Response to Gee's Article

I feel that Gee's article is true as he informs his audience with all the different types of discourses and different ways that other superior people feel that we should adapt to. It seems he doesn't necessarily agree with some of these discourses because through his writing, I can tell that he feels that people should be more diverse and accept more cultures and backgrounds than what the media or what society tells people to accept or be like. However, he isn't biased with it either. He just plainly informs that people of higher status expect other to be like them or have the same discourse.


However, it some cases, having a different discourse is necessary when it comes to jobs and what you need to know to succeed. If you are going to be in the medical field, you have to know the language of medicine and know all of the boundaries and what and what not to do. If you don't... then... well... SOL. So having that kind of a discourse is okay to me. But I feel that no one should have to accommodate to any other person's way of life and how they do things, even though sometimes we don't have a choice. I think that society should broaden their horizon and accept people for who they are.

Response to Fat Jaguar vs Fat Elephant: FIGHT

The speaker of this article is Lesley, from Fatshionista and she wrote the article Fat Jaguar vs Fat Elephant: FIGHT. She is basically talking to all audiences about how she feels about how society feels about bigger/heavier set people. She seems to have discontent with the fact that people are berating and making fun of bigger people, or making fun of how people look in general. She really feels that bodies are individual and that people are all different. She conveys this message in kind of a ... calm tone, and very argumentative. She asks rhetorical questions and answers them herself.


I completely agree with her opinion. I hate it when people just stand around and talk about whoever walks by. For one, it's disrespectful, and two, it's unnecessary. I will not lie, I have talked about people too, but when it becomes an everyday thing, and when it becomes outrageous to the point where you're talking about someone that you don't even know, or you do it to everyone that walks by, I feel that it is ridiculous. To me, you do not need to comment on everyone you see. Because I wouldn't want anyone doing that to me. It's not even cool.

As for my opinion on specifically bigger individuals, I feel the same way. It's unnecessary. Not everyone can be skinny.

And I have been made fun of all my life because in my family, being heavy doesn't run in my family. And because I had to be the odd one out, I was always made fun of. While everyone in my family was like a size 5, I was a size 13 and I still am. I was made fun of all throughout elementary school and in middle school. And still by my parents to this day. It would always get to the point where I would cry. [and that's not cool] It all stopped at school when I started getting curves and a shape, but I still feel that it's wrong to have to comment about someone's weight all the time. Who cares? Why does it matter?

I'm still a human being just like the rest, and I now have the attitude that if you don't like the way I look, either don't look, or you do something to fix it. :) I've come to the realization that people will not accept you, so you have to accept yourself. Period. So I really agree with Lesley because it seems that she accepts herself the way she is and proud of who she is. And I'm right with her too.

this i believe --> the power of music

I believe in the power of music because it expresses each emotion that I ever feel, and it’s always there no matter what happens.

I’ve always loved music ever since I was a small child. If I wanted my bottle, I would sing that I wanted it. If a song came on for the first time, I would know the lyrics after the song was over. I loved music that much. I was always singing and dancing. I got my first keyboard for my fifth birthday, and I always made new songs, and had fun with it. However being that young, I didn’t appreciate all types of music.

When at elementary age, I didn’t appreciate any other types of music except for hip-hop or r&b. I wouldn’t dare listen to a thing else. I really didn’t know what the meanings of songs were, and I just liked the beats. I totally denounced any other type of music. It wasn’t until I told my mom that I liked no other music that maybe I was being a bit shallow. When I hit middle school, my mom told me that I should appreciate everyone’s art and potential even though I may not agree with it.

And around 7th or 8th grade, I started to broaden my horizon.

Because I play the piano, I really started to appreciate classical music and the real beauty behind it. I actually started to know the feelings that the artists had behind their music and the hard work that was put into it. I now see the beauty and the potential of every kind of music, whether it is classical, hip-hop, country, reggae … anything.

Now at sixteen, every time I ever perform I always put emotion into my music. Without it, it would be so boring. However I feel that day, I play the way that I feel. Whether it is a free for all recital or a Christmas recital … anything. I would always make the audience cry because I would be so attached to my music and actually … feel what I’m playing.

Not only that, but it makes me feel better whenever I need it, and it’s always there no matter what. When I feel down, I either play my piano, or listen to music that either makes me relax, or I listen to something that will make me cry so I can get all of it out. I use it when I need to concentrate and relax my mind. I use it anywhere, everywhere.


I don’t know where I would be without music. It’s nearly my whole life, and I put everything into it. That’s why I believe in the power of it. It’s always there and it never lets me down.