Alexander

Alexander:

Synthesis: Alexander's essay titled "Transgender Rhetorics: composing Narratives of the gendered Body" can connect to Flynn, Flynn talks about feminism and how gender effects the composition of students writing. Alexander mentions Flynn in his essay and is similar because he looks transgender individuals influence their writing. Alexander can connect to Milanowitz because she talks about Identity of gay and lesbian individuals, and Alexander touches on the role identify plays in the life of a transgender. Alexander can also relate to the discourse community authors we have read. Porter talks about intertextuality and Alexander uses intertextuality by using Flynn in his essay.

Response	Quotation
I liked this because it set up what the essay was going to be about. I like when essays to that because then I know what is going to be happening.	"This essay attempts to demonstrate how transgender theories can inspire pedagogical methods that complement feminist compositionist pedagogical approaches to understanding the narration of gender as a social construct."
A lot of feminist writers discuss how gender can effect the way that people write and how the gender identity can effect writing. I think that it does. because girls and guys have different mind set, they have sperate past experiences that influence their writing.	"A significant number of early feminist compositionist worked in vein, asking whether or men and women fundamentally write the stories  of their lives differently gendered ways.
in todays society topics like gender, transgender, and gays and lesbians are a political topic target. and it is important that people learn the proper language to explore those topics or discourse communities.	"Rather, our experience of gender and the use of language are wrapped up in the politics of we need new ways to use language to explore that relationship"
The more writing there is about gender the more people can learn about it and become comfortable with it. Also the more writing the more individuals that are transgender can feel represented and more open.	"seeing writing as possibility for respecting gender, as opposed to revealing a fundamental gender, is a significant shift in thinking about the composition of gender"
to an extent this is was i have always thought when I think transgender. except I dont think that it should be stereotyped as wrong or a mistake because it is not a persons fault for feeling like they dont belong in their own body.	"We know the stereotype of transsexuality a women or man feels trapped in a "wrong body"and thus seeks sexual reassignment surgery to correct natures big mistake".
I think that there are a lot of opportunities in today society for people to get involved in grous that help you explore gender, and sexuality.	"I am not sure that our narratives of gender swapping and transition were necessarily helping liberate participants from gender norms, even though i believe they have offered us opportunities to explore useful insights".

Thoughts: I thought the essay was interesting. Interesting in the sense that so many people have different views on the matter that it is open to a large range of likes and dislikes. I think that before coming to college i would have turned away from the essay but since i have been here I had the opportunity to listen to LGBT members in my LC class and it opened me up to how their lives are and made me more aware of the actual meaning. Its interesting how language and writing are also connected to the topic of transgender.

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