Richmond Zine Fest Extra Credit

Brainstorming: Have you ever been interested in reading or self-publishing alternative and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) magazines and comics (or comix)?

Requirements: Attend the Richmond Zine Fest and write about your experience in great detail.

Purchase a few zines or comix or see if there are any free ones. Read them respond.

Remember to give specific reasons for your thoughts or feelings. Take notes as you attend this event. Without including specific details, your thoughts are not as meaningful as they could be.

Word Count: 500+ words

Value: 25 points

Due Date: Blog your response and email me the link to that specific response by midnight Monday 16 November 2009.

Bitches Scene & Women Unseen: Hip Hop & Gender in the 21st Century: Extra Credit Opportunity

Brainstorming: How do depictions of women in Hip Hop inform our interactions with, attitudes about, and opinions of women?

This Thursday, 29 October 2009 from 4:30-7:00 pm is the screening of the Bitches Scene & Women Unseen: Hip Hop & Gender in the 21st Century documentary, followed by a panel discussion featuring Maori Karmael Holmes, Ursula Rucker, and Lucy Bell.

UPDATE: You can also watch the documentary here.

Requirements: Your extra credit assignment, should you choose to do it, requires you to attend the film and discussion and then write a blog response in which you should consider addressing several of these bullets:

* Praise it or critique it, or both.
* How did it make you feel?
* What did it make you think?
* How does it relate to knowledge you already have?
* Has it changed your mind about anything?
* What arguments did were made?
* How well were the arguments made?
* Do not summarize; that's why we have Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

Remember to give specific reasons for your thoughts or feelings. Take notes as you attend this event. Without including specific details, your thoughts are not as meaningful as they could be.

Word Count: 300+ words

Value: 10 points.

UPDATE: Due Date: Blog your response and email me the link to that specific response by 1 December 2009.

Michael and Me: An Extra Credit Assignment

Brainstorming: What makes the world, the government, and our heads go round? Ask Michael Moore.

See Moore's new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, and see if it makes your head spin.

Requirements: Your extra credit assignment, should you choose to do it, requires you to see the film and then write a blog response in which you should consider addressing several of these bullets:

• Praise it or critique it, or both.
  
• How did it make you feel?
  
• What did it make you think?
  
• How does it relate to knowledge you already have?
  
• Has it changed your mind about anything?
• What arguments did he make?
• How well did he make his arguments?
  
• Do not summarize; that's why we have Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

Word Count: 500+ words

Value: 10 points.

Blog your response and email me the link to that specific response by 1 December 2009.

Image taken from the movie's website as linked above.