This is It!

In the way of this blog, but I will be continuing my other one! I got side-tracked and haven't been keeping up with that one either. But I love writing, so naturally, I will be typing away on Nekkid Kiwi.

Features was a fun class. I learned more than I would just by reading up on Features writing. I like the creative aspect and and angles you can come up with, rather than with news writing being so structured with a serious lead. I also like the different categories Features comes with: editorials/opinions, reviews, profiles, events, etc. I've also learned how important it is to interview as many people as you can, or you can regret not having a better quote or more to color your story.

I think my writing has improved just a little. It's all about realizing who your audience is, and then you can add even more humor.

My favorite feature piece would have to be the opinion piece. Even though it was given through bullet points, I found it easy, partly because I don't think anyone could be on the fence with life/death situations of humans or animals.
My least favorite. UGH! I disliked the investigation piece. If I knew more De Anza secrets or more background, I could have come up with juicy stories. I really liked Julian's Food idea - too creative! I wish I thought of it! Especially since I'm all about health and fitness.

My future. Vague, but in the next quarter, it's continuing being on the La Voz staff and becoming an editor. Eventually I want to write for the Health section maybe, for a teen magazine.

Tests/participation > yoga pants/tights

I chose my editorial/opinion piece on one written in La Voz Weekly called "Dress for Class." I like Martin, but I AGREE with his opinion on what means "dressing up" for class.

In the article, he wrote that, "You should not be in gym shorts unless you literally just came from the gym and girls, no, tights/yoga pants aren't acceptable either." Well, if you're a mom and do a lot of running around with your kids and errands, I would consider that "working out" without the gym. It's also a comfort thing - just like guys can wear sweatpants, this is a cuter version of the comfort clothes. Dressing up doesn't have to mean jeans or cotton twill pants. A college student has the right to roll out of bed to get to class, because of all the all-nighters and anxiety and worrying of other things besides "What pants am I wearing?"For me, I stay on campus all day and don't want that inflexible denim to rip into my hips when I'm sitting in a bunch of classes. 

Another part of the article said, "First, tights are not yoga pants; they were never meant to be worn without accompanying layers. Wearing tights and a shirt is only slightly less revealing than wearing just a shirt and underwear, and you wouldn't do that would you?" There are definitely tights you can buy that are leggings, and though tights did require the shorts or the miniskirt in the 80s, they are now meant to be stylish and show off leg. It's a tight revolution! It's on the runway and in photo shoots, so it's hard for a woman to look at that in a magazine and/or other forms of media and think that it's not appropriate to wear when it looks kinda good on that model. It's "in," easy to wear with those ghastly Ugg boots, and can be layered if wanted. 

Subliminally Sublime

In my Mass Comm class, we talked about subliminal advertisements, and boy is it scary (and raunchy!). I've been aware of said messages since the mockery of it put on by the movie Josie and the Pussycats back in 2001, but nothing like what was presented in class. It reminded me of certain Disney movies that have secret messages, like in The Lion King when Simba is grown up and he sighs and collapses on the side of a clif and a puff of pollen or whatnot form "sex" in the sky very briefly.

Then there was the VHS cover for The Little Mermaid that went unnoticed from the public until a year after its release. The golden palace featured a phallus. 

Surprising, right?! Even Disney is part of the advertising conspiracy. A simple Google search will bring up all sorts of Disney "mistakes," like a nude woman in the background of The Rescuers, and much more. 

I titled my blog "subliminally sublime" not just because the words are pretty close and I'm being clever (hehe), but because these messages are really out-of-this-world!