I have seen very few comedians who tell jokes that have nothing to do with their personal experiences, or they take a common experience, such as John Mulaney talking about college donations and makes it personal, such as by explaining how he payed to college 120,000$ for an English degree that he didn't use and didn't do have the things his professor asked of him. he explains how he did a bunch of drugs and didn't drink water the whole time. he makes it personal but also vague enough that others can relate.

I thought this was a really important question for the article to ask the reader. Gadsby stands apart from other comedians because of how personal and intense her set got. Early on my brain was trying to compare her to Iliza Shlesinger about the comedic take on social issues but i do feel that Gadsby takes that next step, and leaving them with food for thought where Iliza might miss that step

I thought this was interesting and it ties back to what I wrote my response on. Generally speaking we listen to comedy to forget about or to ignore the tensions in our everyday life but Gadsby makes it a point to give the audience tension. Gadsby used the tension to make her story known and to make a point of it.

This statement is very thought provoking for me, I am not sure what my thoughts are right now at this point, I think I disagree with the idea that white does not exist separately but I do understand how in today's climate whiteness is used as a weapon against POC's. However I do know many people who are mixed to the point where they can't distinguish what their beginning ethnicity is. maybe I am wrong or incorrect somewhere along the way. I am open to learn and explore my thoughts on this passage.

I think this is a good point to bring up about the value of this show. I never watched this show, maybe say a few pieces here ore there. Honey Boo Boo was not a roll model for me, but i can see how her show could be someones first experience with this class of people. I realized today that t.v. was my first meaningful experience with black bodies from t.v.shows such as Sister Sister and the Fresh Prince of Bell-Air. Those shows i think are a factor as to how I grew up percieving different skin tones. I hope that Honey Boo Boo could have had this effect on others about lower class americans

I do Like that the author does highlight the fact that the family, while playing into the "white trash" stereotypes also breaks a few of them by showing how well their family unit supports each other.

I think this is a great example of how people don't always fall into a "Type". This passage shows a great parallel between the stereotypical pageant girl and then what Honey Boo Boo is which is a much less refined character.

It is interesting to think that there are naturally inequalities in hetero sexual relationships based on their sex, and that, by that logic, they need to be unequal in some way. this in no way means that relationships in the real world don't have their own unbalances such as someone making more money at the job, one of them being a stay at home parent and so on but none of that is inherently based on the individuals sex.

I think this is a really important piece, stereotypes tend to be told that they are wrong but i don't think people tend to educate people on the more hurtful stereotypes which leads to bigger issues down the road.

I don't think i ever really noticed this before but the gay characters do tend to have a uniform from show to show. In the show i am watching now, Lucifer, the characters tend to wear what you would imagine them to wear and throughout the show this gets made fun of towards one cop character who dresses "Like a cop". Lucifer dresses in suits in dark colors, as well as the demon who accompanies him, the good foil character to Lucifer wears lighter colors when not working and has a strict hair style for when at work which emphasis's the notion that she won't stand for nonsense while working

I like that this is something he does, i started following Lin Manuel Miranda before he was famous because he would post a "G',morning" and a "G'night" almost everyday and the post would relate to each other, it felt intimate, sometimes it would relate to his day, music he was creating, the weather in New York, and it was nice to wake up to as a follower and see right before i went to bed.

This was interesting to me. we see vogue 73 questions or the "Reality" shows where we can get a glimpse into the life styles of the rich and famous but it is all manufactured for our viewing, the celebrity is not on the spot answering all those questions, neither are the fights and drama on keeping up with the Kardashias real, but we the audience percieve it as reality, as somethign true that can connect us to these big name celebs because they are being "vunerable" with us.

I consume a lot of YouTube. one of the YouTubers i follow made a song commenting on the culture of YouTube, correctly titled "YouTube Culture" in this song he says " My Channel takes you through my bedroom routine, it's just between you and me...and a hundred thousand other tweens" this sticks out to me because specifically on youtube the content never seems produced for thousands of people, you get greated intimately by most creators and you get to interact with them in the comments or on other forms of social media but is that really them? do you ever get to know who a celebrity or someone you look up to truly is? or is it all just one big show?

I think this is really interesting and draws me back to my 13 year old twilight phase when I was hardcore team Edward and did not care who Robert Patterson or what he did for the environment or any other form activism he may have chosen to do. Getting the opportunity to meet Edward or Jacob or even Bella would have had me rushing t try and convince my parents to do whatever it took for me to meet them, and it was like that with the many fandom I fell in and out of while I was growing up. I think marketing the sweepstakes as meet this fictional character is super smart because some times people simple do not care to know the names of the actors playing them unless they start to show up in more of the media the consume

I think this line is really interesting, You don't really think about it but big name stars sell movies, songs, events and so on, non football fans will tune in to hear their favorite artist sing at the super bowl or will buy a product that their favorite star endorses, they sell themselves in order to create a bigger profit further down the road no matter how "Down to earth" they are

I follow the music career of Gabbie Hanna and listen to the podcast she produces, since she has gotten into music she has changed her hair retty recently. it wasn't until she mentioned it on her podcast that she changes her hair for the EP or album that is coming out, for her first EP she was blonde, the following EP she had pink hair, the last one she had green hair and now with this new album she has basically white hair. A lot of people associate her work with the color hair she has and I think that is kinda interesting. It also reminds me of the episode of Hannah Montana where she meets Iris who changes her look often and already knows what her "Next next" look will be.

I think this is a really interesting point to make where the image that many manufacture on Instagram is just as real as we are off screen, in a sense I agree and disagree with this notion. If you look at my Instagram at this moment I have a picture of me kayaking, and the two photos of me at a bar, one with alcohol and one standing in front of a painted wall, I was present at both locations, I didn't fake the smile or me drinking through the ridiculously long straw but I did edit the photos as well as well as I was actively kayaking on the lake, you can't fake that, but in the same breath, I am not going to post the 20 or so "ugly" photos I took while at the bar or on the lake, I am not going to show that side of my self to the online world.

I do agree with this, If the news show isn't world news tonight i am probably putting on a satirical news show. However a lot of my political intake comes from new articles on Facebook and twitter that is where I get a majority of my political information from,

It's been interesting for me to witness the BLM movement because while Everyone I have talked to agrees Black live Matter they do not agree with the movement and some of the things they were trying change as it felt very nit picky compared to other issues at hand. While other people i have spoken with are willing to go full force with every change.

This section caught my eye because a lot of people who are part of the fandom of harry potter are having difficult time removing JK Rowling from the conversation around Harry Potter since her views differ quite a bit from those expressed with in the work itself