The Guilt Redemption Cycle and Dove’s "Campaign for Real Beauty"

This is a paper I recently wrote using Kenneth Burke’s concept of the guilt-redemption cycle to analyze the effectiveness of Dove’s “Campaign for Real Beauty.” Burke drew on popular narratives in religion to analyze what makes effective rhetoric; to see what works in motivating people to action. Guilt, purification, and redemption are popular themes in […]

The Unclear Policy on Race in the Courts

In light of the lawsuit against Kamehameha School’s, I’ve taken an interest in the 2003 lawsuits against the University of Michigan. While there certainly are differences, the greater policy area of these cases (of affirmative action and racial consideration) are related. In 2003, the Michigan’s undergraduate admissions policy was found to violate the constitution for […]