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Medical doctor who argued men can have babies should probably avoid Twitter for a while When I first saw just the headline, it was called “Medical doctor who argued men can have babies should probably avoid Twitter for a while” but after I clicked on it, I saw the article was actually titled “Planned Parenthood… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 – Arpita Govil

Giorgia Meloni is Extreme, but She’s No Tyrant This opinion piece by Mattia Ferraresi ran in the New York Times on September 26th. In it, Ferraresi makes the case that while Italy’s new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni may be ideologically descended from Mussolini’s party, she is not a fascist dictator aiming to seize total control… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 – Jackson Schneider

I am not sure if everyone still has the Apple News app still on their iPhone, or maybe you even have the notifications silenced, which is a far smarter idea. Every week, I get a notification on my phone from Apple News trying to persuade me to read one of their “picks,” and I can’t… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 – Dylan Gandy

“Bad Bunny wants you to stop ignoring Puerto Rico” I chose this article by Bethonie Butler, published in the Washington Post, to discuss for this reading journal. When employing the strategy of analyzing headlines from our assigned Ted Talk by Baratunde Thurston, I could recognize that the headline’s subject is “Bad Bunny” and its action… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 – Eileen Hernandez

Woman allegedly assaulted by suspect in Eliza Fletcher case speaks out: ‘I’m angry’ A headline is key to setting up expectations for an article. It presents a thesis for what the article will be about, and the angle that the author is writing from. Authors use many tactics to persuade their intended audience, one of… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 – Margarethe Conner

Avenue of Broken Dreams | National Review “Avenue of Broken Dreams” The National Review, Richard Brookheiser From the beginning, the article skews intentionally towards the emotional (perhaps even melodramatic). The headline is vague, not releasing any hints as to the content of the article itself Richard Brookheiser focuses the piece on crime statistics in New… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 – Chloe Chen

For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.” Poetry Is Not a Luxury (1985) Audre Lorde… Continue reading Reading Journal 2

“Inflation Has Hit Tenants Hard. What About Their Landlords?” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/business/economy/landlords-rent-inflation.html The headline as portrayed here shows the questioning of landlords’ position in inflation as a demonstration that the landlord is not always at fault here. Especially, from the beginning of the article, it shows two positions on how they “have enjoyed some of their best… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 Joe Byun

In this reading journal, I will be summarizing and analyzing this article on New York Times called “Biden Rule Would Strengthen Health Protections for Gay and Transgender People.” Starting off from the headline, I think it does reflect the content of the actual article. The headline talks about how there will be more “health protections… Continue reading Reading Journal 4 – Amy Chou

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-says-doesnt-regret-confronting-abbott-other-texas-officials-uvalde-school-shooting The headline I will be summarizing and analyzing is a Fox News article  titled: “Beto O’Rourke says he doesn’t regret confronting Abbott, other Texas officials in Uvalde after school shooting.”  As the headline is already very informative as to what the article is going to be, there are some interesting words in the headline… Continue reading Reading Journal 4