This document provides instructions for an assignment asking students to analyze and critique the way gender is communicated or enforced in a contemporary event from the news, television, or social media. Students must pick a "story", support their position on the gendered communication with evidence from assigned readings and outside research, and convince the reader to adopt their perspective. The goal is to demonstrate understanding of course concepts regarding power, gender, race, class and ability through persuasive writing that introduces, supports, and concludes the argument.

1. The purpose of this assignment is to have you perform a critique
of the way gender operates/is communicated/is enforced in
an event that is happening in our lives. Pick something
CONTEMPORARY from the newspaper, TV, or social media
and make an argument about what type of
gendered communication is occurring in the “story.” Use the
book to support your claims about that which you are analyzing.
Explain your position by backing up your claims with scholarly
evidence and use articles from the BCC library (2 scholarly
articles). The goal is to convince the reader to adopt your
perspective about the gendered communication. What is this
“story” telling us about the larger discourses
surrounding power, gender, race, class, ability, etc? For this
assignment you will be evaluated on your writing skills, your
attention to persuasive appeals, and your use of
evidence (focusing on particular parts of the “story” and
relating them back to the theory from the book and external
articles). This assignment should contain an introduction, body,
conclusion, a cover page and reference page all in APA, and
will combine knowledge of all concepts discussed this semester.