Work for the Week of May 2nd - Seniors

Monday May 2nd
Minutes: Noshin, Talia
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Tuesday May 3rd
Minutes: Wilson, Madison
Reading HW: Read and print attached excerpt from Tina Fey's "Bossypants" for class!
HW: How does Fey characterize fe/male comedians?  What point does she try to make through her work about gender and comedy?  How did Fey bring new perspective to the SNL writer's room?  Watch these clips from the excerpt: Kotex Classic, Mom Jeans.

Wednesday May 4th
Minutes: Andrew, Brandon
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?

I've included CIA papers (sans annotations) to give you some ideas for the future.

Thursday May 5th
Minutes: Kimberly, Elias
Reading HW: "The Sexism in American Politics"
HW: Do you think Hillary Clinton is experiencing sexism in her run for President of the United States?

Friday May 6th
Minutes: Connor, Saima
Reading HW:
HW: Begin to prepare for your next assignment.

Monday May 9th
Minutes: David, Suvin
Reading HW:
HW: