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Activism Annotated Bibliography

For this week’s social actuvism, I would like to talk about the “Me Too” movement that just started recently. The Me Too movement is a movement against sexual harassment and assault. It started out as a hashtag on the internet during October 2017, it was to raise awareness in the sexual harassment happening to men or women mainly in workplace. It followed soon after the public revelations of sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein. This phrase was popularized by Alyssa Milano to encourage women to tweet about it. It soon followed by many other famous actresses and actors to speak up for themselves. I feel like this is an really important time for people who have been sexually harassed but could not or are too afraid to speak about it. It lets them know that it is okay and they should not be ashamed of  what happened to them. This movement also let lots of people know about the dirty secret behind Hollywood and how many people are treated unfairly, and how many peo...
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Story In Class

1. What is your reaction to the text you just read? - I thought the story is quite mysterious and interesting, it starts in the middle of a threat-like situation, and ends with a threat-like situation. But at first it seems like the bearded man and the people who threatens the writer are dominating the situation, instead it feels like the writer is the one who controls it. Although this seems like to be a simple story about some guys demanding they want to hear a story, there seems to be much more meaning to it. It might suggest that the peace being disturbed in the Middle East and the life of living in constant danger. 2. What connections did you make with the story? Discuss the elements of the work with which you were able to connect. - I find it kind of hard to connect with the story since I haven't truly understand the meaning behind it yet, so I would do something I think it is occurring in the story. The writer being constantly interrupted by the knock on the door that ...
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Curate Yourself - Victor A. Lundy

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For this week's topic, since I haven't really read much these days, I thought I would introduce one of my favorite illustrators instead. Victor A. Lundy was a student studying in architect in New York City before he served in the U.S. 26th Infantry Division during WWII. He was 21 at the time. He applied his drawing skills to what's around him, while he was training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina; forced marches, men at rest; the PX and tents; aboard ship in the Atlantic crossing. He has done many vivid portraits of fellow soldiers and the front line danger. He captured the moments in army where we might not see on a photograph. The sketches cover from May to November 1944 when Lundy was wounded and some pages of the sketchbooks got lost. After serving the army, he completed his degree in architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. In 1954, Lundy opened an architectural firm in Sarasota, Florida. I chose his sketches because I really liked the moment...
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The Medium is the Massage

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The Medium is the Massage is a very interesting book to read. I really like the format of compositing words and images together to create a new different kind of meaning to them, and also creates a new reading experience. He uses a lot of puns to play around with different things, the title is also a pun. In class we discovered about him that he saw the change before it happens, and I think that could be represented in his book. He has a lot of interesting thoughts on the society, politics, and many others. Here is the page I created for this week:
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Reading Multimodal Narrative

For this week's reading, My Favorite Thing is Monsters  by Emil Ferris, I was immediately drawn to her style of illustration. The use of expressive color and line works shows her strong personality, she often uses black and whites, or a lot of blue and purple tones to illustrate stories, which also gives her book a feeling of creepiness. The monsters she drew are funny looking, the stories are mysterious and interesting. It makes me think of what would happen if these creatures actually lives among humans. But while the story is about monsters, the story is also about the main character's struggles with her own identity. I also like the way the illustrator uses the format of drawing. The notebook paper makes it feel like we are actually reading off of a kid's book, from the story teller's point of view.
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Long Form Television

I chose to watch Spaced  from the list of the TV shows. Spaced  is a British TV series written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright. I have always been a big fan of works from Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, like the Cornetto Trilogy , and since I haven't watch this show by them, I took the chance to watch it all. Spaced  is about the exploits of Daisy Steiner and Tim Bisley, two twenty-somethings Londoners who, despite only having just met, decide to move in together after she gives up on squatting and he is kicked out by his ex-girlfriend. The humor in this show is unique and very British. The characters are weird and funny, and full of personalities. I think the purpose of Television is to use to deliver information from around the world for viewers, sort of like a radio from the time before Television existed. With the audio and visual representations, audiences can actually see what's going on around the world without going ...
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Voice and The Auteur Theory - Wes Anderson

From the list of directors, I chose Wes Anderson to do the analysis. I have always been interested in Wes Anderson films, and attracted by his unique style you probably won't see any directors do the same thing he does. I watched Fantastic Mr.Fox , Moonrise Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel . Wes Anderson has a very unique style. I think the most noticeable one is that most of his shots are very centered, and characters often face the camera while they are delivering the dialogue. His characters often speak with a emotionless tone, even at some very emotional beats. Characters often looks directly into the camera and deliver lines. His main characters usually consists some kind of quirkiness and awkwardness, but his main characters are likable. The color scheme of his films are well designed, as well as the compositions. There are also a lot of camera pans in his films. He often casts the same casts for several films. Even though Wes Anderson's characters speak in a mon...
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