Anzaldua

Summary.

In Anzaldua's article, "Tlili, Tlapalli: THe Path of the Red and Black Ink", she talks about personal stories and about her being a feminist. She said how she loved to read and it was something she would do at night before bed. The audience of this article can be feminists and or people who like to read about feminism.

Response	Quotation
I thought this was interesting because it relates back to structure of.. well, anything really. I like it.	"I can see the deep structure, the scaffolding" (220).
This is how and why I related this article to McCloud.	"When I don't write the images down for several days or weeks or months. I get physically ill" (222).
I liked this because it is talking about imagination. I like to use my own imagination.	"Sometimes I put the imagination to a more rare use" (223).
I like this because it is talking about the soul. It is like putting your heart into whatever it is you like to do.	"My soul makes itself through the creative act" (224).

Synthesis.

This article can be related to Flynn's article because both are dealing with feminism. A second person that this can be related to is McCloud. I say this because in Anzaldua's article she talks about writing down or drawing out an image to get it out of her thoughts and onto paper. Finally, Swales can be related to this because that article deals with discourse communities and feminism in itself is it's own discourse community.

Thoughts.

Overall, I thought that this article was pretty boring. I wasn't too interested in the article topic in the first place either. It was somewhat interesting to read about her personal feelings and stories and whatnot but I wasn't a fan. I am not sure that I would read this again.

Lamott, King, Diaz.

Overall, I didn't have a problem with this article. It wasn't one of my favorites, but I thought it was very interesting. Learning new things is always fun.

Response	Quotation
I agree with this. I feel that this happens with everyone.	"For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous.  In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts" (302).
I felt this was a little extreme but it was funny. Everyone always has a choice.	“It's not like you don't have a choice, because you do - you can either type or kill yourself” (301).
I like how this was compared to a child's draft. I don't know why. It is like making everything simple.	"The first draft is the child's draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place... knowing that you can shape it later" (302).
The reason I chose this was because it painted a picture in my head and I thought of my own basement and that brought back good memories.	"I'm in another place, a basement place where there are lots of bright lights and clear images. This is a place I've built for myself over the years. It's a far-seeing place" (305).
Just keep writing. I liked that a lot. It is like never give up.	“Even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any signs of promise, you keep writing anyway” (Diaz 320).

Cixous

Define whiteness, marginalized and heterotypical.

Whiteness- white |(h)wīt| adjective1 of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of most wavelengths of visible light; the opposite of black:2 belonging to or denoting a human group having light-colored skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction):
3 counterrevolutionary or reactionary.Contrasted with red ( sense 2 of theadjective).
In colorimetry, whiteness is the degree to which a surface is white. An example of its use might be to quantitatively compare two pieces of paper which appear white viewed individually, but not when juxtaposed.
Marginalized-marginalize |ˈmärjənəˌlīz| verbtreat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral: (as adj.marginalized)marginalization |ˌmärjənələˈzāSHən |noun
Social exclusion is a concept used in many parts of the world to characterise contemporary forms of social disadvantage. Dr. Lynn Todman, director of the Institute on Social Exclusion at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, suggests that social exclusion refers to processes in which individuals and entire communities of people are systematically blocked from rights, opportunities and resources (e.g. housing, employment, healthcare, civic engagement, democratic participation and due process) that are normally available to members of society and which are key to social integration.
Heterotypical-het·er·o·typ·ic (ht-r-tpk) also het·er·o·typ·i·cal (--kl)

adj.1. Biology Of, relating to, or being the reduction division of meiosis.2. Of a different type or form.

Derogatory term for attitudes and behaviors typical of straight people and straight culture. (Obviously a play on the world "stereotypical".) It can either refer to a gender-schematic view of the world or to conservative attitudes about sex and relationships. "Heterotypical." The Free Dictionary. Farlex, 2009. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/heterotypical>.Interneter. "Urban Dictionary Is the Dictionary You Wrote. Define Your World." Urban Dictionary. LLC, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://www.urbandictionary.com/>. Thoughts. Personally, when I saw the word whiteness I thought of the color white. Then I thought about myself because yes, I am white and then I thought about my house because it is white. When I saw the word marginalized I though about myself because in high school I was somewhat marginalized in my class because of my political views. I then thought about African Americans and how they were marginalized throughout all of history. When I saw the word heterotypical I thought of the word "different." I am not sure why but this was a term that I really didn't understand and now I get it after looking into it more. Response Quotation I liked this. This made me think about my dreams for the future of my life for some reason. “The new history is coming; it’s not a dream, though it does extend beyond men’s imagination, and for good reason” (pg. 252). I was unsure about this. I didn't really understand how the word “haunted” fit into this sentence. I guess it is just personal. "I have been amazed more than once by a description of a woman gave me of a world all her own which she had been secretly haunting since early childhood" (247). I did not understand this at all. I learned what phallocentric means. "It has been one with the phallocentric tradition" (249). Again, I was just lost by this. I am not sure what is trying to be said here. “Let us not be trapped by an analysis still encumbered with the old automatisms” (254). I liked this quote. It can be taken into my personal life. I like the “let nobody threaten you”. “Let nobody threaten you; in satisfying your desire, let not the fear of becoming the accomplice to a socially succeed the old-time fear of being ‘taken’” (257).

