Trial and Error

I often find I learn best by my mistakes. I unintentionally missed the 5pm deadline to set up my first blog here, thinking it was at midnight. Lesson = pay closer attention and read more thoroughly. If I were a doctor, my license would be suspended. I read within the syllabus the following: Topics to address are listed in the Weekly Modules. All blog entries must be posted the Tuesday before class by 5pm. When I clicked on Weekly Modules, it took me to the Syllabus Quiz.. Other than that, I don't see topics listed to address. If I'm missing something, please let me know! Since I didn't see a topic, I'm going to discuss the content of the quiz syllabus. It's odd to say I liked a quiz! The intention was to make sure everyone actually read the syllabus. I admit that I skimmed rather than studied the syllabus before taking the quiz the first time. The Joss Whedon question was a great way to encourage your students to navigate the blog. My failure to catch the reference, Whedonite, led me to IMDB where I wrongfully assumed Firefly (only 14 episodes) would be the least favorite. That is a silly assumption, considering My So Called Life was one of my all time favorite tv shows. When I missed a question and had to do a second quiz, I loved that the answer options changed order. That was really clever and a sly way to make sure people are paying attention. I certainly am. I'm very much looking forward to what's up the sleeve of this class...

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  1. silvashanJanuary 20, 2021 at 6:36 AM

    You're ahead of the game! Not due until next week. :)

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  2. silvashanJanuary 20, 2021 at 6:41 AM

    Also...My So Called Life was brilliant. And, a big moment in fan studies from a gender perspective. Online forums allowed young girls to mobilize together to try to save the show.

    "...on 15 May 1995, months after the last episode aired, ABC cancelled the series due to its “far too narrow” appeal. In response, MSCL fans established the first online campaign to save a show. The self-appointed “Lifers” took over ABC boards and, though they failed to save their series, it did land another run on MTV.

    “Networks didn’t understand that you could sell to adolescent girls,” Herskovitz said years later. There was no precedent, he adds now, though he remembers everything changing around the time Claire Danes started working on the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet. “All of a sudden, it was like, just boom,” he says. “The culture had suddenly discovered teen girls.” - The Guardian

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    1. kissincousinsJanuary 24, 2021 at 6:23 PM

      It was literally one of the best shows of my lifetime (nothing touches The Golden Girls)! I signed that petition and made a bunch of other people too! I heard that there was a chance to save it and Clare wanted to do films. Interesting that it's rumored she despised working with Leonardo DeCaprio and thought he partied too much. He's a young dude so what did you expect? I did love the film but would trade it for another season of My So Called Life any day! Jordan Catalano would have literally driven my heart insane too! Dreamy.

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  3. silvashanJanuary 26, 2021 at 2:27 PM

    The way he leans...

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