The photography and design of the Owl Magazine was well done. The color scheme of each page was exciting, but did not take away from the writing. The colors also seemed to fit the mood of the article. For example, in the article “From Torment to Triumph” the blue letters indicate a more serious tone. The pictures were also relevant to the writing. When I am reading a magazine, the first thing I notice are the pictures. I thought the pictures in the magazine captured my attention fairly quickly. The first article that caught my attention was “Waging War on the Pay Gap”. As a woman, I felt like I could relate to the article right away. I liked the use of statistics and facts in the article to support what she was saying. I thought the article
Mother Jones discuss issues about politics to climate to education to food. As the author 's thesis states how better care for Houston would have lead to an happy ending or to a better ending. To provide care, support, and money to mentally ill people. She mentioned how the Government should take care of them. If the Government starts to take some action toward this we can save people like Houston or at least prevent any crime like Houston’s. If the Government starts to take some actions, their will be less “Houston” and more “Terri”. McClelland really made her article strong by using rhetorical strategies ethos, pathos and logos well. She showed her credibility through ethos, emotions through pathos and logic through logos. All these made us the readers, read her story. I believe she used pathos more effectively than any other rhetorical strategies because many of us are persuaded from her story because of her well use of pathos, how she executed her emotion through specific word choices, and
... real-world jobs in order for integration to work. The feminist movement gave the opportunity for women to have a voice in their lives, and has provided women with resources they otherwise would be unable to access. Each topic that was covered in the paper has had a hand in our lives. Whether it was being taught natural selection in school, getting an education, or equality we all have been influenced by the past.
Since the Industrial Revolution in the United States of America, working conditions for women and minorities have not been given equal pay or top positions in the work place. Women being degraded by the men in charge, and minorities constantly at odds with one another so they will not form a Union. Such things keep those with low-status in the job in line, and not feel they are equal to the ones in charge. People from other countries are in search for a better life elsewhere, and take the risk of going to the United States illegally to seek out the American Dream. The articles Working at Bazooms by Meika Loe and At a Slaughterhouse, Some Things Never Die by Charlie LeDuff deal with the working conditions for women and minorities. Workers in both articles have to deal with having terrible working conditions, harassment in the workplace, low-status within the job, and the constant fear of job loss.
As many of these issues are addressed daily, we have to take into consideration that a lot of these claims can be considered ethical in reasoning. In this instance, Jill Filipovic uses rational arguments to provide examples and studies to build a case that women are not just “playing the women card” but that there are real issues that they face simply because of their gender. Even though there are weaknesses within the evidence and claims being made, Filipovic does not violate any values or falsely misleads her audience. There are no signs of Filipovic attempting to prevent or silence the voices of the other side of the argument. Nor does Filipovic use her article to relay emotional stories of women being discriminated against causing her audience to be overwhelmed, causing them to loose sign in the true issue at hand. It seems that her purpose is to inform the readers in hopes that it will bring about change or awareness. Finally, Filipovic does not, in any way, attack any individuals or groups of people. She does dress the topic of discrimination between men and women but the topic is never addressed
Rhetoric may refer to the practice of argumentation that aims to influence or modify the perspectives of the target audience (Herrick, 2005, p. 3). Critically analysing the rhetoric context of an article could help us better apprehend the writer’s rhetoric moves as analytical readers, and attain useful techniques to improve as proficient writers. This essay will be evaluating and comparing the following sentences, which both successfully delivered powerful messages within the gender equality arena yet vary in terms of their rhetorical situation, rhetorical appeals, tone, structure and style.
Since this winter, I can't watch television or movies anymore without critiquing how women and minorities are portrayed. One unexpected thing that I have picked up from taking this class is a sense of wariness when I counter any piece of written material. I have learned to be suspicious, if not directly critical of any particular part of the media as I experience it; I have been inspired to read and be influenced by some prolific female thinkers. It's all coming together for me, what I want to do; I just have to figure out how.
In his op-ed, “Don’t Write Men Off Just Yet,” author Nicholas D. Kristof claims that thanks to the recent academic and social advancements made by the female population in America, we are closer than ever to true gender equality in the workforce. Kristof explains that though it is true that a man earns approximately “$431,000 more than a woman on average,” (par 1) the male population does not “dominate the labor force” (par 2) as they once used to. There are many examples in which women have excelled further than men, such as making up “51 percent of professional and managerial positions in America” (par 6) or holding up as the majority of the National Honor Society, in which “64 percent of its members are girls.” (par 8). Kristof then proceeds to elaborate on this “catch-up quality” (par 10) that women seem to possess. Kristof’s writing also justifies that though women are growing progressively stronger in the workforce, society is simply enhancing itself in terms of gender equality, not embarking on “a fundamentally new imbalance in the other direction.” (par 9). This is primarily confirmed by the
Racism, national debt, sexism, and climate change are all issues the nation is facing without any luck at finding a solution or to minimize the situation. In everyday bases women face sexism in their workplace and in the educational system. In August 2, 2013; Melissa Nelson was fired because her boss found her very attractive and a threat to his marriage. Debrahlee Lorenzana in 2010 was suing Citibank because she too was fired for being too attractive after getting breast implants. This is outrageous that women get treated or even fired for simply being attractive; men aren’t getting fired for being too attractive and this is sexism. Sexism is an issue in our society influenced by media, likewise to the essay
This shows how bold and captivating the unique appearance of the book was; it contained only an illustration and name, without the boasting of achievements. Imagery played a key role in
Piper’s use of imagery in this way gives the opportunity for the reader to experience “first hand” the power of words, and inspires the reader to be free from the fear of writing.
The second selection of mine was an essay named "Women and World War II " by Dr. Sharon. There were two different changes in this essay that the war created for the women of America, there was a bad change and a good change. The bad change in this essay is that most of the women were left to take care of their families by themselves. They had to find jobs to provide for their families. The good change was that it widened the horizons of American women.
The article, Why Being a Jerk at Work Pays written by Amy Reiter, really stuck out to me for the fact a women wrote the article, she talks about the double standard women face in the workforce. She does a very good job at explaining how men in a powerful position can be a jerk and be respected, but how women in that sort of position have to find what she calls a “middle ground” in terms of how they treat there colleges and employes.
In this essay, I attempted to combine two sources and analyze them each by itself first and then combine it at the end. I think I did a good job analyzing and interpreting what Ellen DeGeneres was saying in her article. This essay was more difficult than the other essays for me because it is hard to apply the examples and try to combine two different sources to make a compare and contrast paper make sense.
For the past few weeks in class we have been focusing on the topic of gender and sexism. Gender is what traits an individual identifies with. Sexism is prejudice, stereotyping or discrimination that is typically against women. Through the films Boys Don’t Cry and Courage under Fire we explored how gender and sexism can be a reality and struggle for some every day. The films did a respectable job of showing different versions of sexism. In Boys Don’t Cry we saw sexism against an individual who is transgender and in Courage under Fire we saw a female officer in the military that experienced sexism.
...h the message is conveyed. Potter’s juxtaposition of picture and word also rewards the reader for trusting the evidence of his or her eyes, rather than simply submitting to the authoritative voice.