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In order to have a intriguing and convincing argument you must be able to incorporate rhetoric tenets into your work. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal is a book based on the fast food industry on how fast food came to be and how Americans and our society are greatly involved. Eric Schlosser the author of Fast Food Nation pulls you into his book with the effective use of the three rhetoric tenets ethos, pathos, and logos. Schlosser doles out to enlighten his readers on harming effect the fast food industry has on us,when most people are ignorant to the idea.

Activist and professor Dean Spade, in his book Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law, condemns current law policies surrounding discrimination and hate crimes against transgender and gender non-conforming populations. Spade proposes a critical trans politics that is superior to the equal rights efforts of gay and lesbian activists up to this point in United States history. Instead of desiring to be included in a law enforcement system that oppresses the people it claims to protect, proponents of Spade’s critical trans politics argue that the entire system, along with all related systems of policing and regulation, need to be either fundamentally

What if I told you that before you could even speak you would already have a reputation, would you believe it? Noel Sturgeon, a professor of environmental studies at Washington State University, fights against such injustices. In her 2009 novel Environmentalism in Popular Culture: Gender, Sexuality, Race, and the Politics of the Natural, she utilizes rhetorical devices to expose the corruption of popular advertising. The genre of this text gears towards her field of expertise, classification using symbolic aspects of the environment. The time period that the text was written is significant because it was the year that Obama was inaugurated, the the murder of Dr. George Tiller, domestic abusive relationship of Chris Brown and Rihanna, and Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the US Supreme court. These events demonstrate the opposite relationship of stepping out of boundaries and confronting social injustices, but the death and beating in particular show the rejection of homosexuality and women's rights. We are constantly moving back and forth on the equality spectrum, and from a very young age we were fed subliminal messages of our certain roles in society. Colonization, exploration, primitivism, racism, homophobia and sexism are presented to us through popular advertising thus her audience is the entire nation. She uses our definition of what it means to be “natural” and by doing so, people are given a reputation based on their race, gender or sexuality.

Moses Kaufman is the producer of the successful play “The Laramie Project” after a horrific incident that occurred in Laramie. Members of the artistic group of Kaufman 's, traveled to Laramie to find out more about the horrific incidence. The main aim of the whole project was to find the emotions, reactions, and reflections that the people of Laramie manifested concerning the beating and subsequent death of a twenty-three-year-old college student (Gale, 2016). A lot of questions were raised concerning the death as people had different point of views. Some thought it was a hate crime, others thought it was just a brutal assault or a form of robbery. Four hundred interviews were conducted so as to come up with the reasons behind the brutal murder straight from the town folks. The main issue was how homosexuality was defined in the crime. The Laramie Project, questioned the rights of the LGBT+ group. For example, why were Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders discriminated by the community and the society as a whole even though their rights were constitutional?

Writers tend to show bias in their works, whether they are intentionally doing so or not. Using subtle techniques like word choice and writing style, writers reveal their opinions on the topic they are writing about. Alexander Kaufman, a writer for the Huffington Post, recently wrote an article titled, “Chick-Fil-A Hopes NYC Will Forget That Whole Hating-Gays Thing”. This article is about Chick-Fil-A trying to get restaurants put into New York City after the owner of the company was recently quoted being outwardly against gay rights. Kaufman, in this article, reveals that he is against the anti-gay restaurant chain and their attempt to move into New York City. He presents a clear distain towards the company in his article. Alexander Kaufman is against the idea of Chick-Fil-A opening restaurant locations in New York City, and he expresses his beliefs in his article through word choice, use of Bibliomancy, use of puns, quote manipulation, and writing style.

In this news article, it describes how a corporation like Chic Fil a is standing up for the businesses morals, values, and beliefs. I chose to include this article as it supports the argument that a business has a huge reputation to uphold and as business owner or representative makes a comment on controversial issue, such as refusing gays, it can lead to mass support or protest. Another reason I chose to include this article is because of the business the news story decided to cover. Chic fil a is a popular fast food restraint and is known for its great customer service and Christian

The man who gave this amazing Tedx talk isn’t just the run of the meal sports journalist. Elzie “LZ” Granderson is a forty-three American journalist and commentator, who were first hired at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a home design writer, but with his passion for sports it wasn’t long before he became the lead writer for the paper’s entertainment section, where he made a name as a sportswriter. Now at ESPN where he is a senior writer and columnist on their magazine (ESPN The Magazine) and has also worked for the likes of CNN writing daily columns for their website. With all that being said Mr. Granderson just happens to be gay, and he is motivated to speak on the issue of the “Gay Life” because of his personal connection and ignorance that is spread about gay individuals from straight person to straight person. In this humorous, yet long-faced and controversial Tedx talk Mr. LZ Granderson uses three rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos) in order to make the topic of the “Gay Agenda” relatable and to educate the one’s that aren’t on the issue.

