Category Archives: SAMPLES – WRTG 3020: Rhetoric of G&S

STUDENT SAMPLE – A Gay & a Queer Walk into a Bar

Jaima, a Fall 2014 student, made this comic to educate viewers about the differences between “gay” and “queer” as identities.

STUDENT SAMPLE – Transgender in Media

A Fall 2014 student made this educational comic, using Pixton. If the speech bubbles are too small to read on the page, you can click on each image for a …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Park that Preconception

Two Fall 2014 students made this comic, using Pixton. Students’ Preface In chapter 2 Garbacik discusses how the construction of gender roles originated. One contributing factor was Darwin and his …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – It's Okay to be Like Dad… and Bake!

Eunice, a Fall 2014 student, made this comic to illustrate how we learn gender roles. Student’s Commentary This comic provides a overall summary/snapshot of the first section in Chapter 4 …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Basics of Sex vs. Gender

A group of Fall 2014 students made this animation (using the free animation maker at GoAnimate.com) to clarify the difference between sex and gender. Student Commentary The entire first chapter …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – David & Gender Norms

A Fall 2014 student made this animation (using the free animation maker at GoAnimate.com) to illustrate how gender policing can happen in schools. Student’s Commentary How do gender stereotypes get …

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STUDENT SAMPLE: Straight for Life?

A Spring 2014 student made this comic to show how sexual orientation is fluid for some people. Her goal was to convey that idea mainly through images, using as few …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Love One Another

PSA video by Wylie (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) Tools/Approaches: images, audio clips, iMovie I’ve created this piece for both Christians and non-Christians alike. I want to show how negative …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – And Then Came Fireworks

Sometimes surprising things happen when you kiss another woman. Playable Audio Audio Essay by Nicolette (WRTG 3020 – Spring 2011) Rhetorical Analysis My target audience for this project is other …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Liberating Encounters

Comic strip by Hannah (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Hannah used Pixton.com to create this free-form comic about what she learned about gender and sexuality through her sister’s journey. To …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – The Rush: A Digital Poem

A Kinetic Typography Poem by Dustin (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Topic: The rush of energy and excitement that comes from being at a gay bar for the first time …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Deafness is SEXY

Web Site by Zoel (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) My website is called ASL Gender and Sexuality Terms. It is about American Sign Language (ASL) and its representation of gender …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Manly Men Can Bake Their Cakes and Eat Them Too

GENDER SUPRESSED SKILLS by glen.gomez on GoAnimate Animation by Glen (WRTG 3020 – Summer 2011) Comments by Amy: What I particularly like is how the animation allows the student to …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – A Not-Quite Coming Out Story

  Audio essay by Kylee (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Audience: The target audience for this project are my friends and family who already know me and ask me the …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – If You're Not Outraged, You're Not Paying Attention!

Audio essay by Kathleen (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) For more details, see her rhetorical analysis.

STUDENT SAMPLE – Eat, Drink, & Choose your Gender

Web site by Jess (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) My website, You are what you eat: The gender nature of food and drink explores how gender socialization has played a role in the …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Music Genres: Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes?

Web site by Nate (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) Women of Music When looking for a subject for creating a text-based project for a class revolving around the rhetoric of …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Understanding Asexuality

Web Site by Tera (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) Are there really people who don’t want to have sex? The answer to this question is yes. These people are categorized …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Nothing Says Tough Like a Tutu

PLAYABLE AUDIO Audio essay by Julie (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Introduction Audience My intended audience is college- age students who have taken a Gender Studies class and understand sex …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Violence Against Women Is NOT a “Woman’s Issue”

PLAYABLE AUDIO Audio Essay by Tiffani (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Tiffani composed this audio essay for one of the Fall 2011 sections of WRTG 3020. Read her detailed rhetorical …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Unexpected Consequences of Nature v. Nurture Beliefs

A Fall 2013 student made these short comics (using Pixton) to illustrate some of the unexpected consequences of two common beliefs about the origins of sexual orientation. Because the comics …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Effects of Gender Specific Toys

Mini-documentary by Jessica (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) My video is directed towards soon to be/new parents in order to create awareness about the influence of gendered toys on children. …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Gender and Politics

Mini-documentary by Zoe (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) I chose to do a documentary on the role that gender plays in politics and how relevant it still is today. My …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Sex! What Do CU Students Have to Say About it?

A Multi-Person Interview by Kirsten and Chris (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) Our goal was to show the wide variety of responses as well as confusion when it comes to …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Man Repeller

Video Project by Jamie, Natalie, and Caitlin (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) Our project incorporates male and female perspectives on the high-fashion blog, manrepeller. This project allows the audience to …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Discovering My Gender Identity Through High Tops and Bikes

Digital Story by Flora (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) The target audience of my project is college women or women who are of that age, roughly 18-25 years old. The …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – When Barbie Met Stacy

Animated Story by Kelsey and Sara (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) Barbie and Stacy are your normal teenage girls. They meet at school and become inseparable. What happens next? Find …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Fraternity Guys and Homosexuality: Changing Stereotypes?

A Mini-Doc by Tori (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) One commonality between fraternity men and homosexual men is that they are both stereotyped, but is the stereotype for fraternity guys …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Sex and Gender from the College Guy's Perspective

Amy’s Notes Three students in my Spring 2010 section of WRTG 3020 made this mini-documentary, which gave them the chance to explore how a bunch of college guys think and …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Another Life to Live

Animation by Lindsay (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) Tools: animation, GoAnimate, MovieMaker This video is the story of a housewife who is struggling with her monotonous life. Since she was …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – My Reconciliation with Femininity

  Audio Essay by Kat (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Rhetorical Rationale I composed this essay for people who are interested in exploring gender and sexuality issues. I’m hoping that …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Strength is a Process, Not Just a Result

Personal Narrative by Adelyn (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Rhetorical Situation Audience:  My audience has changed from who I was originally targeting… Instead of focusing on trying to talk to …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – How Barney and Marshall Met Each Other

Remix video by Collin (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) Rhetorical Context Audience The audience that I intended for the video were fans of the show How I Met Your Mother. …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Perfection

Persuasive Video by Ariel (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) Recently the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show was on TV again and with it came many speculations from young girls all …

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CONCEPT IN 60 SECONDS – The Multimodality of Gender

Explanatory Video by Amy Goodloe About the Project At the “Digital Media and Composition” workshop I attended in the summer of 2011, we were asked to compose messages in a …

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DEMO DIGITAL STORY – This is What a Lesbian Looks Like

A Digital Story by Amy Goodloe This project is an example of a CDS-style digital storytelling project, which is one of your options for a video project. In June 2012, …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Drag Kings

Presentation by Janna (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2010) Drag Kings

STUDENT SAMPLE – Dreams of the Stars: A Woman’s Journey into the Realm of Space and Research

As with the other sample personal narratives I’ve posted here, the sample below was written by a student in my WRTG 3020 class in response to a variation on the …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Journey to a Chivalrous and Strong Masculine Lesbian

A Personal Narrative by Danie (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Target Audience: Anyone interested in gender studies or just interested in a story of someone coming into their own. Purpose: To …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Repeal of DADT and the Changing American Hero

Video by Trey and Spenser (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) In terms of gender and sexuality times are changing, especially in the department of our refractory military. Growing up we …

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