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On a Saturday night on October 9th, I baked an apple cake using fresh apples that I had picked from a few weeks ago. My roommates and friends went to bars that “Halloweekend” night but since I was feeling a bit under the weather and decided to bake by myself. It was nice doing something… Continue reading Reading Journal 7 – Grace Li

18.3 glance at genre: Genre, audience, purpose, organization – writing guide with Handbook. OpenStax. (n.d.). Retrieved November 11, 2022, from https://openstax.org/books/writing-guide/pages/18-3-glance-at-genre-genre-audience-purpose-organization  Adams, K. (2021, May 7). How to structure a blog post. The Writer’s Cookbook. Retrieved November 11, 2022, from https://www.writerscookbook.com/how-structure-blog-post/ 

For my final project, the topic I chose is “HIV/AIDS” and I am most likely going to make an infographic. I plan on starting by talking about the history of HIV/AIDS, and then moving on to talk about how it is present and perceived today. My potential audience will be people looking to learn more… Continue reading Reading Journal 9 – Laura Zvinys

My final project will be on the key term “metaphor.” I’m still brainstorming the best format, but it might consist of a visual presentation that uses text, images, and audio clips. Through this project, I am interested in analyzing the significance and background of metaphors in Cuban expressions. I want to provide a list of… Continue reading Reading Journal 9 – Eileen Hernandez

I have chosen the key-word ‘homosexuality and the DMS’. DEFINITION: I think the definition of ‘homosexuality’ and its considerations as a disease has changed quite a bit over time as seen through different versions of the DSM and other medical discourse. PURPOSE: I intend to create a series of tiktoks. Some of the generic conventions of this format are short… Continue reading Reading Journal 10 – Dasia Hall

For my final project I’ve changed my word from “quare” to “ballroom culture”. The form I want to write in is as if I’m writing a newspaper/magazine article. I’m picturing this as sort of being like an essay but with a slightly different tone and with images. I’m also going to be pretending to write… Continue reading Journal 9 – Margarethe Conner

I have chosen the key-word [gender]. DEFINITION: I think it means [the socially constructed concept of behaving like a female, male, or other identity]. PURPOSE: I intend to create a [website]. An example of this format is [WordPress site we are using to post our reading journals], and some of the generic conventions of this… Continue reading Reading Journal 10 — Amy Chou

I’m not a hundred percent set on this yet, but I think I might do a zine for my final project (kind of a combination of an essay and a presentation). I’m writing on fetishism, and I think this sort of visual essay would be the best way to present the different aspects of the… Continue reading Reading Journal 9 – Chloe Chen

For my final research project, I have chosen ‘homosexuality and the DSM’. My format is going to be a video (or two) with audio over it. I plan to use a software like TikTok to display images to better visualize the historical context of my topic and I am going to speak over the video… Continue reading Reading Journal 9 – Dasia Hall

https://time.com/6220661/xi-jinping-third-term-china-ccp/ The author of this article is Charlie Campbell, who is the East Asia news correspondent for TIME magazine. Campbell seems like he could be part of a “discourse community” that is interested in learning about different current events in East Asia. Upon research, I found that Campbell has covered other events such as “turbulent… Continue reading Grace Li – Reading Journal 4