16. The End :(

We did our presentation yesterdayi i think it was really good. We presented the subject with the help of really affective material like videos, statistics from and so on. After the presentation, we had the in-class essay exam. I couldn't arrange the time well so i got behind :(
Well, i think we spent good time in the classes this term. I have learned a lot of things in the Eng 101 course such as blogging, APA format ( i had already known it but i developed my skills), citing images from flickr, prepearing a proper presentation in English. Also our course material was really attractive; my favourites were Killing Us Softly 3, Tough Guise and Boys Don't Cry that are about gender. It was a hard, enjoyable and technological term :)

15. Marked Women

Tomorrow is the exam day, we will do our best in the in-class essay. The Marked Women is one of the exam texts. The texts points out the women's more message-laden way of presenting themselves to the world in contrast to men's natural way of presenting themselves.


Women have to make decisions about their clothing, make-up, hair, accessories etc. Each decision carries a meaning and women have to be always marked. Men also have to make decisions but they can be unmarked and marked, but they do not have to be marked like women. For example, if a women wear sexy clothes, it sends a message; if they do not wear sexy clothes it also sends message. Also both women with make-up or no make-up are marked but we could not say men didn't wear make up; no make-up is unmarked for men.


Also all married women are marked.

If a woman takes her husband's surname, it shows the world that she is married. People think that she has traditional values and she is less herself; dominated by her husband's idendification. If a woman doesn't takes her husband's surname, people think ''she kept her own name.

If a woman uses both her and husbands surname; it is also marked.


...There is no unmarked women...


In contrast, biologically women are unmarked while men are marked.

2 X chromosomes make female, 1 X and 1 Y chromosomes make male but 2 Y chromosomes make nothing.

Also few species produce only females but there is no species that produce only males.


In linguistics, s, es, ess doesn't mean anything - in that case women are marked but in biology, Y chromosome doesn't mean anything unless it is attached to X chromosome. That is the irony!

14. Final Presentations

Last week, our friends presented films V for Vendetta and The Truman Show. And this wednesday we will do our presentation. We finished our work today and i think it will be really good. Our film is Boys Don't Cry which is about a transsexual. The film is reallly impressive, dramatic and based on a true story. I hope everybody in the class like our presentation,. It was really a group work, everybody worked hard. I felt really bad while watching the film, this film really examines gender, gender role in society, masculinity, social pressure. I will mention about film a lot in the presentation, it's just a beginning :)

13. V for Vendetta

This week, our friends presented the film ‘’V for Vendetta’’. First of all i had been watched the film about one month ago and i was very impressed. The film shows us the power of media and also how it lies. First of all, we see that a lot of people from different ages watch TV. Watching TV is not something specific to an age group. The aim of the main character, 'V' who is wearing Guy Fawkes mask, is to make a revolution and change the fascist regime. Nobody was revolting before V. When V talked on television, he reached many people (because watching TV is really a popular thing) and lot of people started to support V's idea and revolt against the fascist political party. He succeeded in impressing many pople through the media.

“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.” From V for Vendetta. Yes, in the film people could manage to change the fascist regime.

As i mentioned before, V was wearing Guy Fawkes mask but who is Guy Fawkes? Guy Fawkes was the man who tried to explode the parliament building like V many years ago. Guy Fawkes couldn't achive his goal, he was arrested and executed but V could echive his goal. Media's role is very important in that case. Guy Fawkes hadn't millions of supporters like V. V influenced and people started to support V after his propaganda on the TV and not ony V; V and his supporters achived the goal.

Also i want to add some important points that drew my attention; human rights violations...
the curfew
no right to protest ( Eve's parents)
using people as test subjects in experiments, they die
torture of homosexuals and so on...

12. Christmas Message For Sonja!

11. Things to do

'Colour Pencils' by ATKR, made available under a Creative Commons Licence.

Finally i submitted my final essay.There are in-class essay and final presentation left and also finishing our blogs and i-blog papers for Eng 101. I am very exited about the final presentation but unluckly the in-class essay, our presentation and my tll exam is on the same day :( I think i had to work hard and start working immediately...

10. Pub Quiz

Yesterday's class was very different from the other ones. We reviewed the course themes and texts with a British pub quiz! It is very inordinary that the words ''pub'' and ''quiz'' come together. It was very enjoyable and entertaining. I hope we will have one in a real pub :) There were two groups and four rounds with ten questions for each. Our group won with 25 right answers and we will receive an extra credit:) Its was a great opportunity and a lot of fun.