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Interesting read on how goths and emos are defined in society.

What is the one thing you LOVE to do but are afraid to let others know about? Maybe you love to read books about the Civil War, or you secretly adore robotics , or you're a superfan of Dr. Who. Everyone has one.

this was a really good video. I feel like his explanation on why people get called names was really great

Really liked this video! He gives the reality of the matter but also gives advise for people on how to feel better

Hipsters are the friends who sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay. They're the people who wear T-shirts silk-screened with quotes from movies you've never heard of and the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer. They sport cowboy hats and berets and think Kanye West stole their sunglasses.

Funny how to. But is probably offensive to people who choose to dress like this and how we now imitate it almost like mockery.

I found this article entertaining because there are so many girls who dress like a "geek" but are the furthest thing from it

It is interesting how something that a term that is infamous for representing people that are "unpopular" or "social inept" is now a label that people seem to strive for nowadays.

NEW HAVEN THE March 3 death of Bailey O'Neill, a 12-year-old boy in Darby Township, Pa., was widely attributed to bullying, based on allegations that a classmate hit the boy in the face in January. He suffered a concussion, his family said, and eventually seizures.

This Article gives an interesting perspective on staying on the right path when going to high school and staying clear of cliques. Gives a neat view on how these cliques are created.

This article gives a unique look on cliques and how they do not disappear after high school but instead just take different forms. But yet how people will still alter who they are to be in these cliques to feel like they belong.

I thought that this article was very interesting because I never thought that my high school had that many cliques. There were a few but it was always just because of the activities that those people were in. Overall, I think we just had a lot of people so everyone just worried about themselves.

from an HSBC ad campaign about differences in perspectives

After reading Goths in Tomorrowland, I thought this article was really interesting to read about social norms and how they influence what we do.

This is an old story but I never heard of it until doing research so I think it's worth pointing out to people. It's just horrific that a girl got murdered for being different.

Taylor Swift is a mainstream artist but her daily life is anything but mainstream. When walking down the street she is just as unusual and different as someone with a cat on their head.

I think a great part of this article was the reference to the difference between the paparazzi in New York vs. Hollywood. Swift said that she like the paparazzi in NY better because they were more relaxed and less in your face that those of Hollywood. It paints a picture that shows that what everyone thinks is normal about celebs vs paparazzi is not really true at all outside of Hollywood.

The way Taylor swift is portrayed from someone who doesn't follow her at all stems completely different to what her actual life is, it was a very informative article for me and changed my opinion of the way celebrities act when they aren't in front of the camera

Really cool subcultures a lot of us have never heard of!

So many subcultures that I've never even heard of. My favorite to read about were the Elevator Enthusiasts, such a simple and random thing can be a subculture.

It was interesting to see these less known subcultures, some seem pretty out there.

This is a fun website for people who want to feel more confident with who they are without giving up their personality.

When you scroll down to the tips on this page, they are actually very useful. As stated above, keep your individuality and flaunt your talents. These are characteristics that make you, well, you! Also, this can lead to friends with similar interests as you which is always a great source of companionship.

This article is rhetorical because it is in response to an article written by another author and also incites a response from others as people have differing views on the subject. It is also addressing a contingent issue

I agree with what is stated above. This writing has many functions and addresses different audiences aka adapted to them. You could even say it builds community based around Adrian Peterson's actions.

This is an example of rhetoric because it is trying to persuade people to think that apple is better than windows and is also adapted towards a specific audience of window users.

This is also showing how much more simple the ios software is to use versus the more complicated windows software. In a way its using logos to show this.

I find it interesting as we said in class that with no text or dialogue in the picture, the rhetor just assumes that we know what the labels represent.

This piece of visual rhetoric appeals to pathos in the way that it is supposed to make you feel like Facebook will make you happier because now your friends are your fans.

I really like this example of visual rhetoric. It also pursuades you to get a Facebook because then you can have "fans"

This woman who was born with a condition that gives her an advantage over "normal" women (so she is kind of a "freak" in that sense) but her case is resulting in lots of rhetoric that tests our ideas of the boundaries/definitions of gender and sex.

Looking through this article actually surprised me. It is her natural self, it's not like she took testosterone meds to get to that state. Even if it is an advantage, there are plenty of aspects that people can have an advantage in but just because she has hyperandrogenism doesn't mean she should be banned from competing. Athletes take performance enhancing drugs, whereas this is a natural event.

This article talks about a piece of visual rhetoric found in NY. The rhetoric has pretty good kairos, because the Edward Snowden incident happened fairly recently.

This article is trying to persuade the reader that Scott Walker is anti-women.This article is taking advantage of the kairos coming from the election that is approaching.

It also seems to have really good logos with the organization of the article.

uses a lot of logos, personally i don't really agree with it but thats my opinion