Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 101 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Mouthbreathers
As a life-long nonsmoker, it's hard to get on board w/ her essay. At the same time, it's also hard not to see the inherent logic of much of what she says. It is strange that the govt. is so invested in controlling this product that they formerly protected and assisted (in the form of tax cuts for corps.). Also, our govt. is in the process of lifting limits on car and factory exhaust and where is the outrage on that? We often see people of color as smokers in these anti-smoking commercials which presents the smoker as "the other" (at least to white viewers). Still, I wonder about Thunderstorm positioning "professionals" against "workers."
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