After our class discussion on Tuesday, all I kept thinking
about was marriage. I thought about how common it is becoming for a woman to
not take a man’s last name when they get married. It is common for her to hyphen
her name. I’ve been noticing it more and more. Therefore, I have noticed that many
people give woman who hyphen their last name a dirty look or a snooty comment
under their breath. People come up with a bunch of goofy reasons why a woman hyphen’s
her name, things like she doesn’t really love the man, isn’t ready for the commitment,
or she wants her old name still so old
boyfriends can find her. It’s sad to think that just because you don’t want to
change your name completely people look down on you and say “oh you don’t like
the traditional gender roles.” I think that women should have the choice and
they shouldn’t feel socially pressured to change her name. So what if she
decides to not follow the norm, why do people have to automatically put a
negative association with it? Why do the women who decide to hyphen their name
feel the need to explain themselves? Does anyone else see hyphenated names
after marriage becoming more common or no? What are people’s thought about this
subject?
women's lit
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Thoughts about Thursday's class discussion
In class on Thursday we discussed the binary code of 0 and
1. I am not tech savvy in any way shape or form but it was fun to learn that that’s
all computers run on. Also, I think it’s so interesting that 0 is for absence
and 1 is for presence that that one is more than 0. Entailing that men are
better than woman in the computer world. I still find it so interesting that
the binary code is just like weaving. Also, the discussion about the best buy
thing blows my mind. I called my sister who is very tech savvy and into
computer games, and told her about our discussion. She couldn’t believe that
she had never noticed that appliances and certain gaming consoles are white. On
a side note now that’s what I am going to look at this weekend when I go to
Best Buy to get my Ipad fixed. Which got me thinking, is apple trying to say
something more than oh we have cool products that come in black and white? I
find it interesting that their most complex technologic items only come in
black or white. Do you think they are evening out the playing field by not
limiting the color choice between black and white? What are some other people’s
thoughts?
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Diamond Age..Miranda wants to find Nell
The chapter where Carl introduces Miranda to two unusual
characters was confusing and intriguing all at the same time. So in this
chapter I got that these two men have been thinking about how to reach people
through ractives, not just help them with their lives through technology. The
two men’s names are Mr. Beck and Mr. Oda. Carl tells her that it is impossible
but these two men are trying to work on it or they already know how. Miranda is
asked to be in the experiment and she feels like she is not the best candidate
because she does a lot of kid ractives. It reminds me of Nell in a way because
in the beginning Nell is always thinking she can’t do things. I am interested
to see if Miranda can find Nell because I think she is the most mother like
figure in her life. I think that
somewhat of the point of ractives is to interact with people on such a personal
level but it still isn’t real life. Also, I hope Miranda gets to find Nell. She
is so connected to her and truly loves her like she would her own daughter if
she had one. I do have a couple questions though like If they find out how to
do this will they be able to help certain children in bad living situations,
like Nell’s or will there be an uproar in society that protects certain people?
On the other hand, will children not get into as much because they know that
adult ractors can find them or just the idea of it being more controlled?
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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