Slutwalk outline

 Introduction

Attention getter

Slut-Noun-Disparaging and Offensive. a person, especially a woman, who is sexually promiscuous.

Synonyms-hooker, whore, mammy, mule, sapphire, hoe,tramp, skank

History 

• The Slut Walks movement started in  2011 
• “I've been told I'm not supposed to say this. 
• Since the first walk in April of 2011 in Toronto there have been hundreds of slutwalks that happened in Canada, United States, Latin America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.  

Thesis

The slutwalk movement was successful with bringing awareness to rape culture and victium blaming. Even though the Slutwalks had good intentions it lacked in incorporating all races and ethnicities of women and for this reason the rhetoric of bringing “slut” back and revamping the term is not working for but against the movement. 

Preview

• I will be looking at three different sources through schemes and tropes, Parlem and Tyteca charts, fallacies, and rhetoric theories. The three sources that will be looked at today are the London Slutwalk advertisement poster, a protest sign, and a letter written from the Black Women blueprint to the Slutwalk movement. 

Credibility

• I am someone who has been in Vrooman class for the last few months in Vroomans class learning the different rhetorical schemes, fallacies, and concepts that gave me the ability to analis this social movement. 

*Connective-We are now going to get into analyzing the first source. 

Body

London's Slutwalk advertisement 

Schemes and Tropes 

• Emphatics (Enumeration)

• Question

• Style(Bold)

• Style(All Caps)

• Emphasis(Color)

  
  

  Parlem and Titeca 

• (Loci-Quantity- 

• Facts/truths-Observed-Concrete data.-T  

• Presence-Repetition-

• Inclusion.

*Connective-

Primary Source #2

Schemes and Tropes: 

• Consensus-

• Anaphora-

• Euphemism-

•  Color-Value-

• Focalizers-

• Style-Bold

• Style-Condensed spacing

• Style All Caps-

• Emphasis Underlying

Parlem and Titeca:

• Quantity

• Repetition 

• Succession-Stages-

*Connective

Scheme and Tropes:

•  scesis onomaton

• Understatement meiosis

•  Repetition anaphora

• Type

Parlem and Tyteca:

• The normal

• Metabole

• Analysis(Material)

• Division

Conclusion

The Slutwalk movement has been instrumental in bringing awareness to rape culture and victium blaming. It started a conversation that women wanted and needed to have about their experience being sexually assaulted. The movement spread quickly and has continued to grow. However, it has yet to incorporate black women in their decision making leaving little to no space for them within the movement. The rhetoric of the term “slut” as much as they wanted to take control of the word and bring a new narrative to it failed to see how destructive this could be for women of all races and ethnicities who need to be incorporated in the movement for it to be fully successful. Growth for some women is not good enough anymore. 

Slutwalk slides

 

DREAMers Movement - Toolbox Blog Post

 

Identification - Kenneth Burke

By identifying the experiences of undocumented youth, advocates are able to convey to the public the realities of being an "illegal immigrant". These realities include restrictions, the absence of responsibility (if brought illegally to the U.S. by parents), the dedication of these undocumented youth to the American Dream, and the repercussions of deportation of undocumented youth or their families.

DREAMers Movement - Rhetorical Argument and Fallacies Blog Post

 Brief background on the DREAMers Movement: 

The DREAMers Movement sprung from momentum created by the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, otherwise known as the DREAM Act, which was first introduced in 2001. Amid immense hostility towards undocumented immigrants, immigration advocates fought for broader immigration reform by focusing on legalizing the situations of undocumented youth who had been raised, socialized, and educated in the United States. These advocates worked to portray undocumented youth as contributing members of society who represented the American Dream. Storytelling became an important part of producing cultural and political material for the movement as it allowed the narration of personal experience and encouraged discussion. 

Analysis of (3) primary sources from the movement: 

Schemes: Anaphora, repetition of the word "no"

Tropes: Paradox, typically immigrants without papers are   

             fearful of being found out so this sign is sending 

             out a strong message

Visuals: Grounding, foreground middle ground and background

Fallacies: Emotional Appeal, appeals to others by showing bravery

Premises: Specific Values, not all immigrants would be able or 

       willing to be open about not having papers 

Arguments: Intention?

