Hannah and I discuss my visit to Earth and how it has affected her.
Visitor: What's your name?
Hannah Richardson
What's your sex?
Grrrl
What's your orientation?
Gay
So, how did you feel about this project?
Honestly, when I first heard about this project, I had no idea what to do. I worried it constantly and really struggled with how to put it together because the whole prompt just seemed so HUGE and overwhelming. Society is not an easy thing to analyze. But really, once i started it, I really began to enjoy it. I focused a lot on observing on local level, talking to friends and family and stuff like that. I really learned a lot about how they think, and that's really important to me.
What do you think you have learned from my visit here?
Well, I have always been aware of certain things...For instance, the sexuality of advertising and homophobia...But I never really questioned anything. I always accepted that "it's just the way things are." But once I started working on this, I began to realize that things are the way they are because we don't question them. Because we choose to accept things, they stay the same. This is pretty frustrating to me. I think people, myself included, can be really apathetic. And that;s why I drew the question mark on you.
Is there anything you wish you had done differently?
Ha, I wish I had started sooner. Honestly, just because I started to really enjoy this project and there are a lot more people I wish I could have interviewed. This project was a great excuse to pick people's brains and ask questions that people are usually uncomfortable with. In fact, the whole project was pretty uncomfortable and I had to stretch myself to do some things. But I think it was worth it.
What was your favorite part of my visit?
Like I said, I really liked interviewing people. I think my favorite part was interviewing my little sister. We don't talk that much about serious things and it was really interesting to hear her thoughts about today's culture.
What was the hardest part of this project?
I was really awkward when I first started interviewing people and asking personal questions. I think the hardest part was definitely standing in front of Victoria Secret with half a shaved head and a big question mark in my hand. I was waiting for someone to throw me out, but people only stared. Now that I've done it, I kind of want to go back and do it some more, haha.
Any closing thoughts?
I think this project definitely helped me summarize all the things I learned in class into one cohesive product. I'm excited to see the different ways everyone else did their porjects as well, because there's really no wrong or right way to do them.
