Gee and Cuddys opinions on joining a discourse. What are their takes on who is let into a discourse and how someone can and can’t be let in. What are some exceptions to the “rules” of entering a discourse. These are the ideas discussed in these two passages by Amy Cuddy and American social psychologist and James Paul Gee a master of Literacy, Discourse and Linguistics. “You can’t be let in the game” – Gee. This showing his stance on the restrictions of joining a discourse, his view is that you can’t just be let into a discourse after “missing the apprenticeship.” An example of this would be that you can’t be let into a social group if you didn’t hang out with them. Amy Cuddy’s passage basically says the lower end of society “one’s with no resources, no technology, and no status and no power” are the type of people that would benefit the most from a power posture. A mere two minutes to significantly change the outcome of your life. Is what she’s trying to get at, a physical stance can have so much more meaning on yourself psychologically.  Gee says “Social groups won’t usually give out their social goods to a non-native, except in the case of Mushfake,”- which allows a non-initiate to gain access. Gee’s passage can really contradict his theory on the inability of someone entering a discourse because he uses the word “usually” and there’s the exception of Mushfake, so I believe that Gees stance is unreliable due to the many ways you can make it into a discourse without really being apart of it first. Amy Cuddy’s whole talk is about faking a physical posture and how that can “change outcome of your life significantly”. Her motto is “fake it until you become it” as in you can become someone who emits confidence even when you’re not a confident person as in a minority who lacks social discourse, but by faking it long enough you can become it. People have the ability to become more confident as a person if you constantly act like you’re confident. A connection between the passages I see is Mushfake, which can provide a way for non-initiates to gain access which goes with what Cuddy talks about. And mostly how “loose leafed” Gee’s theory is and how many exceptions there are to his acceptance of becoming part of  Discourses.