A Proposal Pamphlet

A proposal pamphlet

I will be handing this pamphlet out in Trumbull Mall in front of stores such a Abercrombie and Fitch as people pass by or hide inside layers of clothes. A pamphlet is the easiest form of writing to get information across and its not long like an essay but eye catching and straight to the point. It’s not realistic that people will sit down for 20 minutes to thoroughly analyze an essay on Size discrimination.

I figured sending a essay to clothes companies, manufacturers or to stores personally wouldn't make much of a difference and I would get no reply, so why not start with victims?  When these victims ( Plus Size Women)  are aware and ready to fight against this discrimination , more action can be done. If many follow along with my proposal to love their body types and support fashionable companies that gladly invite plus size customers apart of their market, maybe discriminating companies will get the idea.

My style will consist of a variety of pathos ( personal experiences with shopping ) followed by logics ( statistics and quotes) and a discerning  tone to bring  plus size to realize that  they aren’t to blame when its come to difficulty of clothes shopping but rather it is companies marketing that is to blame.

I strongly hope that the pathos will help readers realize “ Hey , I go through that all the time but, I did know it was a real problem?” After that, all the data and example will be included to solidify that size discrimination in the fashion industry is surely alive. It will strike up some anger in the reader because they not see that certain clothes companies think if them as “ Uncool and Unattractive”.

 My mission thru this pamphlet is to let readers know that every time they have difficulties shopping isn’t because of their bodies differences but because companies purposely don't want to sell for our sizes. They don't want us as customers , or be apart of their company image, and if they do sell a size extra large , you have to pay them extra for this extra “burden”.

A Proposal Pamphlet

A proposal pamphlet

I will be handing this pamphlet out in Trumbull Mall in front of stores such a Abercrombie and Fitch as people pass by or hide inside layers of clothes. A pamphlet is the easiest form of writing to get information across and its not long like an essay but eye catching and straight to the point. It’s not realistic that people will sit down for 20 minutes to thoroughly analyze an essay on Size discrimination.

I figured sending a essay to clothes companies, manufacturers or to stores personally wouldn't make much of a difference and I would get no reply, so why not start with victims?  When these victims ( Plus Size Women)  are aware and ready to fight against this discrimination , more action can be done. If many follow along with my proposal to love their body types and support fashionable companies that gladly invite plus size customers apart of their market, maybe discriminating companies will get the idea.

My style will consist of a variety of pathos ( personal experiences with shopping ) followed by logics ( statistics and quotes) and a discerning  tone to bring  plus size to realize that  they aren’t to blame when its come to difficulty of clothes shopping but rather it is companies marketing that is to blame.

I strongly hope that the pathos will help readers realize “ Hey , I go through that all the time but, I did know it was a real problem?” After that, all the data and example will be included to solidify that size discrimination in the fashion industry is surely alive. It will strike up some anger in the reader because they not see that certain clothes companies think if them as “ Uncool and Unattractive”.

 My mission thru this pamphlet is to let readers know that every time they have difficulties shopping isn’t because of their bodies differences but because companies purposely don't want to sell for our sizes. They don't want us as customers , or be apart of their company image, and if they do sell a size extra large , you have to pay them extra for this extra “burden”.

Medium - A pamphlet

Type of Argument - To inform/ explore

A Future/ Deliberative Argument

Evaluation Argument

- To inform customers of discriminating companies that they are not at fault but the companies marketing is.

To gain credibility I would start on the front page a with a title as ATTENTION FAT GIRLS the Next would be my testimony of finding fashionable, reasonable , plus size clothes. The testimony would display the hardships of fashion as a plus size female

-“clothes that hide my assets, come in ugly muted colors and make me look like someone’s grandma”

The next page would be full of statistics and pictures of depressed “fat girls”. This page mostly will be striking at the reader’s insecurities and at the same time strike some remorse in them

-statistics of difficulties of already being “fat”

- Discriminations that already set against Plus Size Females

- The public’s view on the appearance of Plus size people

Next Page:

BUT to add unto that companies such as Abercrombie companies are saying (insert their quotes here)

-       Rather than not selling plus sizes to broaden their profit, the stingily choose to upkeep their image as “COOL”.

New Paragraph - don’t you think something is wrong here? This is size discrimination;

(Angry) this is unjust and is a certain treatment to a group of people

- Higher prices -(plus size women are being raped financially to look good because companies use cheap fabric for plus sizes)

- Not sell our sizes at all to uphold an image

-selling clothes online to keep our unattractive bodies out of the store

Final Page – Conclusion

So what do we do ?                                                          

- We start to love our bodies for who we are

-if not our fault we were born with a different body type

If they don’t want to market to us, forget them!

