Michael Artlip, Megan Dougherty, Michael Martinelli, and Lauren Mazzatesta ENGL 137H November 20, 2020   Plan: 2016 Federal Minimum Wage Debate; primary concentration on the conversations about said topic in the 2016 Presidential race.   TED Talk Work Day(s) Activity Summary Duties of Each Member: Michael A.- designated video editor (via iMovie or other applicable […]

Topic: Legalization of gay marriage over time Purpose: To explain how, before 2015, not every state was willing to legally acknowledge same-sex couples, and how that still shows today. Thesis: Despite recent victories for the LGBT+ community, both legal and social discriminations still remain today and that needs to change. Intro: On June 26th, 2015, […]

What was the most helpful feedback you received in the peer review workshops? A helpful piece feedback I received from the peer review workshops was to clean up some of my transitions and refrain from making any hasty generalizations in order to wrap up my paragraphs. What were the most interesting discoveries you made as […]

Intro Hook, something colorfully written about pride parades Explain how LGBT+ people weren’t always able to be this open, shift occurred  Thesis: The paradigm shift in the views on the LGBT+ community in America transformed their image from mentally ill and illegal people, to people who are positively represented in the media and gaining their […]

1. Identify your chosen focus for the Paradigm Shift project. Indicate the boundaries of your intended focus as clearly as possible. What is the story that you seek to tell? As you now envision it, how long of a time period is covered by the expected focus – several centuries, just the last decade? Remember […]

What do you feel you did well on? I feel that I did a good job of touching on every point I wanted to, which was something I was worried about messing up because of my nerves. I also think that my organization was effective and relatively easy to follow. What are some areas to […]

Opening I think it’s safe to say that everyone likes memes. I know that they’re a daily part of my own life and, while you probably don’t see them in a serious way, they can have more weight to them than you think. One meme in particular that can do more than just make you […]

I chose the distracted boyfriend meme as my artifact. This meme format has been used to depict all different forms of infidelity, like in the example you see above. Who “made” the artifact? (You can think about this in many ways: who consumes the artifact?; who challenged a commonplace by creating the artifact?; who benefits […]

Listening to the This American Life podcast was incredibly interesting for me as a student at Penn State. The main topic of the podcast is Penn State’s crowning as the number one party school in America in 2009. It explores the factors that went into that nomination and how they affect everyone living in State […]