11/20 #1

I have all of my research and citations done. I also started the paper, I have one and a half paragraphs done.

11/6 #3

One movie that I know about is The Notebook. The Notebook is a love story so automatically it puts this movie into a movie that it marketed more for girls. It works well with the concepts of girl space because it stereotypes the fact that girls "want a knight in shining armor."
Another movie I know well is 300. This movie targets males because of the war, blood, and fighting. This fits in with the "boy culture" because boys are supposed to like adventure and violence.
Popular culture aimed at children uses a lot of animation and combedy. Things that are fun will attract children.

11/6 #2

"Complete Freedom of Movement": Video Games as Gendered Play Spaces

• This heading introduces the section on the difference between boy and girl toys and video games.

Moving Beyond "Home Base": Why Physical Spaces Matter

• This heading introduces the fact that space is limited to play in terms of outside and the difference between a boy's and girl's bedroom or space in a house.

Putting Boy Culture Back in the Home

• This heading talks about what boy culture was like then and what boy culture is like now. It also talks about the good that video games provide for young boys who lack exploration.

Gendered Games/Gendered Books: Toward a Cultural Geography of Imaginary Spaces

• This heading introduces the stereotype of what boys and girls should be like.

11/6 #1

For this blog I used my second essay on Title IX and women's athletics. I did not use any metacommentary in my introduction paragraph. However, I do think that I help to introduce the paragraph and what was to come in the essay. Throughout my essay I did use some examples of metacommentary. I also believe that my text is the right length, but adding some examples of metacommentary would help to put some extra insight into my paper.

The first example of metacommentarty that I could put into my essay is in place of the second sentence in my essay. I could use the template "Although some readers may object [ ], I would answer that [ ]."