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When Matt Friedman cam to talk to us on Tuesday I was surprised at how interesting his stories were. One of the things that really caught my attention was the story of the 11-year-old girl in the Indian brothel. This shocked me as it is close to my age and I can imagine the emotional trauma associated with being in a situation like that.

He opened my eyes to how human traffickers actually get the people. I used to think that they just abducted them but after he explained that usually they are deceived into working for them or going to a different country with the trafficker. The stats he showed about how most of the “slaves” are made to work in production lines for the big corporate companies. Now that I know this I aim to be a more aware consumer when buying things, considering where they are made and the company that makes it history.

“All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.” Is the right that I feel is being violated. I believe that the law system is corrupt and does discriminate due to different factors, such as race shown by the various shootings in the United States of black people who didn’t do anything wrong. This is really important because it is peoples lives at stake and these mistakes are going unpunished when innocent people are dying for no reason. The influences that affect me on this issue are mostly the school as I have been shown that it is wrong to have any prejudices and it is wrong to discriminate.

I agree with most of the brands and their placement on the scatter graph. But some I don’t agree with, Uniqlo is too far down on coolness and awareness for me. I like Uniqlo, the things they make are really comfy and that’s mostly what I care about. Some of the brands I haven’t heard of before like Lyft, Burt’s Bees and Nordstrom to name a few.

1. Xbox

I like Xbox and I own an Xbox. It is up near the top right corner meaning it is both high in coolness and awareness. I agree with this as I think that lots of people like them but they also listen to their consumers.

2. Tesla

I think Tesla should be a lot higher up on the awareness side and the cool side could also use a boost. Tesla is a very aware car brand as they attempt to save the environment by creating electric cars. The cars are electric which saves the environment but they are also supercars which is why I think that need to be higher up.

3. YouTube

I use Youtube almost every day at school and at home. It can be a way for people to share knowledge or entertainment so it is very versatile and as most of our generation use it I am not surprised to see it so high up. I do think it should be lower on the awareness side of things as over the past few years it hasn’t really been listening to what people want and has changed from an entertainment source to almost a commercial business.

4. Addidas

I think Addidas is quite an aware brand as of the release of their shoes made with recycled plastic from the ocean. I think that where it is on the awareness side needs to be increased as at the moment they are trying to create what is best for the consumer and they are constantly coming out with things that people like, considering that Addidas is the creator of Kanye Wests line of Yeezys I would think that they would be cooler to the people that rated them but judging by the results I don’t think that anymore.

5. EA Sports

I own several EA Sports games and I like them, I don’t particularly like EA sports as they only try to make money and don’t listen to the community and what they want. However, they have done a few good things. You can tell from the placement of them that this article is not recent as EA as a whole have gained a lot of controversy as with the set upcoming release of Starwars Battlefront 2 they hid a key element to the game behind a paywall and received lots of negative backlash from the community, which is not a good thing for the awareness of a company.

My college has a few images that need to be interpreted for example the “sky news” logo was meant to symbolize that our generation will listen to anything that the new tells them even if it’s not true. Other images are of popular things at the moment like Little Pump (Bottom Right) and deeply fried memes (Middle left). I don’t understand some of the things in my college but I have noticed it around school like the hoodies, I don’t know why people like them but they do. Other things in my college include trends like dabbing.

• How much as the environment influenced your views on gender and your own expression of gender?
• I don’t think my environment has influenced me that much. But the way my parents have raised me have shaped who I am. However, I do pick up certain traits from m parents and my brother.
• How important is your gender to your identity? Why?
• My gender isn’t really a big part of my identity like when I introduce my self I say my name but I don’t say “Hello, my names Jake and I’m a boy.
• How has it shaped other aspects of your life?
• It has changed how I think about something but what I think is usually from my own thinking and not my environment
• What has influenced your perspectives about your gender?
• I have never really thought about my gender