AICE Media Studies AS- Boyd, E

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  I hope that my magazine is received as something that can be relatable to all LGBTQ+ people, and that can provide a sense of community and common experience. Many other magazines exclude marginalized groups such as people of color and trans people, and I hope to combat that by not only being inclusive in my magazine but highlighting and valuing differences so that they can be appreciated instead of stigmatized.  Final Magazine Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gnjj5fRP0ZlA5KdpnxczoS9OKmqkP9T0/view

  After I received the peer feedback, I started working on improving my magazine. I added more colors, including a border, and made sure I had all the components on the cover page. I increased font size in the article, and split it into smaller chunks of text to make it easier to read. Finally, I added an issue date on it.

 Through peer review, I got a lot of helpful feedback about what in my magazine works, and what needs to be changed or improved. Overall, my peers liked the cover, which had lots of colors and conveyed the main idea. I did need to add the issue date and the selling line. Overall, the most prevalent suggestion I got was about the colors. People liked the colors on the cover, but throughout the rest of the magazine, there were significantly fewer colors. It was suggested that I add a border that shares the rainbow colors of the cover to keep the theme throughout. As for my article, many people suggested that I break it up by adding photos and sections with larger text. This would make it easier to read, and it would hold the reader's attention more than the current, essay-like format. Overall, the peer feedback was helpful in giving me a general idea of what to fix. In the next few weeks, I'll work on these aspects of my magazine and make it as best as it can be.

Final Magazine Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bIIgv9HpwkWj_altWdtqDO9Bd_V1ZKMk/view?usp=sharing

 I'm finishing up the formatting of my magazine and getting ready to submit it. The formatting was a little bit difficult, especially fitting the text in the layout I had designed, but after a while of editing and changing font sizes, it's ready to be submitted. I went over it a few times to check for spelling and grammar mistakes, as well as to make sure it flows well, and now I'm going to submit it via Blogger.