Archive for September, 2008
As promised in class today…
Posted in class discussion post on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Topic for Class Discussion: Critical Thinking
Posted in class discussion post, gender, movies on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lolita, 1962
Topic for Class Discussion: Rhetorical Appeals
Posted in advertising, class discussion post on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Let’s use the below ads to discuss ethos, pathos and logos, also audience and purpose:
It’s Britney, bitch. And it sure is!
Posted in music on September 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »
this new song of Brit Brit’s isn’t even officially out yet and I am ALREADY SUCKED IN! I simply adore her. And more so now that she is making a comeback.
I am going to be humming this thing all weekend.
ETA: if you haven’t read the comments for this post yet, check them out. Katie [...]
FW5 Answers
Posted in in-class freewrite on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
if you couldn’t figure out who I was talking about in the below freewrites, you suck!
FW5: Waking up as someone famous 2
Posted in in-class freewrite, music, television on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
yeah boooyyyyy! get my grill! find my clock! I got a crib full of women downstairs and they need naming and kicked out one by one. damn, I sure hope I find my true love this time…I am working on evening out my kids and I still need two more to make an even 20.
these [...]
FW5:waking up as someone famous
Posted in food, in-class freewrite on September 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
omg, my head is so big. and heavy. but this is so very familiar. I cannot wait to get out of bed and eat some cheesy tots! yeah, cheesy tots are the best invention I have ever approved. and omg…with ranch dressing? who would have thought that ranch dressing can make everything so damn amazing!
oh, [...]
That’s what she said.
Posted in television on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Giddiness is overwhelming me at the thought of parking my fat ass on my couch and revelling in a night of Michael Scott and friends. I am so excited about The Office season premiere on Thursday night, I wish I could go to sleep and wake up tomorrow night at 8:58p.
To get us (or at [...]
A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal…
Posted in movies on September 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I was really excited to read Denby’s essay, “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies.” Having graduated high school in 1985, I am of the John Hughes generation, that of the breakout teen angst film. It was as if Denby wrote this essay just for me!
I thought he made a solid argument about contemporary teen films:
“Teachers [...]
Topic for Class Discussion
Posted in class discussion post, image on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Tannen’s essay, “There is no Unmarked Woman,” she argues,
“The term ‘marked’ is a staple of linguistic theory. It refers to the way language alters the base meaning of a word by adding a linguistic particle that has no meaning on its own. The unmarked form of a word carries the meaning that goes without [...]
