Blog Post 5

 For the reading this week I read Kreftings Hannah Gadsby On the Limits of Satire. She discusses the sexualized identity being put with Gadsby,  a famous stand up comedian who had a stand up special called Nannette get critical praise. In it, Gadsby jokes "'I cook dinner way more than I lesbian. But nobody ever introduces me as that 'chef comedian,' do they?'" With this quote you can see the clear satire humor that Gadsby is using to identify herself yet also call out the way her identity is mishandled. Apparently it is deemed unimportant if you mention certain things, but you must mention that she is a gay woman doing stand up comedy simply for the effect that gender for some reason plays a role within our society and can attract people to possibly hearing what they'd want to say. That joke requires knowledge of how "society conditions us to prioritize and cite certain identities as seminal to our sense of self" so basically due to the lesbian identity society may have more women not be as scared to be who they are due to this stand up special.

I saw something that was a bit vulgar but I think needs to be shared on this blog post because I think this represents the most gender identity in communication ethics. Krefting explains how Gadsby's girlfriend was getting hit on by some old guy and as Gadsby explained that they were in a relationship, the man said that she was a "fucking faggot" but then takes his word back because he realizes they were "women" as if women can't be in a gay relationship. This shows the ongoing violence that you see from our society around gay culture. But, that's why Gadsby is doing this stand up special not just to influence others to be themselves but to communicate the wrong doings and also the right things to do when it comes to gay culture in our society and not just gay culture but the acceptance of gender equality and being yourself.

Krefting, Rebecca. Hannah Gadsby on the Limits of Satire, Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.