(More Than) Grrrl Power! Girls Studies at UCF

I identified specifically with one of the entries in "Red" this week. The entry about Johnny Depp. I could have written that myself. From the time I watched "Cry Baby", to when Pirates 3 came out, it is safe to say I was obsessed. I have watched every movie he was in, and am anxiously awaiting Alice in Wonderland and hoping for Pirates 4. I don't want to appear as a psycho or a stalker, but honestly - have you seen those eyes? haha... Now that i'm older, i'd like to think this is "obsession" is more of just a healthy admiration for the man. He honestly is someone that I idolize because he doesn't give in to the "hollywood lifestyle" that so many other stars do. He has his career and his family, he wants to live like a normal person. It's funny that I should be writing about this, because the Biography of Johnny Depp is on TV right now. I am trying my hardest to do this homework instead of watching it. A few years ago, this wou...

I really loved the reading this week and it definitely gave me a sense of nostalgia. The stories in Red reminded me of a lot of my girlhood. The “Appeal from an Angry Emo” reminded me a lot of my high school/middle school experiences. I definitely was not emo, nor did I really have emo friends (this trend didn’t catch on until I was a senior, and mostly freshmen called themselves “emo”). I hung out with the “freaks.” It wasn’t a rigid group, but everyone knew who was a “freak.” We were the kids who were picked on, threatened, etc., and in like Moriarty’s story, the administration didn’t care (215). Events in middle and high school certainly had an impact on my identity. In an effort to fight cruel kids, I lashed out. I wasn’t mean to others, I just became a tiny badass, as I like to think of it. I refused to take abuse from anyone. In finding a voice for myself, I also stood up for those who couldn’t, such as the physically and mentally handicapped kinds in our school. “The...