- don’t try to fit in a size -1 because they have better clothes , instead stop squeezing in them and buy them and support our plus size stores

Take care of ourselves first before u dish out extra on a companies that doesn’t want u as a customer

Let’s Analyze…. The Toulmin Way: Do You Notice It (Blog)

Let’s Analyze…. The Toulmin Way

Do You Notice It (Blog)

·         Claim

My major claims are that there is a splendor of fashionable small clothing that decreases as sizes go up, these is a significant price difference in the same fabric and design of clothes but in different sizes and companies are refusing to sell to plus size customers to upkeep a company image of “cool people”. All these claims where put forth to the reader (mostly plus size women) to assure them that these findings aren't just a coincidence but this is an actually problem, this is size discrimination. It is unfair to not allow someone to vote in the US based on race, economical statues or appearance but companies are allowed to purposely exclude a category of people on unjust reasons?

·         Qualifier- A reader would imply that only some companies are purposely excluding plus sizes and is a serious form of size discrimination.

·         Data: My data is my personal experience when shopping through racks in a store to find that at size large there was only one dull shirt. I had no really sturdy data or evidence for the price difference for plus size clothes compared to regular. My data for my 3^rd supporting claim was the CEO of Abercrombie quotes of purposely excluding the plus market in his companies because ” A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.”

·         Warrants – These events conclude that companies are purposely discriminating against plus size customers.

·         Backing

-Companies normally out for making a profit in everything they do, would broaden their customer diversity to bring in more profits.

-Companies don’t charge their clothes size off of the amount of cloth used.

·         Authority – I am a plus size girl myself and I included my frustration with a personal experience while shopping to earn credibility with readers.

·         Rebuttal – There are two rebuttals to my argument. One could say America is a free market that allows for consumers to not shop at stores that are so called “discriminating” and that my one experience at the store isn't enough to justify that it’s an actually discrimination problem; there has to be more than one person to confirm that.

·         My Response to those rebuttals would be that yes, Plus size women do have the choice to not shop at that company and go to another but when we leave this company to continue thinking that this discrimination is “OK” and just  it can lead to greater cases of discrimination. Starting at selling selective sizes unto hiring selective employees that would go against the Employee Discrimination Act. I’m trying to save these companies from letting this become a bigger situation before federal lawsuits jump in. My response to the second rebuttal would be that my whole purpose is to rally plus size women to see that the struggle they go through every time they go clothes shopping is purposely because of clothing companies. It’s not their fault that can’t have cute size 0 pants but rather that it the companies fault for not including our size and designs in their collection. They are the reason; we are put down in society. Readers hopefully would speak out towards this issues and it would become more qualified as discrimination.

Rhetorical Analysis - Kincaid

Gena Gordon

Ms. Parham

A.P Language and Composition

7 October 2013

“ Put yourself in my shoes” ;  a overused cliché that many may discount, but the way Jamaica Kincaid sets her writing in  The Small Place, she takes this concept to different level  placing readers only to imagine themselves as Native Antiguans. Through the  telling of the Market Street Library as a symbol, Kincaid fills her writing of hyperboles and uses an invective tone to not only bring awareness towards Antigua’s corrupt postcolonial society but to force the reader into deeper thinking beyond the obvious.

    Kincaid's use of hyperboles is one of her most effective method in informing the reader of Antigua’s corrupt postcolonial society .  Her deliberative exaggerations and continuation to stress the library’s inactiveness ,over the length of 2 pages, to be rebuilt. From the beginning of the excerpt, Kincaid details explicit imagery of the library before the hurricane ; “ if you saw the old library, situated as it was in a big old wooden building painted a shade of yellow that is beautiful to people like me with its wide veranda, its big always open windows, its row and rows of shelves…” ( Kincaid 42) etc. She purposely emphasis the beauty of what used to be to set an vivid picture in the readers mind . Kincaid's  turns around to again to emphasis the condition of the library currently; “ above a dry goods store, in the old run down building, etc. ( Kincaid 43). Her persistence in stressing the little detail that made the library what it was , highlights its importance to lives of Antiguans that non-natives wouldn’t understand, but she then she strikes her reader with the horrid image of a ruined library. Emphasizing the condition before and after the earthquake is used in order to highlight to readers , the symbol of the failing government. As the library was filled with books that enlightened and educated the community, readers generate an opinion of what the government's real intention and purpose  in Antigua, which is no where focused for the people.

