argument in the film make you want to make change (impact on your doing)? I change my interaction with my brother I'm more affectionate. I also listen and pay attention to his behaviors. Watching this documentary made me more aware of the pressures males go through on a daily bases.
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In this blog, I will discuss my views on the documentary Miss Representation and how it affects my being, knowing and doing. Miss Representation is a documentary about how women are misrepresented in the media and culture. It also shows how women in power and that have influence are viewed in the eyes of men around the world.
How does the argument in the film make you feel (impact on your being)? Watching the documentary Miss Representation makes me feel sad. I'm sad because of the world we live in, why do we as women have to be misrepresented in such a negative way. The documentary was based off women in the media over decades of time. It makes me feel sad because I feel over these decades we've made very little strides in the way we are viewed today. I feel like I need to try to help make a difference in some way shape or form. No matter how small or big. How does the argument in the film make you think (impact on your knowing)? After watching the documentary Miss Representation, I definitely can see how it affects my knowing. Everything is revolved around social media and shaping the culture. With social networks shaping our minds 24/7 it’s not hard to see how we rely on it so much for confirmation. Movies, social networks, News, and reality T.V provides entertainment. It also provides images of women that we want strive to be like as women. How does the argument in the film make you want to make change (impact on your doing)? Watching this video definitely makes me want to do more for my community, be that voice of reason for young girls. I would like to flip the views of social media in the way that instead of focusing on the negative views of women we can start focusing on the positive. Instead of looking at “Nikki Minaj” as body goals we can look at “Massy Arias” as body goals because not only is she a professional body builder with a beautiful face. She is a person that wants women all around the world to feel confident in the skin their in. She promotes beauty on the inside and outside. We need to change our mindset and focus on the doing and make strides to better help us grow mentally and physically. It’s Saturday and most importantly my weekend off from work lol. It’s a beautiful day outside I’m thinking to myself I think ill run some errands, oh yeah and buy that new book that just came out called “On the Come up” by Angie Thomas. That’s the author of “The Hate U Give”. It’s now 1pm when I arrive at the bookstore, I run into Tia one of my goods friends.
“Hey Dom” Tia said “ Hey Tia it sure is a lot of people out today” I said “Oh you didn’t hear there will be speakers here today for a conference” Tia said “Really... I wonder who” I said “ The famous poet Pablo Neruda will be reciting and signing some of his work” Tia said “No way… I have been dying to meet him,” I said “ It doesn’t stop there his guest speaker is James Paul Gee and he will be doing a Q&A on literacy and how we interpret it”. Tia said “ Oh this is going to be amazing”. I said I hurry and grab a coffee before the reading begins. Approaching the stage Pablo Neruda! Everyone stands and claps as he recites his poem my favorite part is… “ But when I call upon my Dashing being, Out comes the same old lazy self, And so I never know who I am, Nor how many I am, nor who we will be being, I would like to be able to touch a bell, And call up my real self, the truly me, Because if I really need my proper self, I must not allow myself to disappear.” This poem is very deep. It challenges you to look within yourself. When I heard him recite that part of the poem I felt like he was talking about me. Everyday I get up and want to be better than I was the day before, and crush everyday. But I allow myself to disappear behind excuses of work and sleep deprivation. I need to wake and be the real me. “Now that’s deep ”Tia said “What was your favorite part?” I said “ The very beginning he came out so strong saying… “Of the many men whom I am, we are I cannot settle on a single one They are lost to me under the cover of clothing They have departed for another city.” Tia states Neruda makes his work relatable because he really is someone who was seeking to discover his true identity. “Of the many men who I am, who we are I can't find a single one” meaning there is a multitude of selves who live inside him. His sense of being completely lost within his own changeable, self (“they disappear among my clothes / they've left for another city”). The next speaker James Paul Gee is ready for his Q&A… Guys think of the term discourse. By Discourse I mean “a socially accepted association among ways of using language, of thinking, and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group “ Social network”. “ So like a group of people that share the same interest?” Tia said “Yes” Gee said You have to being to start thinking of a discourse like an “identity kit” which comes up with appropriate costume and instructions on how to act and talk so as to take on another role that others will recognize. “ So basically a identity kit is everything you need to know and do to become a part of a specific Discourse”. I said “Yes” Gee said He steps off stage and begins to shake everyone hand as he say goodbye. I shook his hand and said Thank you for all this informative information on literacy and discourse community. I now understand the concept of being, knowing, doing. The article by James Paul Gee speaks to the identity of our discourse community because it lets you know discourse shapes your life and give you beliefs and values to follow throughout your life. I agree with this because I believe I’m apart of a discourse community where I work we all understand the medical terms, we all where the same uniform etc. so there is a understanding and for the eight or twelve hours we work we are a community. Pablo Neruda’s poem is relatable to our discourse community because everyone can choose a part of the poem and identify with it in some way shape or form. We all struggle with who we are at times and where we are going. We all feel like cowards sometimes, not smart enough at times etc. We have to push pass the barriers. Home Page Well-Being Assessment: Flourishing
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