For my last blog post, I thought I would bring up Butler’s ever-relevant topic of framing. With the racial issues currently in the media, both local and national, it is vital to understand that the same events are being framed in much different lights. For example, the tumblr community has taken it upon themselves to advocate for Michael Brown. They, among others, argue that he was a victim of police brutality and was simply a young teen that never did wrong. The media, however, has a much different telling of the event, such that Officer Wilson was just in his actions, Brown was involved in a robbery, there was a struggle, etc. As young, educated individuals, it is our responsibility to tell the difference between the two. In reference to Butler’s argument, the frame’s purpose is to essentially present in silence, without an visual evidence of its operation. As viewers, we tend to take all reports for face value and fail to recognize the frame through which we are seeing the topic (or in this case situation) at hand. Interpretation is up to the viewer, not up to the material which we are viewing. We should be shown things as they are, free of bias, but again, we must realize the reality and adjust accordingly to present ourselves as knowledgeable individuals.