Courtney Martin

My favorite speaker on Wednesday’s class was Courtney Martin. As we all know, the media is a huge part of today’s society, its everywhere from the TV, down to our phones and I like how Courtney uses that to her advantage to get her idea across. She shows the relationship between how her mother and herself demonstrate/ speak out about this idea differently. She also shows that, every generation has a different idea under the feminism idea to fight for, society is contently changing. Courtney Martin stated that her dad had quit a job just because Country would not be able to work there someday, but in fact her brother could. In her speech, she also uses three paradox of her generation to define them. She talks about how an individual’s upbringing will impact on the way someone is. In a few of my other classes we have talked about this idea and I completely agree; when a young child see’s something done a multiple of times, they then start to “mimetic,” copy that act. Courtney Martin has accomplished a lot in life in just a short period of time. She inspires me to speak out for myself.