Thursday, 13 January 2011

Interview with a Suffragette
"Feminism. What does it mean? Has the suffragette movement made changes for how women are treated? Today we'll explore this issue in further detail and even speak in depth with a woman directly involved with the movement. Was the fight worth it? Let's hear from Emily, a feminist very much involved in fighting for womens rights and equality for women. Emily, why do you feel so strongly on the subject?"

"I believe that there is no reason for women to be treated any differently to men. There is no evidence that women are any less capable of anything than me. Understandably, some women prefer to be treated differently to men as they consider this the traditional approach but the opinions of this minority should not be enforced on every woman."

"You may say there's no evidence to show that women are unequal to men but do you ever consider that the fact that women have been in that position for millions of years is evidence enough to back up this point?"

"No, of course it is not evidence. Everything changes, and principles are no exception to this. If we were supposed to believe that nothing should change, that completely contradicts all scientific evidence of evolution."

"But then it reinforces the religious belief. Are you saying that every person to believe in religion is wrong and is not believing the truth?"

"No, people are free to believe whatever they please. However, if one can be allowed to disbelieve scientific research and evidence than there is no reason that I, and other feminists, cannot be allowed to disbelieve the religious aspects."

Commentary
I started the interview with a short sentence to capture the audiences attention. The short, snappy sentence pulls in the interest of the audience, making them want to listen on. I followed this with a rhetorical question, to capture the audiences attention as well but also to make them feel involved in what they're listening to. When writing as the presenter of the radio show, I wasn't particularly careful about using proper English as in modern English, a lot of words are contracted and informal and it's acceptable. However, when writing as the Suffragette, I tried to use proper English and no contractions. I tried to put across both sides of the argument but using strong opinions. I didn't want to seem biased by putting across my own opinions on the subject too strongly.

1 comment:

  1. www I like the exchanges and I recognised your efforts to make each voice distinct and time suitable. I also noticed that you had developed the introduction along lines consistent with a radio interview all of which was good. Also good to see some kind of commentary.

    ebi the commentary works mainly on the macro level without a great attentions to detail, look to include some more language specific analysis - take a sentence or phrase and explain your thinking in its construction.
    Perhaps you could have gone further with the two voices to make them even more different, think about lengths of sentences, lexis and non-fluency features.

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