For my “This I Believe” podcast, my ideas include that friendship is a choice that you must actively work on, and that good things never come easy (inspired by my high school athletic career). A possible topic for my Personal is Political Blog is how my time at a food pantry helped me to realize … Continue reading RCL 1 Blog: Ideas
I was initially very nervous to give my TED style talk, especially since I was going first on the first day of presentations. I was scared that my speech was going to be too long, and I was stressing about memorizing it. I thought it had to be fully memorized and we wouldn’t be allowed … Continue reading RCL Post 9: Reflection and Ideas
This week’s TV show is my most modern and recent one yet: Euphoria. This show is still ongoing, yet its new season has been pushed back more and more, so who knows when it’ll come out with more episodes. When Euphoria first came out, it was insanely popular and continued growing its viewers and influence. … Continue reading Passion Blog 9: Euphoria
Below are the slides I want to use as my visual aids in my TED Talk on the development of feminism, its critiques, and where it will go in the future.
The show this week is a more modern, ongoing craze that made a massive impact on teens when it first came out. Stranger Things is a show that took off when it first aired in 2016 and still generates millions of viewers on its season debuts. I feel like this is a show that almost … Continue reading Passion Blog 8: Stranger Things
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/114328/ https://www.pacificu.edu/magazine/four-waves-feminism Sources for discussing the history of feminism in America, and the overall 4 waves of feminism recognized in feminism theory. While there is much debate over where feminism can first be seen, it is agreed that the first wave of feminism can be seen in the late 19th and early 20th. Many consider … Continue reading RCL Post 7: Sources for Evolving Ideas Essay
This week, I have chosen Glee. It’s difficult to explain my love for Glee, but if you get it, you get it, and if you don’t, you don’t. Glee is objectively hilarious because it is just so ridiculous. Combined with both appreciating and making fun of theater kids, Glee has never failed to make me … Continue reading Passion Blog 7: Glee
The TED Talk I have chosen is “The Necessary Paradigm Shift for Women to Collectively Thrive” by Cindy Spiegel given in 2018. This talk is regarding changes within feminism and women’s empowerment. She begins her talk by saying that narratives are changing, yet women still are not always in support of one another. She uses … Continue reading RCL Post 6: Paradigm Shift Ted Talk
For my TV show this week, I’m picking a more niche teen series that is a little less known than shows like Riverdale and Grey’s Anatomy. In this post, I’ll focus on Reign: a CW teen drama inspired by the life of Mary Queen of Scots. While her life story may be the historical inspiration, … Continue reading Passion Blog 6: Reign
My first idea for a paradigm shift is the evolution of the feminism movement. The specific aspect I would describe would be how feminism emerged and attempted to liken women to men to prove their equality (women entering the workforce, We Can Do It poster) to the current intersectional view of feminism that scratches the … Continue reading RCL Post 5: Paradigm Ideas