Monday Dec. 2nd
Minutes: Crystal Liu
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A
Tuesday Dec. 3rd
Minutes: Michael
Reading HW: "Rape Jokes Can Be Funny", Patricia Lockwood's "Rape Joke", Sarah Silverman's "Rape Joke" (read the comments as well!), "Can Rape Be Funny?", "What's So Funny About Rape?"
HW: Should rape be an "off-topic" subject for comedy?
Wednesday Dec. 4th
Minutes: Shareear
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Extra credit!
Thursday Dec. 5th
Minutes: Brenda
Reading HW: "Ten Things Not to Ask a Comedian" by Leah Bonnema
HW: Prepare for our speakers Lean Bonnema and Desiree Burch by scouring the internet for their bios. Watch some stand up clips and think of some questions you'd like to ask.
Friday Dec. 6th
Minutes: Laura
Reading HW: Sula pg. 1-29
HW: Explain the name Bottom and the dynamics of National Suicide Day. What kind of impact does Rochelle have on Nel?
Monday Dec. 9th
Minutes: Othilla
Reading HW: Sula pg. 30-66
HW: What's it like to be African American in New York City? Consider your every move through the city (and at Stuyvesant) and what it would be like.
Ok honestly no, don't read the comments on the Sarah Silverman article. In case you are unfamiliar with Gawker comments, they tend to be somewhat irrelevant and obnoxious, since mostly it's the loudest people who feel like they just HAVE to share their thoughts and who haven't bothered to think about how their concerns are already addressed in the article who comment, and also the people who are just spitting out some knee-jerk reaction to the headline because they didn't actually read the article (those two categories overlap a lot too). But in case you're still curious, I read the comments on the article when it first came out, and they fall into one or more of three categories:
ReplyDelete1. People claiming that the "rape joke" debate is irrelevant because Sarah Silverman isn't funny regardless, or people just generally stating that they hate Sarah Silverman
2. Misogynist trolls making snarky comments about Jezebel, Gawker's female-oriented sister site, because OMG IT'S AN ARTICLE ABOUT A WOMAN!!!!!!11!
3. People making (universally gross) comments on Sarah Silverman's appearance
There is hardly any productive debate on the comedic value of rape jokes in these comments. Even when someone starts a discussion to that effect, it rapidly devolves into irrelevant snark and trolls vying for attention.
Frankly, I'm surprised that you didn't ask us to read Lindy West's piece, which the CNN article is basically about. I'll link to it here: http://jezebel.com/5925186/how-to-make-a-rape-joke
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8jBcL0oAQ
ReplyDeleteThis is the movie clip for 12/04 minutes which talks about the modern businesswoman.
wait what I thought our homework was to read 1-29!!
ReplyDeleteI saw this link on facebook:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/disabled-mannequins-video_n_4379586.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
and I thought it really relates to what we've been talking about in class recently about "what we don't see on tv". If you go down Fifth Ave or something, you can't help but see these extremely misrepresenting mannequins that show us unrealistic body proportions. Just like what Lean Bonnema said about how she stopped making jokes about her looks because she doesn't want to feed women's perception that to be beautiful, you have to look like Megan Fox, I think this link is a good way to start introducing society to something they don't usually see or something they don't want to see, which is disabled and deformed people who are people as well.