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Gender in Advertising (2 GAP Advertisements)

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For this blog post, I had to analyze 2 poster advertisements for GAP. In the first one, it shows a little boy and the text says "The Little Scholar." He is wearing clothing with Albert Einstein on it with "nice" clothing as to say that he will be an important figure in the future. In the second, it shows a little girl and the text says "The Social Butterfly." She is wearing clothing that some people would say would make you seem popular. It seems as though they are stereotyping both genders saying that the boy is smart and will do scholarly things while the girls wants to be noticed and popular. This does kind of make me view GAP in a different way. They are saying that men must be smarter than girls in a way. It feels like they are saying that girls may just be pretty faces while men will be out there getting things done. I personally don't like that people stereotype women as people who only want attention and want to be popular. That is not true i

Happiness in Our Modern World

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Happiness is a very important thing in everyone's lives. Things that make me happy are watching shows that I love, reading a nice little story, performing in a production, and the people around me that care about me. I also like to sometimes be alone, so that will make me happy sometimes. I am happiest when I am able to do some of the things I want alone when I feel like it. I am also happiest when I have my best friends around me. For homework, we had looked at a thing that was a happiness index and it showed the places that were the happiest and the places that were not so happy. I think that it is a good thing to know because it just shows what you may be able to contribute to your country or even another so that you can make the place more cheerful. I guess the best way to measure the happiness of a nation is through politics, riots/protests, and even the internet. Also going around and seeing if people are really happy with their jobs. For class, we read a story called &qu