Problem: Identify what you believe to be the central question or problem addressed by the author; the author's hypothesis; the author's conceptual or theoretical approach; how the author mobilized evidence to advance their argument; the author's underlying agenda in writing the piece; how the use of language influenced your response to the text; what ideas or tensions arise from the pairing of assigned texts. Try to make connections across readings, elaborating upon ideas that excite, confuse, or provoke you. Use the LGBT reference in the book a people's history of the Supreme Court peter irons.