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Post Eight: Summary and Connection to Course Readings
The research done in this blog regarding gender neutral bathrooms takes a look at how these bathrooms are accessible to trans, gender nonconforming, and other groups of people in terms of accessibility. It aims to present some evidence that combat the claims against the need for these inclusive spaces such as them being too expensive, not open to more than just trans folks, and other viewpoints. While looking at some ways that places like campuses can be more inclusive with spaces like housing, bathrooms, and locker rooms this blog also looks at how different places have started incorporating gender neutral bathrooms regarding physical structure of these spaces.
Finding legislation or legal approaches to this work was something I specifically sought out considering we have learned through the health panel and other articles that this community is lacking support from the government/ just gaining support which is why folks within the community are so accustomed to finding ways to adapt to situations such as the ones with the bathrooms. This legislation may not fix current structures but ensures that in the future gender neutral restrooms need to be considered when creating or renovating spaces.
The first reading that came to mind when hearing personal narratives in videos or in the TED Talk about experiences folks have had in bathrooms reminded me of a reading from the beginning of the semester titled “A Certain Kind of Freedom: Power and the Truth of Bodies” by Wilchins because it gets at the root of the issue which is that gender is all a system created and perpetuated by all of the people within that choose to participate. We have attached meaning to gender and how it is perceived and presented. People get rewarded for ‘doing’ their gender right and punished for ‘doing’ it wrong. Pushing for neutral spaces is important because, as Ivan said, these so called ‘public’ spaces are not really public spaces because not all are welcome.
Dream dictionary meanings - the symbolic meaning of native american in dreams based upon hundreds of real life dreams
Usually, I see psychoanalytical theory in Psychology classes and NAS classes. So to see it being dissected in ENGL 320 was a nice change. Anyway, here’s a nifty site that someone showed me a while ago that I found to be interesting.
The gas station (that rare thing downtown!), Trinity Bellwoods park and its community center, a lovely wild flower growing between the cracks of the pavement near the community center (something you really wouldn’t have seen further East towards where we started) and the Candy Factory Lofts, a space I have read which prompted the gentrification of the West end.
Beautiful weekend in Córdoba
A documentary I watched in class titled: The Century of the Self (2002) was an eye opener, because I didn't know that today's advertisement ads used in North America was influenced by Sigmund Freud and his nephew Edward Bernays in the 1920s.
Sigmund Freud and Edward Bernays's theories used mass manipulation methods and the influence of the human mind by advertisements for mass consumerism; buying things because it makes one feel important, liberated, and feel good about oneself.
Of course mass consumerism, materialism and the bombardment of ads is still with us today. With the help of technology, advertising agencies come up with clever ways to get people indulging in consumerism, and obsession over material goods and brands.
I try to be a mindful shopper and not fall into marketing gimmicks, and buy things I need only, however I sometimes get tempted to by products because the advertisement is so well done.
The images I chose for this blog post is from google images, and I found these images and quotes profound because it shows us our mentality as people living in a consumerist society.
Drilling the holes for the ear position!
I didn't take any work in progress pictures, only because this is all a matter of personal preference. After looking through hundreds of deadmau5 head pictures, I noticed that the ear positions vary greatly.
I will say, you do NOT want to drill one or both of the holes on the sideline. I didn't listen to the tutorial I am referencing, and I drilled one of the holes on the side line. As you can see in the pictures, now my ear rests about an inch in front of the sideline, when it should be behind it.
Anyways! Things you will need for this step:
14" globe. Neck and mouth should already be finished.
Ear pieces. They should be sanded down and ready to go.
Dremel with cutting bit. I used the 561 Multi-purpose cutting bit. It almost looks like a drill bit.
Protective eye gear. AGAIN. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!
Four washers and four wingnuts. These should be the correct size to fit the metal rods on your mau5 ears. Mine are 5/16".
This step is pretty easy for the most part. I just held up the ears to the head and figured out how I wanted them to look. I chose an angled position for mine, but you can also fix them on straight. Once you have decided where you want them to sit, take a sharpie marker and mark the spots where the metal rods touch the head.
Take your dremel and drill out these spots. Of course, my markers were a bit off, so I had to drill extra. As long as the drill holes aren't as big as the washers, you should be good!
Once you have the holes drilled, check the fit of the ear pieces. Make adjustments as necessary.
Go ahead and reward yourself by putting that bad boy together! It's finally looking like a mau5head!
Haitian photographer wins copyright case in U.S. court
A 62-year-old Haitian photographer has won a major copyright ruling in U.S. District Court, the New York Times reported last week.
A Manhattan jury awarded Port-au-Prince resident Daniel Morel $1.22 million for copyright infringement, the report said.
The jury found that Agence France-Presse and its American distributor Getty Images willfully infringed upon Morel’s copyright of eight pictures he took of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, according to the report.
Morel posted the photos on TwitPic, a website that allows users to put pictures on Twitter, hours after the earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. A Twitter user named Lisandro Suero then reposted the pictures claiming they were his, the report said.
Agence France-Presse took the photos from TwitPic and distributed them to clients, and Getty Images distributed the photos in the United States, according to the report.
NYTimes.com briefly used the Getty photos that evening, the report said. The Washington Post, ABC, CBS and others who settled with Mr. Morel before Friday’s ruling had also used them.
Agence France-Presse had originally filed a suit against Morel seeking a judgment that the agency had not infringed upon his copyright and that instead he was interfering with its business practices, according to the report.
A Federal District Court judge disagreed and said that the agency needed Mr. Morel’s permission to publish his photographs, the report said.
The judge had a jury determine whether the infringement had been willful and had it decide damages, according to the report. The jury found that Agence France-Presse and Getty had violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Mickey Osterreicher, the general counsel to the National Press Photographers Association, said in an interview with the Times that the ruling reinforced photographers’ rights in the era of social media.
“Like anything of value, people need to ask permission, give credit and pay fair compensation for those images,” he said. “And when they don’t, photographers need to be able to stand up for their rights.”
This is a good lesson for me as a young journalist. I need to be careful about where I get my content and information from and need to double check my sources. A mistake like this could be costly to both my news organization and my career, so I'll try and prevent them before they occur.