Phenomenal Woman

In my English class last week my teacher Played my peers and I the classic poem of Maya Angelou titled Phenomenal Woman . This Poem directed toward woman is empowering with its words such as "I walk into a room just as cool as you please and to a man the fellas stand or Fall down on their knees then they swarm around me a hive of honey bees". She says "It's in the arch of my back
 the sun of my smile, the ride of my breasts, the grace of my style ,I'm a woman" which shows her words through her feministic features. Maya portrays herself with grace saying "Now you understand just why my head's not bowed I don't shout or jump about or have to talk real loud when see me passing it ought to make you proud I say " .

 I love this poem because she has this sense of empowerment for women that I absolutely adore . I am personally all for women uplifting each other she gives this perfectly through this speech . This poem to me says that as a female we all have special curves and great qualities about our self that uniquely make us phenomenal in our own way . This poem should cross every woman path at least once in there lifetime that's how Empowering it is .

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Chapter 15

In my English class I am learning a lot about a the historical Maya Angelou's life while reading her Memoir I know why the Caged Bird Sings . Chapter 15 of this book is by far my favorite Chapter so far , it introduces a new Character Mrs. Flowers. Mrs. Flowers was one of the richest Aristocrats of Stamps and a good friend of grandmother. For a year Maya was in a slump to herself being anti social everyone around town . For a while Maya watched Mrs. Flowers with a bit of fantilization because this woman had such a power and essence about herself that was beautiful . One day when Marguerite was told to help Mrs. Flowers home she got her first taste of "lessons in living " through their conversation. She said to Marguerite "Now no one is going to make you talk - possibly no one can . But bear in mind , language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals".

This is my favorite Chapter so far because I feel sometimes the best knowledge we can get is through our past generations that have already experienced things present we go through . At this point in Marguerite's life she felt antisocial because she had been previously raped by her mothers boyfriend. That alone is enough to drive any one crazy but not only did that happen to her she was so young going through these life battles . Mr. Freeman the man who raped her turned up dead not long after he went to court for his physical assault to Marguerite . I feel at this time since her returning to Stamps from her mothers house were she was in this dark phase of not talking to anyone she felt very alone . What I love about this chapter is Mrs. Flowers somewhat cracked her shell of being in a shell to herself . Marguerite already looked up to this woman that had such an aura about herself that when she spoke wisdom into Marguerite she soaked in that information and didn't just let it go in through one ear and out the other . This was the first time in a while that I felt Marguerite had a peak of happiness and growth .

Virtual Popularity Isn't Cool - It's Pathetic

As we Continue our English class this semester we are reading many different articles about the social media . One of the articles we read was by Ian Daly titled "Virtual Popularity Isn't Cool - It's Pathetic " which he talked about the virtual popularity on the web had people quenching their thirst for popularity behind a computer screen . He used an example of "tonight , a man with a successful white-collar career and a family who needs his attention will log on to his MacBook t see who "troutslapped "him and left a "zombie hug" - hypnotized by the soft glow of the LCD screen into thinking his online popularity has some kind of bearing on his life" here he gives an a strong written picture of exactly his point that some older men are more wrapped up in what others think or want to feel of the user while his family is in his presence but he is buried behind a computer screen . To Daly its not about what's being said on these social networks that could talk about productivity or world issues but instead the "mass infantilization " of the people behind them and what they want this mass web society to view them as .


I believe with Daly in a more than less. Today myself I have about 4 social networks ready to use at a fingertip swipe on my phone . I feel as though social networks are a place to vent and stay connected with people personally . Although on some of these networks that I follow past friends I often wonder how they became so socially "famous". Then there are other cases where I can agree with Daly because I will meet someone in person and once we exchange social network information I will see they are a totally different person on the internet . I feel your social networks should portray you in some since of a real reflection of you not a different persona just for attention or acceptance .