 

Schemes: Anaphora, repition of the word "no" in first sign

Tropes: Metaphor, "dreaming is American"

Visuals: Angle, Eye Level

Fallacies: Black or White, "no dream no deal"

Premises: Presence, Time, undocumented youth in middle 

       poster establishes the lenght of her stay

Arguments: Justification?, middle poster

 

Schemes: Enumeratio, details Lorenzo's achievments 

      while in the U.S.

Tropes: Antiphrasis, "his only crime is to be a ... college 

   graduate"

Visuals: Focalizers, "Dreamer 19643" sign made to look 

    like a mug shot sign, dark red capitalization in 

    "Criminalized Dreams" 

Fallacies: Emotional Appeal, makes audience feel bad for 

      Lorenzo as it is insinuated he is going to be 

      arrested and did not do anything wrong because 

     it was the choice of his parents to take him to the 

     U.S. as a child, he did not ask for this life 

Premises: Abstract Values

Arguments: Illistration, Clarity or Import

Slut Walks-Toolboxes blog post

 

The Slutwalk Movement is about women bringing narrative to the term slut. Women are often shamed by men for their bodies, clothing, and sexuality. The term slut is a derogatory word that is meant to be hurtful towards women but with this movement women are allowed to control the narrative of the term slut. With the reclaiming of this word the movement is able to redefine a word that is negative and shameful to something that means power and freedom. I will be using women's conversational rhetoric especially Madeleine de Scudery's approach to be looking at me first and secondary sources. The reason why I am choosing this rhetoric is because when this approach first came out it was a new and revolutionary approach which is what the Slutwalk movement was in 2011. To call yourself a slut which had such a negative and demining connotation prior to it shocked many people (men) because they no longer had narrative of the word. This rhetoric also allowed all women to come together and talk about important issues. This movement allowed all women or men to come together and created a space to talk about an important issue of victim blaming.   

clothes are not consent

 The SlutWalk Moment in 2011 was about putting an end to rape culture, which includes victim blaming and slut shaming sexual assault victims. The movement was about bringing power to women and their physical appearance and how no matter what the women is wearing or how she looked rape is never right. 

Schemes: 

Consensus- The poster repeats the "c" sound twice. first in clothes and then in consent. The poster is short and cosine and having that sound repeated brings to the argument that a women clothes in not her way of giving a man consent to sex. 

Anaphora- We see that the poster repeats My. This is important because this has the women holding the poster claiming it has hers. My Clothes and My consent. This repetition in words at the beginning of each sentence brings power. 

Tropes: 

Euphemism- Consent means rape or sexual assault in the posters and during this movement. The creator of this poster did not use those terms but instead decided to use consent which almost sounds nicer and proper compared to the word rape. I am sure this language was used because the repetition sound of the "c" but it is still interesting language to cover up the words rape and sexual assault. 

Visual:

Flat- We see her poster has flat and her message has no illusions to it. This allows us to read her simple but clear message very quick. Even though her message is short the audience still has a very clear understanding what her message is. 

Value- The poster has two contrasting colors which are white and black. The white poster with the all black lettering allows there to be a clear contrast of colors. 

Focalizers- How the words are spread out pulls the audience eyes across the page. Clothes and Consent are both one word but take up the whole width of the poster. Which allows you to focus on those words. In between those words we see "ARE NOT MY" written across the poster. The different font sizes pulls your eyes across the poster. 

Type:

Bold lettering-To bring importance to the words on the poster. 

Condensed spacing- The condense spacing is to bring urgency to this poster in my opinion. 

All Caps- The poster was in all caps. This brings a serious tone to the poster and brings importance to these words. Caps is known for yelling and this poster is supposed to sound like yelling in word form. 

Underlying- The word not is underlined. This to bring attention to this word and to make sure everyone knows Not is important. That is the keyword in this argument. If that word was taken out or changed the poster could have a different meaning. 

*Need to look at PO-T and fallacies*

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The United Farm Workers flag has a storied history, from humble beginnings as a symbol of the fight of migrant California farmworkers under Cesar Chavez to becoming a unifying symbol of “La Causa”. The United Farm Workers flag transcended its original purpose, which was likely more short-sighted in its approach and ideals, into becoming  a general unifying symbol for all chicanos, regardless of occupation.

