MD’s Blog for WRD 112

In my group we all investigated the stakeholders for fast fashion. However, we came to the consensus that evaluating fast fashion's effect on the environment would be best for the proposal and the documentary. This is something I have a lot of research on since I had the environmentalist stakeholder. Something important to consider when doing the environmental side of this issue is the feasibility of a call to action. My group needs to keep in mind that as 3 freshman in college we don't really have much sway in what we say. Therefore, we should probably try to look into local organizations with similar ideas to improving the environment as a way to create a plan to make a change. Other than this, the objectives for our documentary should also aim to educate the class/public about the issue of fast fashion. That way, even if there isn't anything tangible we can do as 3 group members, we are introducing the class to the issue so they can be mindful in their purchases as well ...

On Friday I was able to hear from 2 different perspectives (Nick and Isabella) about my essay and possible revisions or things to keep the same. One of the first things I wrote down was the both people thought I did a sufficient job of identifying my audience and how each article spoke to them and used certain rhetoric to speak to them. However, although I identified the audience for both articles, just this did not make my paragraphs seem to flow well together. A comment was made that there seemed to be a sharp break or disconnection between by 2 article analyses. I think since this was my rough draft, this should be something to not be super concerned about as a final draft will be more polished and should be more fluid. I'm also not too sure how much I will be graded on if my paragraphs are fluid because both readers said they were still able to understand what was going on even with a sort of obvious transition between by 2 analyses. The other major comment I had was to include...

 Topic- fast fashion and consumerism links to relevant sources: https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2021/06/18/the-promotion-of-fast-fashion-from-influencers-is-problematic-and-unsustainable/ https://www.hercampus.com/school/uc-irvine/how-tiktok-instagram-is-promoting-mass-consumerism-of-fast-fashion/ https://www.thefashionlaw.com/is-the-tide-changing-for-the-fashion-industry-regulations-environment-in-the-u-s/ https://grist.org/fix/us-textile-industry-microfiber-pollution/ https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22547185/consumerism-competition-history-interview https://www.businessofbusiness.com/articles/examining-fast-fashions-appeal-and-issues/ https://www.tiktok.com/@delilah_isabel/video/6967364510579444997?lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/@loveofearthco/video/7011596466535861509?lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/@imperfectidealist/video/6999822482526031109?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahsorgelle/video/6932084174295780613?is_copy_url=1&is_from_web...

 Santiago's Blog Post about privacy and security - https://jstr223.wixsite.com/website-3/post/data-surveillance-still-being-watched a new article I found - https://www.bullguard.com/bullguard-security-center/internet-security/social-media-dangers/privacy-violations-in-social-media While doing a little bit of internet surfing about Santiago's topic of privacy and security I found an article from an interesting source. This source is from a security company (certainly a stakeholder in this topic). While Santiago's post talks more about the legislation put in place (or lack thereof) protecting people's privacy, the article I found talks more about what type of breaches are happening. A new vocabulary word for me from the article I found was "data scraping". This essentially is just some third party company that buys or collects all the data from someone's social media or accounts. This data scraping takes record of their interactions with other users, their l...

 Something I've been spending a lot of time doing recently (although I may regret it when I have major assignments due in a timely manner) is playing Pokemon. One of my friends has a Nintendo switch and has reintroduced me to Pokemon (one of my favorite games from when I was little). I was unaware that Pokemon games were still coming out, and now that they're on the Nintendo switch they look even better and feel so much smoother to play than on the original DS that I originally played on. However, I noticed while playing these new Pokemon games that they seemed much less challenging that previous games I played when they were released on the original DS. I wasn't sure at first whether this was due to my higher intelligence or if this was really something that the Pokemon franchise was doing on purpose. So, I took to the internet and found an article sort of discussing this issue as others have found this to be true as well. The article helps to discuss the idea of the who t...

 here’s me posting something to make sure this works :)