    Kincaid’s invective tone was an highly effective method to cause her readers to step outside their one-minded country’s view and see life as an Antiguan in the actual situation.  Kincaid repeats a  strategy of strictly asking the reader why is the library the way it is? This takes back to the reader to think in there mind ‘I really don’t know why”. This lets the reader acknowledge their lack of knowledge toward this, which juvinates us to want to figure out why. As you, the reader keep reading learning some more about the reason for the libraries condition , Kincaid pops up directly talking to the reader saying ; “Oh, you might be saying to yourself …”. This surprising question once again takes back the reader to think “ How can u be asking me this , when I don't even know enough to assemble a fair opinion to this situation?”  While the reader is puzzled once again Kincaid forcefully lays down her thoughts and opinion  in the situation. This strategy purposefully does not allow for the reader to confirm an opinion of their own but rather be distracted from thought long enough to only taking in Kincaid's argument. Kincaid has the ability to fill that time for thinking with her opinion restricting the reader to fully ponder on Kincaid's claim toward the bad mind government. Her tirade tone may came across as verbally attack, but effectively interrupts the careless reading of the reader demanding them to think deeper in an irrelevant topic to them : the corrupt Antiguan government who pay no attention to important institutes that benefit communities making it available for Antiguans to be relevant and not just an island ,full of former slaves, where poor sap stamps are issued too.

To simply bring awareness to Antiguans corrupt government, Jamaica Kincaid in her book of , The Small Place , she forces the reader to imagine themselves as Antiguans going through the same situation using hyperboles and an invective tone. Ranting and compelling to readers who kindly picked up your book to read isn't an prevalent technique to use in writing. But, Kincaid took a risk that I believe paid off half and half.  Some people will be affected by it, not only thinking deeper to acknowledge Antigua's demoralized government but wanting to take action, and some not. Traditional writings lay the facts and readers more likely only looking at the actually fact and move onto the next, not taking the time to analyze the numbers, emotions or background of that fact. Kincaid tackles that problem by laying down the facts of Antiguan  government by making readers uncomfortable and restricting them to analyze the library's inactive repairs effects on Antiguans educationally , breaking the hearts of many and finally how the government has no interest at all to repair it. Who cares if a reader becomes uncomfortable, and puts down the book after a while, at least as an author you did your job getting what you have to get across.

Lets brainstorm...

Audiences-

 Clothing line Companies

Plus size women

Non plus size women ( but i dont want sympathy)

Manufactoring clothes companies

Retail stores

Clothing line CEO's ( specific people)

AB and Finch 

Franchise owners ( mall owners, store owners )

Best Three - Franchise Owners , Clothing Line Companies , Plus Size women 

Franchise owners - People that choose to open these fashion store, would see the ugly side of the brand. Yes , money will flow in but not as much as if these brands offered plus sizes. Their profits are only limited to one group of people and it could be so much broader if they simply chosen a different company. This will result in upcoming franchise owners to stray away from the discriminating brands and influence them to lean more towards companies that include plus sizes and are still fashionable and profitable. Current Franchise owner may not switch over immediatly to starting up a new business but at least the question that will ring in the back of their minds are " really, why dont these companies include certain sizes? and hopefully want to question the brand and owners. Certain franchise owners might not care and say , well its a free market and diverse.

Clothing Line companies-

With Clothing line companies being the main audience, they would be reading to recognize thier faults. Being forced to answer questions about their companies and rethink thier postiion on not selling plus size close. if the main objective of a business is to gain profit why wouldn't they sell plus sizes to get more and more diverse shopper to buy their merchandise? They may look at this as an insult or an eye opener.

Plus Size women - 

 I know many plus size women think in the back of their heads " Hey, why aren't the cute clothes in sizes 9 and up"? I was one of them and after finally taking a step to look it up and see other's blogs and writings about this I saw it was an actual issue. Plus size women need to see this issues and stand up against it. Writing to them as an audience , allows me to give them the knowledge to argue with me and against this. No longer will plus size women be ignorant but fully educated on this topic and take an active stand. They now will be given a voice full of logics , to make this issue even more. An Plus size audience can relate more to this topic and notice they are the main target in it . It will spark anger in them and to fight this discrimination. 

Plus Size Women it is.