New York Times Iowa Debate

The article that I read was about the Democratic side of the final debate in Iowa for trying to usurp the title of being the new president of the United States. Some of the topics in the discussion were how the different social classes of Americans are so separated and how the Democrats want to be less divisive. Although the cadidates were down each others throats, they still managed to stay polite and scrupulous. However, they needed to keep in mind in order to reach the pinnacle position in all of the country, they needed to be respectful and open minded. The three top Democratic candidates are Barack Obama, Hillery Clinton, and John Edwards. Although they're on the same side, the still have differing views. Off screen, they connive and weasle they're way out of dealing with the media. They come up with well fabricated excuses as to why they do certain things and why it's right. The final debate in Iowa is in a huge capacious room filled with press and spot lights. A shy person's hell on earth. Constantly worrying about tripping or falling in front of everyone and ending up in a hot, sweaty, and smelly cast for weeks. Then afterwards, having a limb that suffered from atrophy.

The Waiting Room

The key messages of this play are that everyone has beauty, they just need to find it in . People have all different kinds from inner to outer. The problem is most people can't or choose not to see it in themselves and are too focused on how other people see them. Some of the things that Lisa Loomer touches on regarding today's society are how people go and get all of these modern day accessories and changes done to their bodies when they should be focusing on the good things rather than just the bad. For example Wanda, your typical New Jersey blonde, goes out of her way to go under the knife and improve her appearance. Lisa Loomer also talks through Forgiveness about women being below men and not ever being the dominate one. To me I was under the impression that she feels very strongly about how unfair our society is towards women. In this play Forgiveness is in my eyes, an Asian mail-order bride that has all of the duties of an ordinary housewife. Including "doing as told." I didn't quite understand the whole health ordeal in this play but I think Lisa Loomer's trying to opens the eyes of her readers to the real tragedy of cancer and other such diseases. However, I'm not very sure. I don't necessarily believe that the three girls progressed or regressed. The reason why is I feel that they started to realize their own inner beauty but then couldn't steer away from what they looked like in the eyes of others. Wanda towards the end of the play starts to except that she's not perfect and that no one is. She also goes into almost a depression phase and starts feeling bad for herself. It seems as though she is just striving for attention. However, I do believe that Wanda has progressed somewhat in the sense that before she was hesitant when it came to opening herself up to others but know she has been able to share her past and where she comes from. My whole family got... cancer. (touches her breasts) My grandmother ... (touches her stomach) My grandfather ... (touches her breast) My aunt ... (touches her groin) My uncle ... (hits her head) Her wife..." That has really helped her prosper because people have a better understanding of who she really is.
Forgiveness starts from pretty much nothing and has always done whatever her husband had told her. However, now she's become more independent and has started think more on her own two feet. She doesn't only rely on her husband to live her life for her.
Ken and Larry a doctor and an FDA agent, both seem to just be neutral and uninteresting. I don't think that Lisa Loomer was very clear on her perspective on the pharmaceutical industries.
I think that the way the Lisa Loomer concluded the play was interesting but somewhat confusing. She reconnected to the main idea and plot of the play but at the same time made everything make sense. She really captured the idea of beauty and each person in the plays view on it.

Gender Roles Article Response

I agree with the article in the sense that this is the traditional life of women in America. This to most people, is the ideal life for women. I completely disagree with how this is though. From my own personal experiences with my parents, my mom plays a little more of the boss role in my house hold. They for the most part equally contribute to the daily life of my family and most of the time it doesn't matter what kind of job it is. I don't believe that it is right for women or anyone in that matter to be limited to the amount of power or say in things. Everyone should have equal power.

article response

The quote from the article "The Morality of Fat," "What the heck is cilantro?" To me this quote means that most people don't cook or do eat a lot of home cooked healthy meals. This means that they're consuming unhealthy on the go foods. Bleh!!

In yesterday's discussion, I feel that I did very well and participated every time that I felt that I could. I would how we relate and compare to other countries. We Suck!!!