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My name is Emily. I go to a small private IB school in rainy Washington. I'm in my junior year of high school. I like photography, music, and reading. When I'm not at school or doing homework, I'm working at a small Vietnamese restaurant downtown.

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The GAP Ads: A Question of Gender

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Hey everyone, it’s Emily again! Today I’m writing about a couple ads by GAP for children’s clothing. There’s one for boys and one for girls, and some of you are ahead of me on where this post is going.  The major differences between the two GAP ads are the way the children are depicted. The smiling boy is depicted as intelligent and candid , while the “social girl” is pouty and posed. Looking at the first ad, I was pleased that GAP wanted to inspire young children to pursue scholarly careers. The girls’ ad brought everything crashing down. Instead of encouraging children, they’re supporting stereotypes. I’m a little disappointed in these ads. The implication here is that girls should be social instead of intelligent. It also implies that only boys can be intelligent and that they can’t be social. I’m not really okay with these ads. There’s a culture of sensitivity surrounding bigotry lately, but this is serious enough to cause a problem. I don’t think they warrant a huge storm...
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New Yorker Political Cartoon

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Hey everyone, it's Emily! Today we're unpacking the following political cartoon. Kuper, Peter. “Daily Cartoon: Thursday, November 1st.”  The New Yorker , The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2018, www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/thursday-november-1st-obamas-constitution. (On the New Yorker website, this was accompanied by the caption "Just tell me which part Obama wrote".) There have been thousands of Trump-themed political cartoons since even before he took office. I chose a recent one so I didn't have to swim through the archives of newspapers with nothing better to produce. In any case, let's get started! First, let's analyze the style of the cartoonist. The drawings of people are realistic but lack detail and depth, which can contribute to dehumanization of figures. This can be seen especially with the figure we know to be Trump, whose exaggerated toupee, comical high rising eyebrows, and small, pupil-less eyes make him seem more like a demon than hu...
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Fair.org: "Challenging" "media bias" since 1986

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Hey everyone! Welcome back to my blog, the best blog ever to exist. Which reminds me, today's topic... Bias in the media is rampant, especially when you take into consideration the current political administration. No matter whose side you're on, you can look into the media and find articles that trash Trump to the ground, or that build him up on a pedestal, with few acknowledging both sides, or even the idea that there are two sides. Today we're examining an article from Fair.org, whose tagline is " Challenging media bias since 1986." Considering this claim, you'd think it would be a challenge for me to examine bias in their articles. You would of course be wrong. Below are some screenshots of the  article , which I've annotated to highlight several different types of media bias.  Colorful, right? Interesting for a site which is based on challenging bias in media. Now that we know the article is biased, let's examine how and why.  The purpose of ...
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