Alexander (What is the point of reading about this?)

Synthesis.

Alexander's article, "Transgender Rhetorics:(Re)Composing Narratives of the gendered body" can be related to some people that we have just read about. One person is Malinowitz. I say this because she talks about gay and lesbian discourses. A second person that can relate is Flynn. Flynn talks about the feminist inquiry which can relate to Alexander's article. This can also relate to Swales because of fitting into a discourse community. (Basically everyone that talks about discourse communities can fit into this synthesis).

Response

Quotation

I like how this set up the article.

"This essay attempts to demonstrate how transgender theories can inspire pedagogical methods that complement feminist compositionist pedagogical apporches to understanding the narration of gender as a social construct" (195).

I do not want to read this article after reading this. WHY ARE WE READING ABOUT THIS?

"As a queer feminist compositionist, I have given a lot of thought to the relationships among narrative, identity, gender, and the teaching of writing" (195).

This is an opinion and it shows voice.

"Over the last three decades, numerous composition scholars who have been influenced by feminist have undertaken an examination of how gender is a multivalent construct whose identity- and community- shaping power needs interrogation in our classrooms, our teacherly performances, and our students' writing" (196).

This is another opinion showing voice.

"Some scholar-teachers have suggested that such identity interrogation along the axes of sexuality and gender is important for both students and instructors" (198).

I am not sure what I think about this.

"In many ways, trans theorists, activists, and writers are equally invested in engendering in others a "critical awareness" about gender and in opening up a "scene of agency, a sense of possibility" about what gender means - and could mean - as a construct that is simultaneously deeply personal and profoundly political" (200).

I do not agree with this.

"Acknowledging the presence of the transgendered is useful not only for understanding those who are differently gendered or whose presentation or experience of gender falls outside our "norms":'but also for helping us interrogate the constructs of gender that we often take for granted as "natural" or "normal"" (200).

Thoughts.

Why are we even reading about this? I didn't like reading about this at all. I am also not taking anything away from this. If anything, reading this article made me more upset. This is pointless information to me and I do not understand why this is relevant to making me a better writer.

Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izUQnvlso3E

This relates to this article because she is a transgender and deals a lot with with writing. I do not agree with it at all.

Paper Update.

       Honestly, I haven't been able to put too much time into fixing my edited (peer reviewed) paper. What I have done though is look over everything that was said and have taken note of that. I like some of the comments that were given and I will absolutely take them into consideration to make my paper better. I have also seen where I can make improvements myself to make my paper better too. I am excited to see how far I will come on this paper to make it better.

Smitherman

Before You Read.

Yes I have. I feel like this happens to everyone so I do not feel so guilty. But I judged what they said and everything because it was almost like they couldn't pronounce a lot of words correctly. It bothered me.

Summary.

In Smitherman's article "God Don't Never Change': Black English from a Black Perspective", she basically talks about how and why Black English may not be all that important to criticize students for using it. In her article, she goes from writing English to Black English". This can help both teachers and students.

Synthesis.

One person that can connect with this article is Swales. The reason I sat this is because Swales talks about how to fit into a discourse community just like in Smitherman's article. A second person that can relate to this article is Wardle. I say this because Wardle talks about language, identity and acceptance. Lastly, a third person that can relate to this article is Gee. Gee talks about conflicting discourses and that has a lot to do with what Smitherman talked about.

Response	Quotation
This is just talking about grammar. It is kind of telling what is right and wrong with it.	“A quick look at the tradition of schoolroom grammars and the undergirding ideology of early English grammarians reveals that the current ‘national mania for correctness’ has been around a long time” (189).
This is voice being shown in this article. I like what is being said.	“So Americans, lacking a fixed place in society, don’t know where they be in terms of social and personal identity” (190).
This made me sad to think about war. But also happy because of men who are giving their lives for me. God Bless.	"The reason the war in China is bad is that American boys is dying over there" (192).
Not sure. It isn't like it is a completely new language or anything.	"And isn't it interesting that these Superficial features of BI are easily translatable into WE?" (193).
	QD 7.

I think one reason could be because of the amount of power. The disenfranchised individuals do not have too much power and because of that they fear of being taken over or lost of the dominant discourse.

Thoughts.

I thought this article was very interesting. I was not the biggest fan of it, but compared to some of the other articles we have read, I didn't dislike it too much. One thing I liked about it was that it was so different and unexpected. I don't think I would want to ever read this again though.

