In his article “‘Political Correctness’ has become a code word for hate,” Larry Summers argues that Donald Trump and his campaign have transformed political correctness into a term of hatred that has resulted in violence and fear across the country. Summers believes that while previously the term was used to argue over the appropriateness […]
Reading Analyses
Reading Analyses
The Fight for the Reinvention of Gender Roles
In Suzanne Tick’s “His and Hers: Designing For a Post-Gender Society,” Tick addresses society’s attempt at becoming more inclusive and accepting through progressive reforms including changing bathrooms, and transgender individuals challenging societal norms in the workplace. Tick claims that “gender neutral design” is the next “frontier in the workplace,” citing the idea that the once […]
College Campuses as Holistic Learning Spaces
In their article “Recognizing College Landscapes as Learning Spaces,” Kathleen G. Scholl and Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi argue that today’s universities should provide students a holistic learning environment with both indoor and outdoor spaces so they can experience both community interaction and personal reflection. Using the evolution of college campuses, the benefits of human-nature interactions, and […]
Influencing Students and Their Learning Based on Landscapes: An Analysis of Scholl and Gulwadi
In “Recognizing Campus Landscapes and Learning Spaces,” Kathleen G. Scholl and Gowri Gulwadi recognize that students learn in areas beyond the classroom and colleges need to provide different environments in order for students to create the skills they will need in college and in the workforce. The article emphasizes how while classrooms are necessities for […]
The “Accommodation” Problem
In “Making Bathrooms More ‘Accommodating,’” Emily Bazelon makes a number of cases in favor of bathrooms being inclusive for all– including people who identify as transgender. She addresses the issue of the binary bathroom system that has been previously implemented through recent legislature and stories from individuals while additionally providing examples of ways this can […]
The Gender Revolution and Its Affect on Interior Design
In her article “His & Hers: Designing for a Post-Gender Society,” Suzanne Tick argues that interior designers and architects should set out to create non-gendered spaces that will better accommodate the evolution of traditional gender roles and identities that is happening in today’s society. Tick uses the gender shift in today’s workplace, the ever-evolving definitions […]
Reading Analysis 2: City of Rhetoric ch. 3
Loie Faulkner Hoskins WRTG 106 September 26, 2016 Reading Analysis 2: City of Rhetoric, Ch. 3 Fleming places emphasis on “The Neighborhood” in Chapter 3. He argues that, although larger realms of political parties and political rhetoric have their place, the most important platform is one’s immediate community. Fleming puts this in the context […]
Reading Analysis 1: City of Rhetoric ch. 1
Loie Faulkner Hoskins WRTG 106 September 22, 2016 Reading Analysis 1: City of Rhetoric, Ch. 1 Chapter 1 of David Fleming’s City of Rhetoric focuses on “The Citizen.” He questions the inherent contradictions within the American idea of what a citizen really is; if we are simultaneously entirely liberated individuals and participants of a […]
Social Exclusion and How it Relates to the United States Today
As mentioned in Sarah Schindler’s Architectural Exclusion, while it could be argued that social exclusion and injustice has improved over the last two centuries with the abolition of slavery and universal suffrage, it appears that the injustice has only become more dispersed, impacting a much larger number of Americans. Groups like blacks, […]
Segregation Through Infrastructure and Agriculture
In her article “Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination and Segregation through Physical Design of the Built Environment,” Sarah Schindler claims that infrastructure and architecture are responsible for maintaining discrimination in cities and towns. She provides several examples from Connecticut, such as a fence in New Haven and a concrete barrier in Bridgeport, in addition to areas outside […]