Hello everyone, my name is Angel Gonzales and I am a sophomore majoring in Accounting. I plan on entering NJCU's BS/MS Program in order to graduate with my Master's degree. I am not an activist of any type. I currently work at a country club called Essex County Country Club and in my free time I train at an MMA gym called Cruz MMA. Below is an image of my German Shepherd named Branco who recently passed.
Understanding Patriarchy by bell hooks :
Quote: "The word "patriarchy" just is not part of their normal everyday thought or speech. Men who have heard or know the word usually associate it with women's liberation, with feminism, and therefore dismiss it as irrelevant to their own experiences."
Response: This quote caught my attention as it discusses a word that men apparently often dismiss. Since I am a man this immediately pulled me in. I have never heard or seen the word "patriarchy."
Quote: "They assume that men are the sole teachers of patriarchal thinking. Yet many female-headed households endorse and promote patriarchal thinking with far greater passion than two-parent households."
Response: I found this quote very interesting as the author addresses the situation that despite patriarchy meaning that males are inherently dominate over everything else, female headed households tend to idealize patriarchal thinking.
What Memes Owe to Art History:
Quote: "Easy to make, easy to share; instantly recognizable and a little nonsensical; a hilarious and at times sickly-sweet jab at the world’s blunders, scandals, protests, and hypocrisies."
Response: I never really thought about memes this way. Memes really are simple to make yet they can address real life situations in a humorous way. I see memes about everything from sports to shows to politics, they are everywhere.
Quote: "But Wershler noted the limits of political memes in isolation. “Narratives matter.…Pictures don’t speak for themselves,” he said, arguing that memes are not just jokes, but rather have the potential to be more sinister than what meets the eye. “Memes aren’t an innocent process—they carry serious political weight, and not always of the activist variety,” Wershler said."
Response: I am intrigued with what this quote said about narratives. Narratives do matter when looking at a meme. Just like stated in the quote "Pictures don't speak for themselves." The viewpoint in which the person is looking at the picture is what determines the meaning of the meme. A child might just find the picture funny while an adult might still find it humorous, but can see the dark truth behind it.
Memes Are Our Generation's Protest Art:
Quote: "memes have grown in popularity as a way to express political opinions."
Response: Memes have really gone political in recent years. They have been used to either mock or defend a political figure or someone with high authority.
Quote: "You can express yourself with one picture of a meme better than a whole page of text."
Response: I find this quote to be very true. That one image can be more clear than three hundred words describing yourself. It can be because memes are so relatable and give off more attention.
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