SUPA Writing 105

 Two Op-Docs. At first I didn't know what an Op-Doc was. The New York Times created Op-Docs as a series of short documentaries from solo film makers to Oscar winners. After browsing The New York Times Op-Doc page with 5 seasons (ranging from season 1 from 2011 to season 5 in 2020). There is a little bit of everything for everyone with these Op-Docs. The first Op-Doc I watched was Solo, Piano-N.Y.C by Anthony Sherin. Now when I first clicked on this video I never would have thought I would be so attached to a piano on a sidewalk in New York City. Another reason why I enjoyed this video so much was because it wasn't your normal video. It was a person behind a camera taking pictures of everything that happened to the piano. With this video it shows how people can come together over the simplest things.(In this case our piano) It was really heart warming watching normal people, strangers even better at that walk past this piano and play it, from the simplest notes to people standin...

 For this post I will be talking about masculinity, and you may think its odd for a female to talk about masculinity, but living with a little brother, a military father, and taking this SUPA class I feel I know a lot. In my Writing 105 course we watched a documentary, Tough Guise 2. We also read two articles about masculinity,  Not Your Father's Masculinity and   The Boys Are Not Alright (very good reads to open your eyes about the world we live in right now)   First I will dive into the documentary, Jackson Katz throws a lot of stats at you within the first 10 minutes of the documentary; stats about how 86% of armed robbery are committed by men, 77% of aggravated assaults happen by men, 87% of stalking cases happen from men, 86% of domestic violence happens from men, 99% of rape happens from men, and 90% of murders from men. To me that is mind blowing. 61 of 62 mass shootings happened from men. But when it is brought up into the media, the problem remains gender ...