Feedback from Spencer H, Author of "The Office and Popular Culture"

You show strong analytical work when you discuss gender and hegemonic norms as seen on “Da Ali G Show,” as well as in the Borat movie. You use great examples from these two sources to discuss and incorporate very relevant course readings.

You could definitely use this analytical strength for your final Blog post and presentation. Gender and hegemonic norms have been key topics in this course, and they are also key topics found in “Da Ali G Show.” One possibility would be for you to find one overall message related to gender that you feel is most prevalent on “Da Ali G Show.”

Your topic is clearly the center of all of your posts, except for the “Girls Next Door” post and the first collage.

It is clear that this is a topic that you are interested in. You use many examples from both “Da Ali G Show” and the Borat movie in your posts, which shows you are very knowledgeable of the topic. You also mention in “Ali G, Hegemony, Counter-Hegemony, Oh My!” that you watch the show for entertainment.

All of your posts are very well thought and clearly presented. You use gender as a primary category of analysis, backed up by relevant readings, in all of your topic-related posts.

All of your posts make clear, analytical arguments. You even analyze your collage and the “Borat 101” post that you responded to. The posts are well constructed and clear, and you always use evidence from the show, movie, and course readings to connect “Da Ali G Show” to the post assignments.

The sources you use, being both the show/movie and relevant course readings, are all clearly relevant to the topic being discussed. You use many examples from these sources in each of your posts as evidence of your arguments.

You use a broad range of course readings to provide quotes for your blog, and in several Blogs you use multiple course readings.

Your quotes are all clearly placed within your arguments, and it is easy to tell when you are referring to a source and when you are proposing your own argument.

I thought it was great when you put up the video of Ali G on feminism. It’s a very funny clip from the show and it’s also very relevant, as you analyze that interview in “Ali G, Hegemony, Counter-Hegemony, Oh My!”

I found it confusing when you responded to “Borat 101,” because it seems like you go off on a somewhat of a tangent and stray from responding to the post.

You’re really great at analyzing “Da Ali G Show” and the Borat movie from a gender perspective. Your arguments are always backed up by examples from these sources, as well as course readings.

You’re really great at analyzing “Da Ali G Show” and the Borat movie from a gender perspective. Your arguments are always backed up by examples from these sources, as well as course readings.