About this blog:

About this blog:

About this blog:

This blog is a series of posts following the production of a short documentary regarding the nature of gossip and friendship in women's culture.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Rachel Bio and Interview Questions

The following post is a bio and series of interview questions for the fictional interviewee Rachel. Though the character is fictional, the questions asked may very similarly line up with what we might encounter, making this good preparation for real interviews. 



Rachel's Bio:

Rachel is a mother trying to uphold her life in suburbia. She for several years she has been trying her hardest to support her family, which includes a young, trouble-making middle schooler boy and her deadbeat husband. To do this she has spent the last 12 years balancing 2 jobs while attempting to keep her family unified. Though she herself is a relatively nice, if not extremely stressed, many other mothers in the neighborhood blame her for her son's behavior, and tell their children to avoid him since they see him as a bad influence. Many also judge her by her husband's lack of action, questioning why she would ever marry or stay married to someone so lackluster.

The following questions are for the interviewee Rachel:

1. How aware are you of gossip in your neighborhood?

2. How much of an impact does the neighborhood gossip have on you?

3. Do you feel that you yourself are gossiped about?

4. Do you feel what other mothers say about you is justified?

5. Do you personally gossip about anyone else?

6. In relation to question #5
    a. (If not) Did you gossip about others at one point? What changed to make you stop?
    b. (If so)  Do you imagine those who you gossip about feel similarly to you after finding out about what you've said?

7. Quite a number of women have been in your social predicament before (that is, being the subject of gossip). Do you have any idea how to fix your situation?

8. Gossip like this happens all the time. With the high number of occurrences, is your situation even worth fixing knowing it will simply return?

9. If other mothers were to gossip about your family, say your husband or your son, do you think it would effect them as much as it would effect you? Why?

10. Would you call the other neighborhood mothers your friends? Why?

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