Evaluation Blog Posts (2) - Due Monday August 1

Over the weekend, complete the following in a few blog posts:

* Think of three cultural objects of interest. Freewrite about why you think it is good of bad (or the epitome of mediocrity). What does it mean to you? Why are you interested in it? What are people saying about it. How have people reacted to it. Where has it been taken up and used or repeated? Where has it made the most impact? How and why?
* Read the piece on Lady Gaga on Angel. In addition, look around the Gaga Stigmata blog beginning with this post on her video Born this Way. What sort of arguments do they make about Lady Gaga? What evidence do they use? Note a few rhetorical tactics that are used that are particularly effective in this kind of cultural commentary (you guys should be getting good at this).