Talking Points #3: Raby

when reading this my mind went back to the our first class discussion about Croteau, and the whole idea of consent. we (well most) whether we know it or not do not give our consent for these discourses to brain wash us. i say brain wash, because after all from these discourse is where we form our own “ideas”, “truths”, “reality” and such. i put these words in quotation marks because they don’t really exist in us, they were put there. maybe there is a reason, or maybe there is not.

some people might not want to discover these discourses and their roots, some want to stay in the dark and live happily ever after. maybe because once you discover the ins and outs of these discourses, it’s just too much work from there on, and you start to see everything in a different light. and you realize that everything you were ever tough is a lie.

“Steinberg concludes that ‘parents probably project their own discomfort about adolescence onto their children… as a way of avoiding facing the unrest they themselves feel about growing old”.

i totally agree with this quote and also think that parents fear that their children will do either the same things they did as adolescence or even worse. or it could also be that some parents wish they were still adolescence themselves and were doing the things that their children are out doing, and think to themselves: “if I was my child at this age, I would …. “ and therefore this might disturb them a bit and so they worry.

all these ideas about what or how an  adolescence should or would be acting like or experiencing, is another one of those constructed ideologies that media, society and or ourselves have constructed somehow from somewhere in our heads. many adolescence don’t even experience what its said to be the “adolescence experience”, they don’t realize it until after they have passed that stage in their lives. could this be because that is when they reach the point where everyone else telling them what they should be experiencing? and media and or society, etc, has fully taken over their brain at this point, and they “see” what everyone else was talking about?

(not sure if that makes any sense)

i find it funny, how many adults think of adolescence as the age to “rebel” and not “following rules”, when many adults themselves one might say are still in this stage. those adults are the more critical of what a “teenager or adolescence” character. the same can also be said for adolescence, they can act more mature and level headed than a lot of adults.

a question for the class might be:

do you think we ever cross the “adolescence” stage?

meaning what most people think of when they think of adolescence today.

or is “adult” just another word made up, so that we somehow feel superior to those little kids growing up? 

i chose this video because it gives a little information on puberty and the changes one as adolescence are suppose to go through.

but also because I believe most "adults" are still to move on from this stage.  

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kt

Today's Class

this will be us in a few hours LMBO!!!
his face is too funny lol

Talking Points #2: Christensen

this is such a coincidence that we are reading this piece for class this week. when we were doing the SCWAAMP group exercise last week, one of my classmates had mentioned how the new latina princess on disney does not look latina at all. i mean I do not buy into stereotypes and all, BUT ..... it is somewhat rare to see a latina with blonde (natural that is) hair, "good hair" at that, blue eyes (there are some but rare), pale pale skin complexion (again there are some latinas with light skin, BUT not many). 

not saying that every latina is dark, kinky haired, dark eyed, and dark skinned, but when majority of the people think of a latina women, they think these features, not the one being presented as a "princess". which then brings me to question the validity of her latina roots.

and if i as a latina woman do not identify with this so called latina princess, does this then mean that i could never be a princess, because i am latina but I do not fit this societal image of what i should look like.

here is a picture of the cute yet NOT LATINA looking "latina" princess:

i totally agree with the reading that we are feed ideas and ways of living all of our lives and when we make a decision we don't really know if we really wanted to make that decision or if it was already decided for us.
i also agree with one of the students quoted in the reading when she says that dissecting the dreams can sometimes be more painful than just letting them be and going on with life life nothings happened.
i think the problem comes in when you know there's something wrong but do nothing about it.
the trick is knowing the difference of what you as a person and human being really want or if this so called "want" is constructed by media and society.

most minority come to the United States in search of the "American dream" that is feed to them via the media, and since the media makes it look so easy and very accessible and obtainable, many people migrate here in search of it, not only for them but for their children. when they reach the reality they struggle not only with language and cultural differences, but also get discourage because they've realized that American dream is not real.
not sure if that last paragraph had anything to do with the reading, I feel like I went left field with it there. ha!


my question for the class this week is:
right now in you life, in the direction is going. do you feel/know/think that it is going the way YOU wanted to go? or do you think or feel that something else has pushed you to this point? whether that is something physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, it can also be society, media, family, friends, etc.
just wonder what people might say.

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kt

Say hello to my babygirl

i would like to introduce to the class my babygirl, and if you can't already tell she is a spoiled brat. 
she is adorable and she knows it. 
i love her <3
she is an 8 years old Bichon Frise.
she rules my household and she takes full advantage of that.
i would like to think I'm the princess of  the house but nope she takes the crown. 

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kt

Adding a "blog roll" to the side of your blog

This is a 2 step process:

1. Go to Dr. Bogad's blog and under her comments which was the assignment so she and everyone else can find your blog.
2. Copy the URL from the comment of each person seperately
3. Go to your blogger dashboard and click ADD a blog; paste the blog address under "Add from URL" and click the follow button.
       *After you have done this for everyone in the class
4. Go to your blog and click Design on the top right corner.
5. Go to Layout
6. Click "add a gadget" and find "blog list" add it.
7. Once you name your blog list you can add everyone in the class by clicking "add to your blog list" then "Blogs I'm Following"

GOOD LUCK!!!

Any questions or comments don't be shy I can try and help in any way I can :)

smile :)
kt

Talking Points #1: Croteau

 Reflection:

not sure if i got the concept of the article correctly but here are some thoughts:
first i think this video sorta sums it up a little, and its somewhat funny, but then again what does that say about what we know but don't do anything about but just laugh at it.
then about the article:
i think that media plays on its audiences emotions and what they feel they can relate to, like something similar to their lives experiences, people's reality, etc...
this was the audience can buy into whatever message they are trying to portray without questioning the validity of it.
people seem to believe everything they hear or see on the media, because why else would it be there if "it was not true".
another thing that media does very well is, only focus on "news" that they want to focus on and news that they want the audience to talk about in that particular moment. this also helps cover or not really shine light on other problems that going on daily in our communities without any news coverage because it is not important or because is something we now see as normal or how things just are.
Sometimes I feel that we want to question some of the things shown on media, but since "we don't know any better" or is the only side of the story we see, we take it as being truth.
something that media does very well is portray others in "similar" situations but worse than we are, so we are content with how things are, because now we believe and see that others are worse off.
just want to touch a little about politicians just because it was mentioned in the article and that is that, politicians not only use media to their advantage against their running mate but also for their own gain. sometimes when something "leaks", it is most likely that they themselves wanting it to, so that they can flip whatever situation to their advantage. 

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kt

Hola :D xoxo

my name is kenia trinidad ....
i was born and raised in the Dominican Republic came to the United States when i was 10 years old. i was raised by my father and his 2 sisters whom i call "mami". i am 28 years young and i refuse to grow up. i got married at the age of 25, i do not have any children, but if i mention a "daughter" that would be my 8 year old bichon frise Cinderella (my 3 year old niece at the time named her), but we call her Cindy or most often CindyBaby. i am also getting another puppy a boy this time, but you will hear about him in other posts soon enough.
what i did over break?
really simple: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!
i did nothing and i loved every second of it.
i am taking this class because I am a senior graduating in May as a Gender & Women's Studies Major and an Africana Studies Minor, and this class was one of the requirements, there were other options but this one seemed interesting so here i am.
when I am not in class/school i am either working, watching sports (mostly football and baseball), with my friends having girl talk or a drink or both, or spending some lovely quality time with my husband, and if i'm not doing any of those things i'm either sleeping or eating which are my two most favorite things to do in the entire world besides traveling.

i am eager to learn from each and everyone of you and looking forward to this my final semester.

smile :)
kt