RR #22 Alexander

Summary: In the article "Queer Rhetorical Agency: Questioning Narratives of Heteronormality" David L. Wallace and Jonathan Alexander attempt to inform the audience of the discrimination that LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) community faces. They believe that it is unfair to discriminate against people whom you do not fully understand. They then go on to compare Sedgwick's epistemology of the closet and Gee and Delpit's versions of new literacy studies.

Synthesis:

I would compare this article to Malinowitz's article "Queer Texts, Queer Context s" because in both articles they discuss the LGBT community and how they are discriminated against. In Malinowitz's article she talks about how the LGBT are their own community therefore, their own discourse and it is wrong for society to judge them a certain way because of this.

Opinion:

I liked this article because it brings up an interesting topic that most people wouldn't necessarily want to bring up. It also raises some good points when they talk about how it is wrong for society to discriminate against certain people

A&E
3. According to Alexander, normally gendered students can gain exposure to a new perspective on gender roles and the social norms that come with them, as well as how gender influences politics. Yes I do think that this gendered exposure could go along with other minorities that we have discussed
in class.

4.What Alexander means when he calls gender "construct" is that gender is very misinterpreted due to politics and that politics effects the society greatly. The implications are both personal and political when we address it in class because it is very relevant to today in our society. Gender roles are becoming bigger issues in our society. And the writing styles in the community are going to be affected and different.