Amy Zimmerman's Article 'It Ain T Easy Being Bisexual On T. V'

In Amy Zimmerman's article, “It Ain’t Easy Being Bisexual On T.V”, Zimmerman showed her fear and concern for the children who would be influenced by it. She argued that the main reason for these extreme stereotypes were the T.V. She not only speaks to those who think they are homosexual and bisexual, but also raise consciousness to the immediate individual. The purpose of this article is to inform people that the media portrayed homosexual and bisexual personal community errors.
In fact, Zimmerman made a strong argument to persuade readers to recognize the poor performance of bisexuality in modern television. At the same time, it should be noted that the repetitive text is slightly overloaded. So, the same idea appears in several paragraphs. …show more content…
She chooses her words carefully and methodically. They depict her stance in such a way that you know she has an underlying emotional pull on the message she wants to convey to her audience. For example, “Despite the growing acceptance of certain agreed upon queer lifestyles (namely, loving monogamous relationships between two people who share one gender), it’s important to note that a number of individuals have been left out of the conversation (Lunsford).” Zimmerman states. It is apparent that the author has a deeper connection to the topic at hand. She most certainly suggests so throughout this article writings. This line of sarcasm works as a rhetorical device because it makes the topic at hand real and relatable. The article goes on to discuss that bisexuality isn’t a focus in today’s media. It is often overlooked and more times than not, never acknowledged. Bisexuality currently does not fit in to what today’s world would consider “normal” or “routine”. That makes the issue a “hot topic” and easily frown upon and seen in a negative …show more content…
She effectively puts this topic in a way that invites and encourages individual reflection. She might try to target teenagers, like me, who does in fact watch T.V and keep up with social media. It seems that she wants to send a message to the public about how we do not trust or believe in the information we see on T.V because she thinks it is unreliable. But the funny thing is, we actually should not trust or believe everything that she is saying in her article because it is unfortunately too outdated, which makes it unreliable as well. If it was 2014 today and I read this article, I will say that Zimmerman will succeed in persuading and persuading me because the reader is attracted by this topic and wants to make some change with