Girl Boss Part 1

I go to work at midnight five days a week till eight in the morning. I have a physical class I go to for three hours total for the week on Fundamental Oral Communication (COMM 111).

I also have three online classes Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 201), Lifespan Development (PSY 250), and Introduction to Sociology (SOC101).

I came in and checked my e-mail. I just finished my days off for this week and it is usually the first thing I do. To my surprise I got a raise ( 2% due to cost of living expense).  This was a wonderful surprise and much needed as well.

I did not start my day healthy at work with a can of Pepsi.  But I was productive enough to work on my work and such and take time to read for some parts of my classes.

So for PHIL 201, I reviewed ‘’the arrangement of the incidents’’ such as Oedipus Rex [1].  Which fits Aristotle’s ideals on plots must be single whole from start to finish.

I will later today be watching to films for this class Blow up (1966) and Shutter Island (2010)

For SOC 101, I discussed the negative aspects of cultural hybridization. Issues with hybridization cultures cause things to be mass produced and collecting of materials and waste from non-reusable cups to causing small business to go under due to global companies taking over many societies. These things like fast food effect local economies, the environment, obesity and so forth.  A lot of food we eat are seen as a cuisine but actually have been Americanized such as Chinese buffets, taco bell and so forth [2]. Along with food we find small businesses such as Mom and Pop stores to shrink as major companies like Walmart, and other outlet shops expand. Even those physical stores are becoming less due to online shopping.

I also worked on my project for COMM 111: On mindfulness. It was our discussion at class for September 20, 2018. Along with intercultural dimensions, individualism-collectivism, power distance (High/Low Power Distances), Gender Expectation Dimension, High/Low context Culture, and mindlessness.  I also went over my third chapter on Adapting to Others.

Ideas for Mindful moments or day:

Yoga

Journaling

Eating mindfully no distractions

Walking mindfully

Also in my Mindful ideas I mentioned reasons why to meditate:

Meditate for better health

·         Lower your blood pressure

·         Manage pain

Sharpen your mind

·         Able to focus

·         Concentrate under stress

Mindfulness of body and mind

·         Allows you to be in the present

·         Alleviates stress

·         Calming and centering

·         Living mindfully

Balance emotions

·         Monitor your emotions

·         Help with anger issues

·         Transforms negative emotions to positive ones

·         Less Emotional reactivity

Psychological issues

·         Helps with grief

·         Recovery

·         Enhances therapy

·         Helps with procrastination

My paper for COMM on Culture

I believe culture from the past still affect us now. If you look over the American or even global history many stereotypes we have are because of past such as minstrel shows.  Such as white actors in black face along with other make up to extradite the eyes and lips. Even when Black Americans became part of Minstrels they even had to use the black face paint due to the demand of white audience demanded. I believe this fits very well with our discussion from previous week on hegemony that our politics figures influence many of the culture of a nation.

This is even influence laws such as Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow comes from Daddy Rice also known as Thomas Darthmouth Rice(White Actor) he made a huge influence on his acting and creating a character called Jim Crow during the nineteenth century.

These shows showed African American as childish dim and lazy. Even though as many forms of entertainment dies out or changes these stereotypes still hold on black and white cartoons, musical and so forth.

From Uncle Tom’s Cabin created by Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel created many adaptions in theater to create different forms of the novel by the book and also changing it to fit pro-slavery ideals; which changed the name of the title for the show like ‘Happy Uncle Tom’. Their book showed the negative side of slavery that many people do not recognize or do not acknowledge during the nineteenth century.  Their book showed black slaves as people with relationships and emotions.

The shows that offer a pro-slavery take are often referred to as Tom Shows and often showed spectacles like circus’s or dancing.  Even the shows that was very close to the book still held stereotypes to appease the white audience.

On with these shows came a new melodrama ‘The Octoroon’.  This is a bout three main characters two are which are opposed each other due to wanting a woman named Zoe who is an octoroon (1/8^th black) which makes marrying either one of them illegal. The rich man McCluskey wagers to buy her as he is wealthy. But is unable to due to the fact of being arrested for murder but he escapes and blows up a steamboat but is killed before able to purchase Zoe.  Zoe does not know this and kills herself in front of the other Character who fell in love with her.

Many people during that time hated the ending because most shows like this ended up with a ‘happy ending’ it is believed to possible two reason to appease those who dislike the idea of an interracial marriage or to show the injustice of slavery.  

So with this I also add on the fact we are still seeing stereotypes from this generation and even a new generation of where many shows such as ‘Adventure Time’ or’ The Legend Korra’ ended their series with either cliffhanger of a non-heterosexual relationship. Non-heterosexual relationships are often missed or not approve of by many societies and part of our own currently and this effects our culture. We are often left to creating fan theories or ‘shipping’ relationships we believe fit better and they may of. But due to the heterosexual relationships being the majority of what media’s view as acceptable we are left out of other forms of relationships. In this creating new stereotypes for non-heterosexual relationships and so forth.

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3K9uKIMob0

Samples:

Disney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bWyhj7siEY

Jim Crow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG2zd6NCzJ8

Adventure Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QmT9xdSwcQ

The Legend of Korra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWBbMZykTus