In Karen Ho’s essay “Biographies of Hegemony” and Susan Faludi’s essay “The Naked Citadel” smallness and local concerns are overlooked and portrayed differently by global stories. The big institutions are strictly labeled and assumed by others that they are well put together and live up to their name with no underlying factors. Meanwhile, in Beth Loffreda’s essay “Selections from Losing Matt Shepard: Life and Politics in the Aftermath of Anti-Gay murder” the media took a small local story into a global story, but misinterpreted the information regarding the issue and created stereotypes based on false information. The media ceases to acknowledge the small and everyday in the town of Laramie, only the negative aspects to attract media attention. Although the local story was recognized, other small aspects were ignored and the town of Laramie was labeled as a “homophobic” town, when in reality not everyone habituated there is homophobic. In all of the three essays, it is obvious that local concerns are chosen to be ignored by the…show more content… In Susan Faludi’s essay, the Cadet’s are thought to be serious and masculine by the media. But, the media again neglects to look at the local stories that make up the Citadel. The Cadet’s get so close here that they all unconsciously act in feminine ways and do female tasks. In Faludi’s essay a man named
Rembert explains, “its like a true marriage. There’s an affectionate intimacy that you will find between Cadets. With this security, they can without being defensive, project tenderness to each other” (97). By actually listening to a Cadet at the Citadel, it becomes obvious what really goes on at this school. Understanding what the Cadets truly do at this institution makes it clear what their true personalities are. Although, they are perceived by the media as tough and non-intimate, they are quite the opposite when actually listening to small
