5/4/2019 0 Comments Research Paper: The FinaleFinally I’m coming up on the final lap. This Research paper has honestly wore me out. I started off my paper so strong and knew in my head the direction I want to go toward. I really just had a hard time executing my message. I’m so passionate about my topic because I was once a young girl looking to the media for trends and guidance. I use to want the perfect body because that’s what I saw advertised. Women are more than just sexual objects. It was very important for me to show a different side of women and make that the main topic. Many women in the world have tremendous accomplishments but fade to the sidelines because they either take the backseat to a man or are body shamed because they don’t look the part.
This research paper was difficult to write I won’t lie, but the purpose behind the message made me want to put pass all the feelings of defeat. During the process of this research paper I used quotes from the documentary Miss Representation,to help support my thoughts in research paper. Throughout all the different stages of this paper I struggled. There were a lot of helpful tips learned in this course, creditable sources, and quote from the documentary to help form my views on how sexism, gender discrimination, gender power and how they affect the vast majority of women in the world leaving them feeling empowered.
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This is the half way mark of the research paper I should be either finished the paper or at least half way through. I’m neither, I am still at the beginning stages of my paper. I’m having major writers block and feel discouraged as I feel like I won’t meet my deadline in time. These past couple of weeks we were introduced to some concepts that might help us along the way in our process in writing our research paper. We talked about creditable sources, and In-text Citations. Using In-text Citation we need to focus on the summary, paraphrasing the text and using direct quotes to help support my ideas to help produce a better final project. We discussed arguments/ counter arguments. We also talk logical fallacies, and different acronyms that were used throughout this course such as DAT, TPS, PIE, etc. These are all things that we can use to help us with the writing process with the research paper. We also had write an empathy letter to help build our memoir, write a Sympathy letter to help structure/build our research paper, and Write a counter facial to show different ways of writing to integrate into our paper to help strengthen our final project.
Empathy Letter… Dear Dad, It’s me Dom, It’s something I’ve been meaning to get off my chest all these years. First off I want to say I forgive you. I also want to tell you I’m sorry. I came into your life unexpectedly and abrupt changing your life forever. I robbed you and mom of your childhood making you instantly become adults. For mom it was easier for her to adapt I grew inside her and lived with her so our bond was better she instantly loved me and you grew to love me. Mom always said you were wild growing up you started drinking and partying at a young age, your household wasn’t the most structured so you became a product of your environment. You dropped out of school in the eighth grade really having no direction in which way to go in life. You found a passion for cooking and are actually really awesome at it, It’s one of the things I admire most about to you. I just want you to know I don’t hate and I forgive you because as I struggled to find myself and know my worth all these years, I realize you never knew yours. Sympathy Letter… Dear Girls, I just want you to know I love each and every one of you. If you haven’t heard these things lately regardless of age, race, and gender identity. I want you to know you are smart and beautiful in your own way. Be happy with yourself love who you are and embrace being you. Live out every dream imagined and know your worth as long as you know that you will always be on top. Counter facial What if when I ...Looked up at my dad an saw him staggering up the stairs I would’ve just grabbed by little brother Chris quickly before he made it to the steps and began singing the theme song to curious George to him that’s his favorite movie… I would smile at Chris make us a snack grab his rabbit and a cup of tea and prepare to watch his favorite movie. My mom could’ve just went upstairs because she noticed my father was drunk and help him lay down and get conformable to sleep it off and prepare for the next day. Me and my father would have never fought, I would have never been arrested and the whole story would’ve changed just like that. 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. 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. |
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