As you can probably already tell I am quickly losing my enthusiasm for these things. I wasted all my energy coming up with the title and I'm just gonna get an 80 on it anyway so heres another mediocre post. Enjoy.
https://www.ted.com/talks/aspen_baker_a_better_way_to_talk_about_abortion/transcript?language=en
That's the Ted talk^
In the Ted Talk the speaker, Aspen Baker, discusses how and why controversial topics, like abortion, are difficult to talk about. She stresses the importance of sharing personal stories about these issues, and how important it is to be a good listener to someone sharing their personal story. The term she used was pro-voice, Baker and her organization called Exhale listen to people, so that their voice is heard, and they can finally feel like someone cares. She talks about what it takes to be a good listener, and that it's not about agreeing with the storyteller, but it's about understanding them and putting yourself in their shoes, and that's where she says that empathy starts.
In her talk, Baker heavily uses both ethos in pathos, in a very successful way. She opens up by sharing a very personal story about her own abortion, and how it has affected her. This use of ethos gives her credibility because she's actually had an abortion, and she has that first hand experience that helps her connect to other women going through the same thing. Even though I have never been in that situation, her talking about how much having her pro-voice friend there to listen to her helped her, has caused me to believe in and support being pro-voice. She also appeals to the audiences emotions using pathos when she talks about abortion and violence toward women. Due to the various camera angles, I know that her audience was profoundly middle aged women, and her emotional appeal would definitely connect with them. She mentioned that pro-voice makes it possible for everyone to be treated with respect, which will connect with many people emotionally because respect for others of the opposite sex and/or race is not as present as it should be in this country. It is clearly an emotional topic that she is appealing to, as seen by the Women's March on Washington yesterday. The video was recorded before the march but this just shows that it is still very fresh.
I'm going to be honest when I analyze my relationship with the talk, the main reason I clicked on that particular video is because it was one of the shorter videos that I saw. However, it was definitely not the shortest video on there, and I did choose it for a reason. Firstly, it discusses abortion, and this is a very controversial topic that I knew I would be able to write a lot about. It is something that makes you question what's right or wrong, and the level of control that the government should have over women's health. I am not sure how it will connect to texts that we will study in the future but it does connect to the duality of human nature. It connects because both sides have a specific view of good and evil in when discussing this issue.
That is all.
But wait, there's more!
Mrs. G I gots an assignment 4 u. Watch this ted talk and report back.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_strange_answers_to_the_psychopath_test
I didn't watch it but it talks about the line between crazy and sane... hmm
I really enjoyed and related to your introduction and I appreciate all the titles of your blog posts. Keep up the good work. I think your TED talk was somewhat similar to mine because it was about transgender people's fight in the movement to gender neutral bathrooms. AKA another controversial topic. My speaker also used a good deal of pathos and logos to build credibility and entice the audience, which were proven to be the most effective tactics. We also had the same reasoning behind choosing our specific Talks. This is a good example of the duality of human nature because of the huge divide between pro-life and pro-choice movements in America right now.
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