Of my posts, I think my Feminism post is the best. I do believe that women play a large part in the Hip culture and are actually ridiculed by men due to the feelings of inadequacy among the males of this genre. It is evident that the men feel less than women while attempting to exaggerate their own lives, skills and actions, while putting down those that allow them to express themselves in this manner. I enjoyed writing the Trickster/politician blog and truly believe that politicians are playing a game, based on loose definitions, which allow them to be flexible and not tied down to any specific point of view. This benefits them by acceptance of many different spectrums of our society, dependent upon the issues at hand. The racism blog I wrote based on personal knowledge learned while growing up in Las Vegas. It describes the complexities of a society struggling with racial equality. What I failed to include in the piece is the fact of Sinatra and Dean joining Davis, Jr at the Moulin Rouge on a nightly basis. Even they had a tendency to snub the system and do what they felt was morally right.
My ideas of hip culture have most definitely changed this semester, providing an outlook that I often ignored and ridiculed. While I continue to believe that a lot of current “Hip” is absolute BS, I have a better understanding of where it came from and the direction it is now travelling. This has definitely given me a broader perspective of the society I live in.
I would have to say, reluctantly, that I have performed rather well this semester as I have opened up, slightly, and communicated with others in class. I have a propensity to ignore those that are not in my social class, if you will (that social class as being a disgruntled vet that wants the world to slow down, greatly, and return to days of small towns, farmer’s markets, ranches and solitude.) I am living a pipe dream, internally, yet hope that someday we will return to those values, at least on a small scale. But I am happy with my overall performance in class and am thankful for those that shared with me during the semester, even if you didn’t know that the words you spoke to me reassured my sense of community. My strengths are my honesty, brutal at times, in my statements, along with what I believe is good descriptions of what is occurring. That being said, honesty is also my weakness, more so than a strength, as I am overly truthful and express my feelings and beliefs, no matter the audience.
If had to grade myself, I would give a B. I think my writing has been decent, not exceptional, definitely rough around the edges, but overall, not bad. Participation in class has been active, mostly. A few of the topics I have forced myself to not comment on, but they have been some eye openers, personally. I have thoroughly enjoyed this class and definitely believe it has been a great learning experience. I look forward to continuing in this field.
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