In the Service of what?

Christensen is absoultly correct.The media definetly plays a rolde in how our society view things. The one thing the media portrays today is gender roles. For example, women are suppose to stay at home, take care of the kids and are basically suppose to form their childrens identity. On the other hand, men are suppose to go out and work all day, make the money to support the family. Another big thing Christensen talks about that the media portrays is money. They make it seem that people must have money in order to be happy, which I am not sure if i cant disagree with her. In todays society, many people struggle to make money, and a lot of people are depressed. The media definetly plays a role in how our society should be. Meaning they say certain things and portray certain things on how people should live. Like when they promote things that have to do with clothes or makeup or really anything in general, they always need a beautiful girl, or a really cut looking man. They  do this not only to promote their product, but to promote how people should look. Christensen made some interesting points, and I can wait to go over it in class.

Teasing to Torment

After reading this article, I was fried up. I am sure after reading some of my post, it is obvious that I do not like it when people get treated differently just because of their gender, how they look, what they like etc.. This article just made me mad and unfotunately the article was true. Many people who are gay, or look gay get bullied every day. Why? I have no idea. Their people just like everybody else in this world. I think they should be treated the same, without a doubt. I actually think it takes a lot of courage to come out and say your gay. To say you are gay to the world (especially in todays society when somehting like that is absurd) taskes a lot of courage. I respect gay people and what they believe in. This article really got me fired up, and I wish things were different. But their not and yet again another reason why our society sucks.

Aria

Aria to me was a very sad kind of reading. At first Iwas frustrated with the kid because I thought he was taking a lot away form himself. For example he said he would sit in class "silent, waiting for the bell to sound, I remained dazed, diffident, afraid". I know he was Spanish, and did not speak a lot of English and that could be very intimidating especially if you are in a all white school, but I think he should have at least made an effort in class to try to make new friends, and interact with the teacher to learn and experience new things. But right when the nuns came (pg 1), I started to feel bad. His parents were told they need their kids to speak English better, and that they want their parents to just speak English around them. As the story goes on the boy starts to feel more and more distant from his family, but seems to enjoy school better. When reading this I actually felt bad for the kid because he did not really communicate with his parents at all. Personally that would kill me becasue my parents are everything in my life. Their always there for you when you need them, and I feel like this kid might have lost that feeling towards his parents becasue they did not get to talk as much as they use to. I just thought it was sad to see a family fall apart like this.

White Privelage: Unpacking the invisible knapsack...Peggy McIntosh

When McIntosh first starts to talk about women and how they do not have the same rights as men, I agreed. I do think women still get treated differently then men. I think our society today still has the mentallity of "men dominant women" and "men should be the ones who work all day and women take care of the house and children". I think this is one of the biggest problems with our socitey. I breifly touched upon this in my first reflection paper, but now that I hear it again, it gets me fried up. I know women can do exatctly what men can do. I bet if you put a woman in some serious jobs like a President or executive of a company, they can perform better than some men. I also think women have a lot tougher life than men. Just because men have a physical advantage over women, does not mean they have the right to boss them around, or disrespect women. All woman should have the same rights as men and should be treated equally. They work just as hard, but do not nearly get the respect they deserve.
McIntosh also talks about "power" she has, but I do not know how to really react to it. At first I was mad but then I kind of saw where he was coming from. This article was pretty confusing and jumped around from one topic to another. It made me confused and not pay attention to the article.

Hey wahts' up I'm Duff. I am from Cranston RI and I am the middle child of a fmaily of 5. I am sports addicted. No matter what sport it is I love to watch it or play it. I am a huge football fan though. I could watch football no matter what team is paying, even though I am a die hard Patriots fan. This semester I am taking 3 classes and so far no complaints. All my professors are pretty cool and are layed back. When not in class, I am usually playing some kind of sport, working out, playing video games, or just hanging out with my family.