Reflection

My favorite part about the course was hands down looking at how food advertisements perpetuate different societal norms and expectations. I thought it was interesting how gendered food adds had the power to influence viewers in such strong ways. I also really enjoyed looking at how food is such a large and important aspect of culture. I now believe that you cannot have one without the other, but that both are so intertwined they are impossible to separate. The course also taught me how to integrate my own personal research into a paper and how to make my research relevant to the other things I am currently studying. I think the skills I learned in how to put my research into an academic paper while still having it entertaining will come in handy throughout the rest of my academic career.