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Final Project – Guess Who’s the Most Disrespected Person in America
Student Submission CUNY Hunter College Spring 2025 Digital Comic Strip – Guess Who’s the Most Disrespected Person in America by Lorie Lamont Final Reflection – Words are so powerful. I know this because I’ve gone from feeling voiceless when it came to expressing my experiences with misogynoir to being able to confidently identify misogynoiristic discourse and explain why it’s harmful. While this might seem natural to those who already have the vocabulary, I didn’t have access to those tools until I took this class. My final project, a digital comic strip inspired by the viral “This Is Fine” meme, represents the constant stress that comes with being a Black woman…
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Current Event – Shannon Sharpe V. A Black Twitter User
Student Submission CUNY Hunter College Spring 2025 A former professional football player by the name of Shannon Sharpe, engaged in an argument with Twitter netizens regarding the WNBA ending in a misogynistic clap back to a woman who appears to be Black. The original input by the user @ungodlywests who is the Black woman that faced this unsuspecting backlash was a short comment of “oh i’m sure you don’t” (9/25/2024, Twitter) in response to Sharpe defending himself against OP (original poster) confronting his perspective of WNBA players. What @ungodlywests received in return was misogynoir in the form of an insult from Sharpe and a few other users online. The discussion…