The author lists recent protests held by the trans community over a movie that places a cisgender, white, gay male at the center of the revolutionary Stonewall Riots, despite the widespread fact and acknowledgement that trans-women of color were the revolutionaries of the riots. The Stonewall Riots were the pivotal moment in the on-going movement towards equality for the LGBT communities. During the riots that took place in the 60’s, queer men and women worked alongside trans and gender nonconforming people for the purpose of making the LGBT voice heard across not only America, but world. The conjoined efforts of both the trans and gay communities are what have led us to the legalization of gay marriage this past year. Together, both communities have created so much progress. Wouldn’t dividing ourselves into separate communities effectively stop us from continuing this progress towards

The Mc Donald brother’s created a revolutionary idea of how to run a restaurant. They brought the factory system to the back of their restaurant, training employees to do just one thing. Kenner is effective in engaging his audience when he shows viewers an animation of animals coming into a farm house from an assembly line. Kenner was hoping that people would be alarmed with how our food is now be raised and produced. Take the Tyson Company who is the biggest meat packing company in the world. The food industry because of mass production has changed how a chicken is raised. Kenner provides a logical visual example showing his viewers that birds are being raised and slaughtered at half the time they were 50 years ago. The visual demonstration of redesigning the chicken to make the breast larger was meant to draw on his viewer’s emotions as well as bringing a sense of urgency to the cause. Kenner went on to explain how “farmers today don’t own their birds, a company like Tyson owns them from the day they are dropped off until they are slaughtered”. Kenner wants to come off authoritative and interviews Richard Lobb, from the National Chicken Council. Lobb provides sufficient information on how big companies like Tyson have taken over the industry. Lobb says, “in a way we are not producing chickens, we are producing food” (Food Inc.). He goes on to tell us, how the system is highly mechanized and all of the

Kevin Nadal begins by discussing the history of LGBT activism. He explains that while it may seem that heterosexism has decreased in society, in actuality it has only become subtler or less visible. While the LGBT community has certainly made strides away from the blatant homophobia that existed in the 1900s and under President Obama there were many gains, there are still predominant issues that affect individuals from this community every day. Probably the first type of discrimination that comes to mind is interpersonal discrimination, such as verbal or physical assaults. However, equally important and harmful are types of institutional discrimination. Nadal describes several examples of this, noting that in many states there are laws that

Ruth Ozeki’s novel, My Year of Meats, is framed around the American meatpacking industry through an interconnecting combination of fictional characters and their personal home lives on a Japanese produced show, My American Wife!, and relevant political issues in the United States. Jane Takagi-Little, a Japanese-American documentary filmmaker, accepts a job working on My American Wife!, which is a television program targeted to a Japanese audience and is sponsored by BEEF-EX; an American meat lobbying organization. Jane and her film crew travel across the United States for the program filming a variety of American women and their families who align with the programs pitch, “Meat is the Message. . . .It ’s the meat (not the Mrs.) who’s the star of our show!

Peripherally, the poem “Homo Will Not Inherit” through the use of sarcasm, a flattering and condemnatory tone, and biblical allusions, Mark Doty proudly asserts his supposed impending, prideful downfall and damnation as a homosexual. However, the nature of his assertion drew attention to a larger, deeper underlying problem: the concept of perceived authority and perceived freedom. To declare oneself free from the clenches of opposition involves a decision, and the route often taken is the route of hatred towards those who stand against one’s own interests. Yet, two potential faults exist in the approach of those who choose a path similar to Doty’s route to freedom: does the simple, closed-minded, radical hatred of things that don’t align with one’s personal convictions make them any better than their oppressors and is there actual freedom in hateful resistance? Mark Doty may have intended to display his bravery in his prized sexual orientation, but he also displayed a glaring issue with resistance movements: they, in their pride, imprison themselves.

Another issue with the moldy meat is the manner in which Jack Link’s handled these complaints. Commenters on Facebook quickly took notice of the cookie-cutter response to their justified displeasure and felt like it was a stark contrast to the personal replies to positive comments left by other “friends”. Even after the cookie-cutter response links were filled out, many were still upset at the lack of speed in which their problems were being

The Advocate and The New York Times, in contrast, place very heavy emphasis on integrating the voices of members of the LGBT community, particularly ‘L’ and ‘G.’ The Advocate is, of course, a magazine whose primary audience, as mentioned above, is the LGBT community. The New York Times is published in a city with an active and influential LGBT community, and the paper—as a result—must serve their interests, too.

A long line forms at Our Way Café in Decatur, Georgia as customers are anxious to buy a plate heaping with traditional Southern food. If one were to observe the employees and those in line, one might notice that a diverse group patronizes this restaurant. There are men in business suits, men in gas station jump suits, women with huge diamond earrings, and women in sweats. Blacks, whites, young, old, Hispanics, and many gays eat and work at Our Way Café. These gays are open to exhibiting their sexual orientation and preferences, as same-sex couples find the setting to be comfortable. This array of people represents the community of Decatur, an in-town neighborhood east of Atlanta.