The color choice on the flag is decidedly provocative, and the first symbol that would come to the mind of many on first impression is that of the Nazi Swastika, and although the goals of these causes are radically different, I don’t believe that the creators of this flag adopted a color scheme reminiscent of the Nazi symbol by coincidence. I believe that the shock value of the similar color scheme in their logo was a strategic choice in order to catch the eyes and attention of the media, in order to have their message taken seriously. 

In time, the image of the black eagle became a symbol of cultural pluralism, a

flag for disenfranchised Mexican-Americans to fly and feel as if they truly belonged, as they had for years been outcasted from American Society, and had strayed from their Mexican roots to the point where they no longer felt as if they were Mexicans, nor did Mexicans accept them as their own.

The flag was created in 1962 by Richard and Manuel Chavez, brother and cousin of Cesar Chavez when he and Dolores Huerta founded the National Farmworkers Union, an early conception of the United Farm Workers. The marches under Chavez being planned needed a symbol to rally behind, so Cesar recruited Richard and Manuel to design their flag, who supposedly sketched the first iteration of a flag design, which would end up becoming the adopted symbol, on a brown paper bag. 

According to United Farm Worker legend, each color on UFW the flag chosen holds a symbolic significance and relays its own message in it of itself. Richard and Manuel chose black to represent the dark, grim plight the farmworkers faced under white supremacy, white to signify an innocence and hope for a brighter future for the union workers, and red to represent the blood of those union workers who will likely sacrifice much in their fight for fair treatment.

Another important symbolic aspect of the flag of the United Farm workers is that of the eagles wings which resemble an inverted pyramid, a powerful symbol of Meso-American ingenuity and pride, which many Chicanos Identified with. Eagles have been adopted as symbols of pride and power by the United States and Mexican flags, and it makes sense that it would be a natural choice for those who felt stuck in the crossroads between being Mexican and American.

Social Movement Theory Blog Post

I have determined that farm to table ultimately aligns with the lyric frame of Burke’s frame analysis. Burke has three frames of approval, and also discusses three frames of rejection in his analysis of frames used by social movements, and it is clear that Burke’s lyric frame, a frame of approval, is relevant to the farm to table movement rather than the tragic or comic frame, which are largely visible in other social movements. Farm to Table is a straightforward movement, that some actually consider apart of the “amplification” model of social movements due to that the movement wants to be spread globally and be universally recognized. There is farming and agricultural living in many places all over the world, and the idea is to have the whole world eat farm to table produce for reasons such as eating local, organic, and healthy, as well as supporting local farmers so that they can stay in business. Also, farm to table’s purpose is to cut down on the transportation of food, which will cut down on pollution and reduce their carbon footprint. Farm to Table preaches how eating locally and reducing negative effects on the environment makes them a movement that is benefitting everybody, but there is not a ton of evidence that qualifies that everybody is benefitting from the social movement, specifically farmers who are being exploited by local restaurants. Even though there is controversy surrounding the Farm to Table movement, it is not an overly political movement, and not a movement that is fighting for civil rights and can become a polarizing topic to the extent of a movement such as Black Lives Matter or Amsterdam Squatters. Where the tragic frame or the comic frame can be easily applied to those movements, Farm to Table is simply not as polarizing as those movements because they are not nearly as political as those movements, therefore, pretty straightforward in their message, and applies more to the lyric frame compared to other social movements of a different caliber. The lyric frame, according to Burke’s analysis, is a frame that “gushes” over how “great or beautiful the subject is, usually without any qualification” (Burke). 

Queer Nation – San Francisco Movement

Queer Nation – San Francisco Movement

Intro:

Attention getter

Just because we identify with something doesn't mean that we want to be associated with it like when people give that something a bad name. The term queer back then was used as a negative term, but queer nation's goals were to turn the word into a sign of strength and identity, but some people didn't like the way the group made more noise than progress and so some people who described themselves as queer didn't want to be grouped in with queer nation.

