Yesterday, during a lesson on persuasive rhetorical techniques, I showed my students a number of commercials, asking them whether the technique used was Logos, Ethos, or Pathos. Along with this, I asked them what the ad was trying to sell, what… Read more ›
Today’s post is a guest post from Trelk. You can find his blog here and follow him on Twitter here. Today I have decided to voice a problem I’ve had for some time. Body image. We all struggle with it.… Read more ›
Ok. I need to do some venting about the bridal industry. You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged about wedding plans in quite some time. This is because I have the good fortune to be very organized and relatively… Read more ›
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Hello there, everyone, and welcome to 2010! I’m excited for this upcoming year because I think there are some great things in store for me. For one, I’m getting married this year. Secondly, I’ll… Read more ›
Last night was the very first EVER Chicago Feminist Tweetup, and it was a huge success, if I do say so myself. It was so wonderful to finally meet so many of you wonderful tweeps with whom I’ve had several great… Read more ›
A little while ago, I promised a few of you that I would write about the entire process-turned-fiasco that was the application for IRB approval for my thesis project. While I was very upset at the time, I am now… Read more ›
I’m breathing a sigh of relief. Remember when I blogged about my confidence taking a jab after some issues with my thesis research? Well, it has finally been approved, which means I can get started with interviews NOW! My research… Read more ›
This post comes from one of my former students, Sara Jacobsen, and I could not be more proud of her! By no means would I consider myself a vain or pretentious person. I am, however, well aware that when based… Read more ›
I find it sort of ironic that just a few weeks ago, I kicked off a new series on body image. Why? Because this week, my self image has been the lowest it has been in a while. I’m not… Read more ›
This post on body image comes from the wonderful, talented, and beautiful Danine Spencer. You can find her blog at http://danine.net/ and follow her on Twitter at @DanineSpencer. There are lots of reasons to hate my body. I’m overweight. I’ve… Read more ›
Image by chase-me via Flickr It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, eh? Well, I finally got a chance to sit down and read a book from cover to cover. For fun! I’m not surprised that I… Read more ›
Unfortunately, my busy self missed the deadline to submit a post to the Feminists Give Thanks salon over at Danine.net. But I wanted to say that, first, you should definitely go read what my awesome feminist friends had to say… Read more ›
OK, in the interest of full disclosure (and I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again): I am skinny. I’m not saying this or showing you this for any reason other than just to set the stage for this… Read more ›
I just need to say something. Just to vent. Privilege (white privilege, class privelige, male privilage, what have you) is not necessarily a bad thing. You don’t choose how or where or in what situatuon you’re born. I have privilege… Read more ›
Because I must cite my sources! (To see the entire literature review, click here.) Works Cited Androutsopoulos, Jannis. “Potentials and Limitations of Discourse-Centred Online Ethnography.” Language@Internet, 5 (2008), article 9. 7 July 2009 <http://www.languageatinternet.de>. Aronson, Pamela. “Feminists or ‘Postfeminists’?: Young… Read more ›
This continues a series of posts that, all together, comprise my literature review for my Master’s thesis research. You can view all of the posts by clicking here. What follows is a brief section about my theoretical framework for my… Read more ›
This continues a series of posts that, all together, comprise my literature review for my Master’s thesis research. You can view all of the posts by clicking here. What follows is a brief section that works to define blogging as… Read more ›
This continues a series of posts that, all together, comprise my literature review for my Master’s thesis research. You can view all of the posts by clicking here. What follows is a brief section about feminist activism and literacy. Enjoy!… Read more ›
This begins a series of posts that, all together, comprise my literature review for my Master’s thesis research. You can view all of the posts by clicking here. What follows is the section on the feminist movement and defining feminism. … Read more ›
To follow up on my previous post on this subject, here’s something interesting from a more recent (2003) study by Pamela Aronson called “Feminists or ‘Postfeminists’?: Young Women’s Attitudes toward Feminism and Gender Relations”: I have shown that the feminist… Read more ›