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SUBTEXT of YOU

SUBTEXT of YOU. FORMAT. In a two-page, typed document, analyze your subtext. Write this as a paper instead of a list – paragraphs rather than bullets. Use the prompts to focus your scrutiny. With each item, ask, What do these say about me? What message/s do they send to others?

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SUBTEXT of YOU

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  1. SUBTEXT of YOU

  2. FORMAT • In a two-page, typed document, analyze your subtext. • Write this as a paper instead of a list – • paragraphs rather than bullets. • Use the prompts to focus your scrutiny. • With each item, ask, • What do these say about me? • What message/s do they send to others? • Also, consider the LACK of any of these traits a subtext, too. • 2 pages • typed • headers • TNR, 12” • stapled

  3. YOUR TASK • Step outside yourself for a moment. • Turn that critical eye on a different sort of document • …the human document. • Analyze yourself as you have an advertisement. • Be analytical • (not “critical” as in a masochistic, self-flagellating) • Be objective. • Be honest. (with yourself)

  4. PROMPTS: Appearance • Clothes • from head to toes • hair style • hats or no hats • contacts, glasses, sunglasses • make-up, none • piercings, tattoos, studs,…or none • jewelry, none • clothes brand • clothes styles • shoes, kicks, flip-flops

  5. PROMPTS: Appearance • what’s accentuated or not • what’s been augmented or not • straightened, pierced, tattooed • posture, bearing, pose, carriage • attitude, personality, tone

  6. PROMPTS: Possessions • What prized possession/s do you have? • For what object would you run back in to a burning building/rescue in a flood? • car decorations • car modifications • room decorations

  7. PROMPTS: Possessions • Entertainment: • Art, Plays, Literature… • Movies & TV shows: • DVDs, posters • what you watch, go to the theater • Music • the music we listen to often reflects who we are or wish to be • we are what we listen to

  8. PROMPTS: Food, Drink, Smoke • we are what we eat (drink, smoke) • what do you eat, drink, smoke-- • quantity, quality • do you eat/drink healthily? • too much, too little? • fast food, home-cooked? • vegan, omnivore? • alcohol, drugs?

  9. PROMPTS: Others • Your FACEBOOK page • What do you have on your Facebook page? • Pictures, poses, sayings, movies, … • Friends, links, activities, …. • Any social media • not just FB • but your entire Web presence, e-self

  10. PROMPTS: Others Types of Friends just as food & music the people we “hang out with” subtextually say something about us Types of Relationships boyfriends, girlfriends numbers of, quality of relationships how affectionate, open are you

  11. PROMPTS: Others • The way you laugh, smile, cry • do you? • often? never? • forced or phony? • (our emotional behaviors) • How are your manners • have any? often, frequently? • at home vs. outside?

  12. PROMPTS: Others • Talk • How do you talk: diction, word choice • what kind of language do you use? • is it rated PG or NC-17 • is it college-level or juvenile • How do you talk about yourself • How do you talk about the opposite sex • How do you talk about the life • optimist, pessimist?

  13. THE ANALYSIS

  14. YOUR SUBTEXT • How do you express your values, beliefs, attitudes (VBA)? • Look to your answers to the prompts. • What do they say about you? • What messages do they send…subtextually? You MUST analyze your subtext – not merely describe yourself.

  15. YOUR SUBTEXT • What are your values, beliefs, attitudes? • based solely on your Subtext • * This concerns what VBA people could inferfrom your actions & appearances • NOT what VBA you think you have. • the mask, not what’s behind it

  16. YOUR SUBTEXT • Are there VBA you were unaware of? • that you didn’t realize you were broadcasting (subtextually) • that you were expressing unconsciously

  17. YOUR SUBTEXT • Is that who you really are? • Do the messages you emit sync/jive with your intentions? • with the image you thought you projected, the image you want to radiate? • with the “real” you? • Is that who you want to be? • Do your desired VBA match your subtextual VBA? • If not, what changes do you plan to make?

  18. SO WHAT?!

  19. THE FINAL ANALYSIS • So what does this Subtext Assignment instruct you regarding the following:

  20. SO WHAT?! • What’s the real multiculturalism? • each individual = many individuals • each of us = • complex, complicated, diverse, multifarious • multifaceted, multidimensional, multilayered, multi-sided…. multicultural

  21. SO WHAT?! • How do you treat other people? • If YOU = complex, multifaceted, • then what about others? • judgingor stereotyping others? • getting to know people? • the benefit of the doubt • taking them with the grain of salt

  22. SO WHAT?! • You can’t judge a book by its cover. • the stereotypes out there • the stereotyping others do to us • the stereotyping we do to ourselves • Empowerment & Personal Safety. • awareness of & • control over • the messages you send to others

  23. SO WHAT?! • How free is your will? • How much do we truly have? • Who really has control over our lives? • Are our choices really our own? • What are the forces at work on us, how many are there, and are we aware of them – all? • Do you like what you like because you like it OR because someone told you to like it?

  24. SO WHAT?! • Jobs and Relationships. • job interviews • performance evaluations • working w/others, dealing w/customers • impressions give off to significant others • kinds of people we attract/repel

  25. SO WHAT?! • Communication: • words • gestures • images • music • clothes • behaviors • manners…

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