Cred

Long time, no see, my name is Rachel and I identify with many things and probably have different interpretations of those things in comparison to other, so we are going to take a look at queer nations – San Francisco social movement, using Vrooman’s charts and toolboxes.

Thesis

Bad media exposure is still media attention, the press coverage of Queer Nation/San Francisco was conducted very dramatically, but still created a large, multi-issue social movement but Queer Nation struggled to find an understanding as to who they were and what they desired, and how to properly communicate those desires. They were characterized by the views and portrayals of the mainstream and gay media and eventually failed because they were not restricted to the concerns of the gay and lesbian community, they intended to be a multi-issue movement of social justice that would tackle not just the problems facing the queer nation but also many other concerns that dealt with systematic oppression, thereby making them viewed as being very extreme which ultimately  contributed to their downfall.

Preview

·                Will be using different components of the charts and toolboxes to better explain to further analyze this movement.

(Transition)

Body

Schemes and Tropes

1.     Profanity

 .                

a.              Words of swearing are important instruments of social influence. Gender ideals are not only reflected but are perpetuated in the act of swearing.

Blasphemy		Disrespectful use of religious language	Damn, Jesus H. Christ, God
		body taboos		Use of rude words for body functions and/or sex.	Piss. Shit.
		intensifiers		Suggests a strength of feeling but no unique meaning.	“That was bloody terrible.” “Fucking awesome.”
		Queer nation questioned queer theory and politics, and argued the limits of sex and gender identity and the deconstruction of definitions of identity. The debates posed concerns not only about the nature of political ideologies based on sexuality but also about their usefulness. This in turn challenges the theory of social motion to better explain the complexities of the creation and deployment of collective identity. This draws attention to a general identity politics dilemma: Fixed identity definitions are both the basis of injustice as well as the foundation of political power.

                

        PUNS

As such, these puns may become an interactive technique of co-ordinating various groups, pivoting around different emotional domains. It could conceive of a queerness version that attends to, represents and is influenced by its cultural-historical characteristic.

          Transition

7) arrangement

climax

Ordered by increasing importance.

 and "Out of the Closets and Into the Streets," and the widely imitated "We're Here! We're Queer! Get used to it!"'^[10]

question

erotema

Asking a rhetorical question.

ther slogans used by Queer Nation include "Two, Four, Six, Eight! How Do You Know Your Kids Are Straight?"

It something within its own sense trying to make their audience think, it’s a question asked not for an answer but for an effect.

Fallacy

Gay marriage should be land rule, since gay couples should have the same rights as straight men.

That begs the issue. How does that mean by "same rights?" People had the right to marry women before gay marriage, and females had the right to marry people.

A man who marries a man is a particular type of the "marriage right," and must be argued as such. Yes, there are plenty of excellent reasons for gay marriage, but this isn't one.

We will react when violence is directed against us. We will react to idiots and to any type of hatred 

COMIC FRAME The comic frame, portrays people as fools, it does not reject them for their foolishness; it considers them simply mistaken and therefore harmless.

Comedy always ignores something significant, to outweigh the negative of their situation.

They use Humor quite frequently in their puns, wordplay, and protest.

 To conclude, "Identity talk" was missing in Queer Nation and their poor media coverage had a negative effect on their campaign with their other potentially progressive ideas. They really didn't have any rules or declarations, it was a spontaneous community that wanted to have fun, but never questioned what would come out of it.

References:

Vrooman, Steve. “ Perelman’s Rhetoric of Argument.” TLU Faculty and Staff Web Pages, TLU.Sept. 2013, faculty.tlu.edu/svrooman/perelman.htm.

Vrooman, Steve. Rhetorical Devices for Vrooman’s Rhetoric Class. Retrieved from

http://faculty.tlu.edu/svrooman/schemes2.htm

Vrooman, Steve. Some Informal Argumentative Fallacies. TLU, Feb. 2015,

faculty.tlu.edu/svrooman/fallacies1.htm.

Mary L. Gray (2009) “Queer Nation is Dead/Long Live Queer Nation”: The Politics and Poetics of Social Movement and Media Representation, Critical Studies in Media Communication, 26:3, 212-236, DOI: 10.1080/15295030903015062