![]() "You could move anywhere but Laura Ingalls was constant. Gay was born in Nebraska to Haitian parents who moved a lot, posing problems for the quiet child who struggled to make friends. They are so willing to take chances and that makes me feel more empowered to take more chances in my own writing" she said. ![]() Gay says it is important to think critically about such "troubling" messages - something she is trying to instil in young people.Īn Associate Professor of English at Purdue University in Indiana, she teaches her students media literacy - in her words, an understanding of "the culture that they consume". "They tell you what a culture values and what it strives to be," she told Jane Hutcheon on One Plus One. ![]() For Gay, TV commercials are more than an expensive 30-second promotional slot. ![]()
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