READING RESPONSE #1 DUE 3/23
Re-read “Out Patients” by Elise Wu (Fieldworking, Ch 3 pg. 143-154)
Write a short response (250-500 words) to Wu’s essay that addresses the following questions:
- What culture/online community is Wu trying to portray?
- How does she create a verbal portrait of this community on the page? What details does she provide?
- What sources does she rely on? How does she triangulate data from her findings?
- What role do footnotes play in Wu’s text?
Post your response to the Academic Commons and comment on at least two of your classmates’ posts
READING RESPONSE #2 DUE 3/30
Read an excerpt from “Our Incel Problem” Zack Beauchamp
Write a short response (250-500 words) to Beauchamp’s essay that addresses the following questions:
- What specific patterns of trends does the author note about members of the incel community?
- How do these patterns or trends inform the insider experience in this community? What do they tell us about members of the community?
- So what? How does the author’s analysis of this community relate to a wider context?
Post your response to the Academic Commons and comment on at least two of your classmates’ posts
READING RESPONSE #3 DUE 4/1
Review Sample Essays
- “Who Needs Feminism When You Have Femininity?” by Folake Famuyiwa (Fall 2019)
- “When Words do More Than Just Hurt” by Ramandeep Kaur (Fall 2019)
- “Who are the Flat Earthers?” by Richi Barua (Fall 2019)
Select one sample essay to grade according to the Evaluation Rubric below and write a short response (150 words min.) that includes the total score and a brief rationale of your reasoning.
Post your response to the Academic Commons and comment on at least two of your classmates’ posts.
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