hahahahaha

Consequence of proposal= putting "SAFER" support on the table as an issue to be debated. SAFER already supported by GM. Will make salient that prior decision.

Can just be an argument to suppress ESG-related disclosure, not necessarily a belief of these firms / corps.

this is in buffy the vampire slayer

Digital identity is sparsely identified. Would include social media in analysis of digital identity. What was shown mostly just shows understanding of how to operate the basics of Wordpress. Good start to domain. Would be good to have landing content for the home page. Also, play with the theme to make it more visually engaging!

Good PDF embed! Would also suggest having some content on your homepage. LinkedIn connection is good, I get the impression that employment is an important aspect of digital identity. Domain operates mainly like a resume.

Since interviews is no longer a tab on your site, maybe introduce them on the home page and explain how you used that content throughout the site?

Increase in use of telecommunications seems a little unnecessary to be featured in the timeline and is also a little confusing with the layout of the timeline since it's a large period of time to cover, whereas other items are more like moments in time.

the structure of a language determines or greatly influences the modes of thought and behavior characteristic of the culture in which it is spoken.

one's tendency to meddle in matters of others' language use

Another possible source, see highlighted text above

Patton's claim and counterevidence

honesty or lawfulness of purpose

This makes me think of Mark Zuckerberg's claim that Internet connectivity is a human right. What do statements like this mean to people who aren't already technologically literate? I have grown up alongside the modern Internet and I still don't understand such a statement. It feels like there is a steep hierarchy of access to information about how to use computers in beneficial ways. Those with a college education in computer science, an already privileged group, are positioned at a further advantage because of their increased control of online resources.

2 distinct dialects, one of high and one low variety, no one uses high in convo

family, religious, education, etc

How many varieties do you use on a normal weekday? -Casual with friends -More "standard" English with professors -Nice but guarded with strangers. I use "standard" and guarded with most people I'm not so familiar with, have been conditioned to use standard American English at home and in school.

whether purpose of speech is to convey facts/information about what's being discussed or the speaker's attitude toward that info

how formal or casual is the setting or conversation type?

relative status of speakers - impacts how you speak

how well we know someone. high solidarity means intimacy

Your options, a range of varieties from which you choose how to speak in a certain context

A set of linguistic forms used under specific social circumstances. Also "code"

This would be helpful to do when we make annotations. Are we building our own analyses independently, or are we prioritizing reading and responding to each other's ideas?

This reminds me of how Craigslist looks today. The same sort of organization but localized to regions

There are still social markers that come across in "cyberspace," from vocabulary to language to names to assumptions. I'm not convinced that this is a real distinction that can be made.

This is what I associate with Internet engagement. The rise of social media has prompted the overdevelopment of the ego in the form of avatars and personas.

Oldenburg's argument is that these are three essentially distinct places. Considering that many people now work online, it is worth asking whether this model holds up when the Internet serves as both workplace and "third place."

This seems somewhat idealistic and based in the assumption that parenting can be separated from politics, which is not necessarily true. I don't believe that this is a barrier that is inherently easier to handle online than in in-person community.

?

So irrelevant

Howdy ho, it's Jon again. The girl on the Blind Faith album was 11 years old. The photographer wanted to capture a girl on the cusp of womanhood to represent transition and human progress. Bechdel is pretty close in age to her in this scene, which is interesting as this page begins to highlight her interest in the masculine like this topless eleven year old holding a phallus. Cool parallels seeing as this whole book is a tale of several key transitions in Bechdel's life.

Howdy, Jon Myers here. Fun fact, this album cover was wildly controversial because of what the woman is holding: the hood ornament of a Chevy Bel Air. It's viewed as a phallic symbol. So there's an interesting double meaning here with Roy examining the cover. At first glance he's looking at the topless girl, but on further inspection he's actually digesting the phallic imagery.

Watchmen seemed to do this in many ways. Particularly Dr. Manhattan's role

Also an unrealistic depiction, seeing as still marginalized Native communities are some of the first to be devastated by environmental and climate disasters. See Dakota Access Pipeline

He does this not only with the book's overall structure but also when the people in the future are sticking their heads into floating windows of time. This scene makes the act less familiar to the viewer and mirrors the viewer's own act of reading a graphic novel like this.

