Who is the encoder for this tweet

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Use the following tweet posted by Tampax and read the following article about it to answer both questions 2 and 3: vancouver tampax tweet sexualizing women

1. Explain (or perhaps critique) this tweet using TWO ideas from standpoint theory (such as local knowledge, strong objectivity, social location, intersectionality) and TWO ideas from muted group (malestream expression, muted group, privilege circle, language as a tool of power to mute). Which theory do you find more compelling and why for making sense of this tweet (muted group or standpoint)?

2. Who is the encoder for this tweet? What was their intended message and their target audience (i.e. the dominant reading)? Identify ONE response/position that best represents a negotiated reading, and one response that best represents an oppositional reading to this tweet? (The article about this tweet can help guide your answer.) How do you personally decode this tweet (i.e. what position do you occupy)? Why?

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