Blog Post due Tuesday 11:59PM or in class on Wednesday at 9:05AM

Homework due Tuesday Nov 30 11:59PM:

Read Barbara Ehrenreich's “Maid to Order: The Politics of Other Women's Work” 479-495 and compose a blog response based on ONE of the following prompts:

1. Consider what audience this piece was written for. What assumptions does Ehrenreich make about this audience?

2. Consider Ehrenreich's ethos. What is the central argument of this piece? In what ways does her personal experience build her case?

3. Ehrenreich incorporates a range of research and statistics into her essay. Which statistical examples surprised you? Which are most persuasive? Least persuasive? Why?

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Children's Culture and Disney's Animated Films

On a strictly liking - disliking basis I did NOT like this reading. I went into it being pretty excited to see what Giroux was going to talk about because I guess I'm just ignorant and didn't know the "truths" of Disney World. But, you know something? I value my ignorance in this instance because for some of the awful things Giroux explains that Disney does; such as the claims for racism in Aladdin and clashing cultures in Pocahontas I believe that the children watching it do not "care" about those issues. Children do not watch movies such as these to look for racism and clashing cultures, and the good lessons that they are learning from these movies are far more important and influential. The expansion of their minds and imaginations is by far the more pressing purpose of these movies.
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  1. Eric VAOctober 20, 2010 at 9:51 AM

    Hi Emily,
    I didn't really like this reading either, but he has a strong flowing negative outlook on Disney. His writing may be his own opinion, or maybe not. If he does like Disney, it was probably a big step for him to write something this degrading. He also really affects people our age and most of us have responded with negative comments. I think that this is cool how the great majority of us love Disney, but his view is strong, supportive, and passionate as well. He sticks with his argument and states statistics, and I like how he just has a different opinion.

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