Intertextuality in Glee

This video clip is taken from an episode of Glee where they perform songs from the musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This clip displays intertextuality because they use a very popular song from the musical called "The Time Warp" and incorporate it into their act, dressing up as the characters and recreating the dance. Although the song and dance number is taken directly from Rocky Horror, the cast somehow makes it their own.

Discourse Communities

Discourse Communities I am apart of:

• Graduating Class of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School 2010
• UCF Class of 2014
• Facebook Users
• Dorm Roommates
• Gleek (Glee Fan)
• Warnke Family Member
• Blackberry User
• Colts Football Fan

Peer Review Feedback

I really enjoyed the peer review we did in class. I wasn't sure if my essay was working well but after Kacie looked it over and wrote down her comments it really helped me see what I needed to still work on and what my strong points were. I also liked that the whole process was anonymous so the reader didn't automatically put a face to the paper or judge it right away. I will now be more positive with my work when I go to revise it because I know what's working well.

How to Get Over the Guy You Can't Get Over - Analysis

Voice: helpful, supportive, sympathetic

• The author of this article, Erin Zammett Ruddy, uses a helpful, supportive, sympathetic voice. This is shown clear through sentences such as "Either way, you deserve to move on- and yes, it is possible."Another example is "You will survive. Read... and stop weeping." She uses long then short sentences, pushing her point. She also uses quotes to make herself more creditable. For example, she uses a 29-year old women Kathleen who says "My friends helped me see that I fall for men I could never have a future with. They live across the country or they work 24/7 or they're way too young". When I compared the voice in this article to the one in "Editor's Note" is very similar. Cindi Leive, the cute, short, bubbly, editor-in-chief of Glamour writes all about her journey to help fight the BP oil spill in the gulf. She writes in a caring, sympathetic voice saying "Choosing this year's cause was, alas, an easy one; as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico became the worst such disaster in United States history." She also emphasizes on how bad this incident was using words such as disaster, ravaged, and underprivileged. 
• The author speaks to the writer rather casually as if she was talking to a friend. She uses sentences such as "You will survive." and "You can gloat later about how your floating-above-it-all attitude drove him crazy". Ruddy repeats a lot of words such as you, tempting, breakup, positive, and suffering. She probably does that to push the message that yes break-ups are hard but you need to stay positive and move on. Based on reading this article I can tell that the main audience for this magazine are older women who are established in life and are looking for more mature relationships. This article relates to the target audience by giving the women advice on how to move on from a bad break-up and how to eventually have a healthy relationship. The purpose of this article is basically a six-step plan on how to get the one guy under your skin out for good. Ruddy wants the readers to get over the guy they left behind and move on and be happy. 
• Reading this article it shows me that the aspirations of Glamour readers are to be established in a great, healthy relationship and not be stuck weeping over their past love. Through the writing style it also shows that Glamour is all about giving advice and helping their readers in problems they may face. 

TOC Analysis

The table of contents is located on the 13th page of Glamour, followed by tons of ads for products such as Olay Anti-Aging Kit and DKNY Jeans. It is organized in sections based on the topic of the article, such as news, men, fashion, look, and love. It also gives you the pages of the cover stories. Their is not a lot of text used, just titles and three word descriptions. The titles of the articles are written in bold font followed by descriptions of their content in a smaller, less exciting lettering. The main color scheme is girly, keeping it similar to the cover. The titles and numbers are written in a baby blue and the rest is a simple black and white. There are very few pictures used but the ones featured are eye-catching. A picture of a couple kissing is placed up top and a cute lipgloss is pictured below, each with a description of the article they are referring too. Some conclusions I can draw from looking at this table of contents is that the readers are mostly women based on articles such as, "Best in Shoe," "Beauty News," "Stud Meter," and "Fall's Sexiest Hairstyles." Also, I can tell they want to appeal to a younger audience because of how "risque" the pictures and articles are. Most older women wouldn't want to read about "New Ways to Bring Down the House," or "Seduce Him!" Taylor Swift is profiled and interviewed, also proving they are appealing to a much younger audience.

Sketching: Glamour

• Taylor Swift is pictured on the cover of Glamour, her long, blonde hair is flowing and she's wearing a cute, black lace cocktail dress. She looks glamourous and classy, the magazine wants people to aspire to be her and pick it up and buy it. The title, Glamour, is written behind her head in flashy, bold, baby blue lettering. This draws the reader in and appeals to woman because of the girlish color. The more appealing headlines are written in bold lettering, this is done to give the reader a quick glimpse of what the magazine is about. These headlines include "Taylor Talks," "25 Cute Hair Ideas," and "The Ultimate Advice for Dressing Your Curves." They all appeal to women and make her want to buy the magazine to find how what Taylor thinks of her ex, or how to look slimmer in a new dress. 
• The magazine if filled with articles, mostly appealing to women, about fashion, beauty, health, and relationship tips. Most of the advertisements in Glamour are fashion products and cool gadgets that would appeal to young, tech-savvy women. An ad that stands out to me is one for Camel cigarettes. The boarder of the page is hot pink and the rest of the background is black. Centered in the middle is a pink camel with Camel written in a girly font, highlighted in pink, above it.  The advertisers are smart and know most of Glamour readers are women, so appeal to them they make the ad look glamorous with pretty pink accents.