Grabill: Audience

Much of Monday’s class time was spent discussing our opinions and reactions to Grabill’s Writing Community Change. During the discussion, the question of audience was brought up. Much of us, if not all, are wondering who Grabill intended this book to be for. Academic Scholars? Students? Everyday people?

Creating Change One Step at a Time

After familiarizing myself with our next class speaker, Dessa, through her blog site known as Dessa-bility, I was impacted by her optimism and self confidence concerning her attitude towards her physical disability.

Dessa-bility blog post: Compared to a Porn Star

Instructed by Professor Wolcott to visit our next speaker’s blog site known as Dessa-bility, the first post I chose to read was “How to Take Charge of those Uncomfortable Moments When You’re Compared to a Porn Star.” This particular post caught my attention, and not just because it was her most recent post at the time I visited the site.

Dad’s Letter to Daughter Goes Viral

I came across an article the other day that moved me enough to feel the need to share on here. Father of a four-year-old daughter and clinical psychologist Kelly Flanagan reveals the pressures associated with body image young girls are faced with through a letter he wrote to his daughter.

Writing Community Change

The material discussed in Writing Community Change is definitely a change in pace and tone from that of Half the Sky.

Half the Sky, Chapter 14

I was curious as to how the book would be wrapped up in the last chapter. All in all, I agree with the way Kristof and Wudunn presented the conclusion of the matter.

Half the Sky, Chapter 13

The first few pages of Chapter 13 were a brutal read for me. I do not take well to reading about explicit, painful details of genital mutilation, but then again, who does? I guess that’s the effect the authors were looking for.

Coogan’s Service Learning and Social Change: The Case for Materialistic Rhetoric

“The appeal of service learning, in this light, is that it offers rhetoricians a unique opportunity to discover the arguments that already exist in the communities we wish to serve; analyze the effectiveness of those arguments; collaboratively produce viable alternatives with community partners; and assess the impact of our interventions…

Half the Sky, Chapter 12

Chapter 12 opened my eyes to the progress China has made with their female population.

Half the Sky, Chapter 11

Contrary to the set up of most of the other chapters, I found Chapter 11 as a whole to be mostly positive. After reading through the first few chapters of this book, I recognized a pattern.