Gender Norms

In class, we talked a lot about gender norms and how people identify. This was very interesting to me because I like to learn about how others think of themselves and how gender is such a big part of everyones lives, even if we don't think about it or realize it. Everything from toys we played with when we were younger to the way we present ourselves now is part of our identity and we are perceived a certain way even if we don't mean to. The clothes we wear, the phone case we choose, even something as simple as the way we walk or talk and everything else we do all help to shape our identity and the way others perceive us. This is so interesting to me because how we identify ourselves may be completely different to how someone else perceives us based on stereotypes that are a major part of our culture. It was very interesting to see how that not matter how we present ourselves, there will always be a stereotype to go along with it. There are so many different stereotypes based on everything, such as how someone dresses, the way they talk, what kind of music they like to listen to, anything they do, they will be stereotyped and perceived in a certain way even if that is not true to how they actually are.

Twitter Chat

For my twitter chat, I watched a chat during an episode of Dancing with the Stars. During this chat, people were able to express who their favorites were, how they think each dance went and how they felt about the judges comments. They were also able to express how they felt the judges scores reflected the dance and if the scores were right or not. During this episode, the community was also able to vote between two dancers in a dance challenge. Two couples would dance a style of dance side by side and the viewers would take to Twitter to decide who they thought did better. These tweets would be counted up and along with the judges votes to decide who got bonus points added to their score. This was interesting to watch because it got the viewers involved and also got people talking about who was better. This all was very helpful to me in order to see how people react and communicate with people over a social network such as Twitter.

About Me

I'm not really sure what to post about so I guess I'll just post about me. My names Alison and I'm 19, almost 20 years old. I'm an early childhood education major and really enjoy working with kids. I work through the YMCA at an after school program in Cheshire which is so much fun and I have so much fun with all the kids in the program. I danced for about 11 years but stopped a little over a year ago when I transferred from Eastern to Southern. I also really enjoy music and hanging out with friends.

Its Complicated

In "Its Complicated", the author showed how much technology has taken over our lives. No matter how something is worded or shown, there will always be someone who sees it that will think differently. There is a person's intended audience, whether that be friends, family or followers on a social media platform that will interpret the information the same way and most likely know why the person posted what they did. Then there is the person's outside audience who may not know the person's reasoning for what they posted. In many cases, outsiders can see what anyone is posting on social media sites and may not agree with what the poster is saying. Almost anyone can see what is posted on social media and many teenagers don't think that through when posting. They only care about what their friends and peers think of them and not what perspective jobs or colleges can see or what they will think of what they do. Teenagers are so immersed in having others see that they are doing things with friends, even if they aren't things they should necessarily be doing, that they don't think of what consequences they may receive for their actions, whether it be not getting a job or getting accepted to a college. In this new world where technology is much easier to access, people have a bigger audience then ever before and have no way of making themselves appeal to all kinds of people.