My favorite part of this chapter would have to be the Bill of Rights for Girls, and I almost feel like it should say the Bill of Rights for Women, because grown or young there are many females out there who believe they have certain rights that are on this list. I like the whole idea of writing for an audience, because although some writing is private and should remain that way, some writing ends up being so profound, funny, or reflective that it should be shared - it wants to be shared and the reader would benefit if it was. Along with this, some students can't be motivated unless they know someone is going to read their writing. Students might think, "No one's going to read this, why should I bother making it good?"
I also enjoyed reading the piece on page 73 entitled "A Woman's Silent Journey." Not only does it idenify with many of the female readers, it also strikes a controversial cord regarding the social idelogies around the female images. Erika Miller dicusses Barbie dolls, Disney movies, and other culturally accepted products that marginialize women and make girls strive for impossible and unnecessary perfection.
"Tar Baby" by Khalilah Joseph was also fascination to read, espcially when she brings up movies such as Waiting to Exhale and Pretty Woman. I'd heard things about Waiting to Exhale before, although I've never seen it, but I can see how innapropriate it is.
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Ah, I wished you would have brought this up in class. I wanted to talk about it as well, but we ran out of time.
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