RR7 Nakamura

Nakamura’s article made me think of my own experience seeing comments online that are speaking against other commenters who leave criticisms of feminism. People who do not understand feminism view it as a negative concept; I think it’s brave for people to leave comments and express their opinion with the possibility of being criticized by others on websites such as YouTube’s comment section. I think Nakamura makes great points relating to that there is always going to be someone speaking out against social justice or adhering to a negative world concept. She speaks in favor of activism, and therefore in favor of human rights.

I also find it interesting that she points to this as free labor. The connotation of the word ‘labor’ and the anecdote in the beginning of the mass suicide of exploited people as examples of pathos. This gives sympathy to draw attention to the importance of the issues that follow in the rest of the article, so I found her rhetoric to be insightful and useful in communicating the article’s ideas. In addition to the rhetoric Nakamura uses, the idea of free labor also shows that this movement has taken so much effort and yet is still an ongoing battle.