Jennifer Dyke week 4 analysis

• The themes in the reading I am specifically responding to is the feeling of passion in both the manifesto regarding discomfort and in translation. The manifesto serves the purpose of explaining ideology -why one might feel in this way as well as mission statements in a sense because they outline a new way of thinking, feeling, or responding that is contrary to some type of established rule set. 
• The process I used to formulate my response was to pick a topic I was passionate about, gather all the knowledge contained in my mind (from classes, reading, discussing) and address particular grievances I had. I also wanted to be empowering, not just listing grievances with no solution or positive outcome.
• I chose this process because it has been quite successful in examples the discomfort essay gave (like Lorde). I think you have to be really passionate to write a manifesto. The limitations include that sometimes passion can lead to unintentional biases. I also believe that if the reader of a manifesto can't relate on some level to your topic, the passion can be misread as complaining or whining. 
• The choices I made in my writing was to be very abstract with the examples given in the ideology. The tone is dark and I think it comes across as quite radical or emotional. I made these choices because I wanted the reader to connect with me on a personal level and try to experience what gender is to me.
• Through this response I worked on writing my emotion, which is not something I do often. I feel as though this writing cannot be perfected, it's raw and unperfect, something I have to get comfortable with,