Overall, I feel that I did a decent job with this speech. I stayed on topic, had good pacing in my delivery, and did well with inflecting my voice to stress certain aspects of my speech. One of the things that my dad pointed out to me as I was practicing in front of him that he really liked about my speech was that it doesn’t, as he put it, “beat you over the head with feminism”. This may seem like an alarming comment, but this is actually a bad habit I have gotten into in the last few years. My family, particularly my mom, has pointed out several occasions in which I was maybe a little too aggressive in my activism, so receiving this comment from my dad made me feel a little more secure in the writing style and thought process I chose for this speech. I really enjoyed putting this together because it also directly ties into my passion blog. However, even though I was really interested in my topic, I don’t feel like that came across in my facial expressions. I know I could have done a lot better with facial expressions and body language in this speech. As someone who did a lot of theatre, I was honestly surprised when I found myself struggling with this aspect. However, I think that performing for a computer took away a lot of those engaging skills I normally do really well with because I wasn’t actually interacting with anyone. Along those lines, even though I rehearsed my speech a lot before filming, I still found myself relying on my note cards, probably because of nerves. For the next speech assignment I will definitely be working on my facial expressions, body language, and will try new methods for fighting off nerves.