And perpetuating the common media myth that climate change-induced disasters are inevitable and equally devastating. This is done through the reappearance of humans in the 2200's, a move that seems intended to soften the blow to the reader.

Does Konstantinou mean that because "Here" operates outside of the typical logic of comics that it shouldn't be called a graphic novel? Do we agree?

This article's got me thinking about how much of this story is historical and how much is imagined. What are the liberties McGuire is taking? Like a historian, he is representing the human understanding of history. The section of the book that really raised this Q for me was the scene of the implied rape of a Native American woman by a Native American man. This plus the absence of any real depiction of colonial violence raises questions for me about McGuire's thoughts there (or lack of appropriate thought)

section 8

section 7

section 6

section 5

section 4

section 2

section 3

section 1

I think some danger lies in this analysis of sexuality as a result of familial socialization. The book focuses intensely on family, particularly Alison's relationship with her father. That's because Bechdel has chosen to explore that relationship- not a flaw of the work itself. However, socialization is not just familial but a combination of everything one learns from their formative environment.

Basing all of your queer theory on this novel could lead one to believe that queerness can be prevented if children are not raised by non-gender conforming parents. With the most conservative regime the U.S. has been under in decades, this argument could lead to legislation preventing queer people from having or adopting children. Idk, just feel like especially nonqueer people reading Fun Home could benefit from holding the nuance

"Had to Cry Today" by Blind Faith. Full lyrics:

It's already written that today will be one to remember The feeling's the same as being outside of the law Had to cry today Well, I saw your sign and I missed you there

I'm taking the chance to see the wind in your eyes while I listen You say you can't reach me but you want every word to be free Had to cry today Well, I saw your sign and I missed you there And I missed you there

Had to cry today

( via http://www.metrolyrics.com/had-to-cry-today-lyrics-blind-faith.html )

In "It's a Wonderful Life," Jimmy Stewart's character contemplates committing suicide but is convinced not to by his guardian angel. This reference again foreshadows the suicide of Bechdel's father due to his unhappiness.

"Passion" + crucifixion imagery = a comparison of Bechdel's father to Christ. The word "martyred" foreshadows his death as a sacrificial figure. Whenever a sacrificial figure arises in literature, one must ask- sacrificed for what or whom? In this case, the sacrifice could serve Bechdel's own exploration of her father's complicated inner life.

An excellent craftsman. Murdered his nephew in a fit of professional jealousy

http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/entries/daedalus.html

Film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas suggests that rape revenge films and, more broadly, media that contains rape as a plot device are most ethical when rape or sexual assault is a central theme, or what the media is "about." Not sure that I agree that Watchmen wasn't in some ways speaking about sexual violence, but I do certainly see Dr. Manhattan's trauma, a fictional storyline with no real-world examples, represented more often in the graphic novel than Sally's sexual assault, an experience which is statistically likely to personally resonate with one out of every five women who have to read this book for a college class.

I wonder what this would look like if written today. In the post-Cold War era, we face different, complicated issues. It would be cool to see how the Watchmen would understand and respond to things like the refugee crisis, climate change, or other current political issues.

It seems to me that "Narrative in Vacation Time" did a better job of discussing clearly why these matters of perspective were important or relevant to the narrative of the comic. It's difficult to tell why these aspects are valuable to be aware of in this text.

🐸 ☕

🐸 ☕

🐸 ☕

🐸 ☕

This seems like a key moment- the first time Mr. Oldbuck has reached a goal and then decided that he was bored. This line also implies that the woman's happiness was a burden or negative force in Oldbuck's life, which is messed up.

Page 58's art style is pretty cool. The two frames are cohesive through a continuing line of darker page space. This helps inform the reader that the actions are happening at the same time. This happens in frame 59 as well. I think it represents Oldbuck's tendency to ignore suffering or relevant issues in search of his own personal happiness.

The "beloved" figure is so objectified in this novel. She's a device to propel the central figure's plot, not a character. She has no agency of her own and is instead a possession to be battled or argued over.

One of his flaws seems to be an absolute inability to let things go.

I'm not used to this separation between the text and the images. In graphic novels I've read before there is less space between these, and in video you even can see images and hear words simultaneously. The space is distracting and breaks the suspension of my disbelief.