Flynn

Before You Read.

All throughout school while growing up I have had both male and female teachers and students in the classroom. From what I can remember, no my teachers did not treat male and female students any differently.

Summary.

In Flynn's article, " Composing as a Woman", she basically talks about the differences between men and women composing text. A lot of different factors play into the way that men and women write. Not only does she talk about this, but also about how each gender interacts differently in certain social situations.

Synthesis.

One person that can relate to this is Bernhardt. The reason I say this is because both of these articles have to do with women (and the study of women). A second person that can be related to this is Wysocki. I say this because Wysocki discussed the importance of women. Finally, a third person that can be related to this article is Baron. I say this because Baron talked about social influence because of how different men and women are.

Response	Quotation
This is just saying how women's voices have been shut down. I feel that with overtime (clearly) this got better and still is becoming better.	“Women’s perspectives have been suppressed, silenced, marginalized, written out of what counts as authoritative knowledge. Difference is erased in a desire to universalize” (157)
This just goes to show that men and women are different and because of that, their writing will always be different.	“Feminist research and theory emphasize that males and females differ in their developmental process and in their interactions with others” (157).
To me, this just went to show/tell me that this is a way how the men and female thought process is different.	“Jim does not emphasize his fear, despite the fact that his situation was more threatening than the one Kathy described” (161).
Yes, men have a dominance when it comes to women. This still doesn't give us men any better chance of judging them.	“Men become the standard against which woman are judged.” (157)

QD 3.

What I get from that is that women's voices aren't always being heard especially when it comes to writing. I also feel that minorities are silenced still to this day just as women were before.

Thoughts.

I thought this article was interesting. I am not sure that I would ever read it again and/or tell someone else to read it. Anyways, when it comes down to writing, I had never thought about how different it could be because of men and women. Finally, I just didn't like how she said what she had to say whether because it was so strong or because the topic got boring to talk about.

Project 3 Progress

Actually, I am very busy this weekend so I am done with the draft of my project 3 paper. I was able to relate somewhere between 6-10 (if I remember correctly) of the authors that we have been reading about in class and also three other online sources. I feel that it is a good paper though there is room for some improvement. Once again, relating back to my last paper, does it matter if it flows?

Also, I was able to really relate to my own discourse community so I am glad I chose what I did. It really helped me realize what I have and what I don't want to lose. Writing this paper make me think back to my young self and think about just starting off with music. If it weren't for my dad pushing me in school to learn an instrument, I would not be where I am today. Overall, I am very grateful to be in such a loving discourse community; THE 110 OHIO UNIVERSITY DRUMLINE. Once a family, always a family.

Villanueva

Before You Read.

I feel that yes, I have considered myself to be an outsider at some points in my life. And yes, I have had to assert my religious background before.

Summary.

In this article, "Memoria is a Friend of Ours: On the Discourse of Color", Villanueva gives examples of authors who write about their memories and things being minorities. He also really just talks about race and whatnot and says how color can reflect on the author's memories. He also talk about communities and discourse.

Synthesis.

One person that can be related to this article is Porter. I say this because Porter talks about intertextuality and discourse communities. Also, Heilker and Yergeau because all people can be made fun of from different situations. Another person that can be related is Bryson. Bryson talks about force of habit that can be very difficult to break.

Response	Quotation
This was a connection with me because my grandpa speaks Spanish.	“Remember to call your grandpa abuelo. He'll like the sound of that, since none of my sister's kids have called him that” (171).
Everyone has different memories and things can be remembered differently between people. This just made me think of my personal memories.	“Memory simply cannot be adequately portrayed in the conventional discourse of the academy” (172).
I wasn't sure what I thought about this. I mean yes, clearly, it is true.	“Those of us who are light-skinned don't pass for white; we're just not automatically sorted into the appropriate slot” (174).
This made me think of how far we have come as a country. Also how racism still exists in our world today.	“Yet little things happen that betray the underlying racism that affects us all, no matter how appalled by racism we might be” (174).
I didn't really understand this and the more I read it, the more confused I get.	“I am these uneasy mixes of races that make for no race at all yet find themselves victim to racism” (176).
I am not sure what it is about this, but I really like it a lot. It made me stop and think about myself and what the future is holding for me.	“Looking back, we look ahead, and giving ourselves up to the looking back and the looking ahead, knowing the self, and, critically, knowing the self in relation to others, maybe we can be and instrument whereby students can hear the call” (176).

AE.

I didn't really get it so I Googled it. I got something kind of like, "improving oneself by one's own efforts". I think that a group always needs to stick together to survive in any given situation and stay strong with what they believe in.

Thoughts.

I guess I found this article interesting. The poems were something thrown in writing that I wasn't really used to seeing so that was kind of nice. This was a little boring though and dragged out too. Overall, discourse communities will always be around and everyone belongs in one no matter what they think.