For the cause of 201 I will be informing the public on the difference between art and pornography so, hopefully, the college will be less offended by nude art and stop labeling it pornographic when it's not.
I hope to achieve this goal by use of brochures and posters, and also hopefully through this blog. I will be working with the art club primarily, seeing as they're the closest group that would advocate for this. The human body is a beautiful thing and if we as artists so choose to show this beauty, we should not have our works be grouped with porn when there is much more symbolism and beauty and creativity that goes into these works. We're not in high school anymore, we're in college, we need to stop being protected from natural beauty such as that which lies in the nude human body and genital regions.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Analyizing: "Hooking Up Smart"
The blog that I choose to analyze was one entitled "Hooking Up Smart" by Susan Walsh. The blog was advertised as a blog for dating advice, particularly geared towards women trying to find the right man. The blog is supposed to be used as a forum for women, and men, to discuss relationship problems.
The Writer was hard for me to understand due to the fact that it appeared to be a woman writing all of this, judging from the posts and the name of the author, but then at the bottom of the first page there was a series of posts by the author pointing out different people around the city where she lived that she found attractive. This was a slue of both women and men. Immediately after this, however, she began talking about relationships strictly with men. I actually had to go back and make sure all of the posts were by the same author, that one in particular. Sure enough they were all by Susan, which leads me to believe she is bisexual. This did not bother me in any way, I just wish she would have left that post out because it didn't really pretain to the rest of the blog and seemed more for her personal gain than trying to help others. Other than this black mark at the bottom of the page, I found the advice to be very up-to-date and useful. Susan used everything from cute videos to newspaper articles to back up her advice, showing that she wasn't the only one who thought this way. She made the blog more personal by including movie/book reviews of her own, using books and movies that pretained to dating and dating advice.
The intended reader is most obviously women, making me part of the intended audience. More specifically the audience is probably single women or women in bad relationships, which excludes me from the intended audience. Really, this blog is for anyone who wants to be in a good relationship or wants to offer up advice for others so they can be in a good relationship. The Susan Walsh included all of these groups by not only responding to comments positively from all groups, but also by posting videos and newspaper articles by all of these groups of people. She included everything from a video by a girl about childhood heartbreak to a newspaper article by a guy that was offering up advice about dating in college. The writer included not only men and women, single or in a relationship, but also all age groups, all while presenting the information in a pleasing manner and giving personal connections. All in all Susan Walsh has created a blog that is not only worth reading, but worth posting comments on to help others and to help further the blog.
The Writer was hard for me to understand due to the fact that it appeared to be a woman writing all of this, judging from the posts and the name of the author, but then at the bottom of the first page there was a series of posts by the author pointing out different people around the city where she lived that she found attractive. This was a slue of both women and men. Immediately after this, however, she began talking about relationships strictly with men. I actually had to go back and make sure all of the posts were by the same author, that one in particular. Sure enough they were all by Susan, which leads me to believe she is bisexual. This did not bother me in any way, I just wish she would have left that post out because it didn't really pretain to the rest of the blog and seemed more for her personal gain than trying to help others. Other than this black mark at the bottom of the page, I found the advice to be very up-to-date and useful. Susan used everything from cute videos to newspaper articles to back up her advice, showing that she wasn't the only one who thought this way. She made the blog more personal by including movie/book reviews of her own, using books and movies that pretained to dating and dating advice.
The intended reader is most obviously women, making me part of the intended audience. More specifically the audience is probably single women or women in bad relationships, which excludes me from the intended audience. Really, this blog is for anyone who wants to be in a good relationship or wants to offer up advice for others so they can be in a good relationship. The Susan Walsh included all of these groups by not only responding to comments positively from all groups, but also by posting videos and newspaper articles by all of these groups of people. She included everything from a video by a girl about childhood heartbreak to a newspaper article by a guy that was offering up advice about dating in college. The writer included not only men and women, single or in a relationship, but also all age groups, all while presenting the information in a pleasing manner and giving personal connections. All in all Susan Walsh has created a blog that is not only worth reading, but worth posting comments on to help others and to help further the blog.
Exercise 2-List of Concerns
Here is a list of my private concerns:
-Will the Warm Weather Stay?
-Will I still have my job next week?
-Can I find a better paying, less stressful job?
-Can I loose some weight?
-Do I get outside enough?
-Do I get enough sleep?
-Will I have enough time to do all of my homework and still work?
-Will I make good grades?
-Am I a good enough girlfriend?
-Will I be able to move out of my parent's house?
-Will the Warm Weather Stay?
-Will I still have my job next week?
-Can I find a better paying, less stressful job?
-Can I loose some weight?
-Do I get outside enough?
-Do I get enough sleep?
-Will I have enough time to do all of my homework and still work?
-Will I make good grades?
-Am I a good enough girlfriend?
-Will I be able to move out of my parent's house?
Exercise 1-Public Spheres
Here are a list of Public Spheres Around Campus Here At USI:
-The Library
-The UC (both TV's and the Bulletin board by the Bookstore)
-Chalk Writings on the sidewalk
-Window Ads on the UC
-Lawn Signs
-Bulletin Board on the way to the HP
-Signs on windows and doors all around Campus
-Bulletins around the Dorms
-The Library
-The UC (both TV's and the Bulletin board by the Bookstore)
-Chalk Writings on the sidewalk
-Window Ads on the UC
-Lawn Signs
-Bulletin Board on the way to the HP
-Signs on windows and doors all around Campus
-Bulletins around the Dorms
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