Course Description

At the core of the course is the question how feminism has become a demonized and ridiculed “F-word” in an age when issues of gender and sexuality are at the center of constant, often explosive political debates. These debates often connect media representation and political representation but tend to do so in simplistic ways that bypass or distort decades of sophisticated feminist theory and practice. We will trace back such representations through the decades around case studies that encompass film, video, television and new media practices. The case studies come from the United States and beyond, taking into full account the global interconnectedness of media production and consumption as well as the transnational travel of feminist ideas. The main goal of the course is to evaluate how useful feminist thinking is to understanding the relays between media and political representation; and to develop a lasting critical apparatus to analyzing the politics of gender and sexuality in the media.


Saturday, November 23, 2013

Check Out This Website

I just noticed that someone has written about a post on this website before, but tonight was my first time encountering this website. I also saw that someone posted it on Facebook. Here is the link to the post which claims there are "24 signs a girl is a slut" http://www.returnofkings.com/16837/24-signs-shes-a-slut . The site itself claims that it is a site for "masculine men" and judging by the posts in the site masculine men are men who call girls sluts and are not by any means considered "weak."One of the signs talked about in this post is that she goes to a known party school (one of the mentioned schools being USC). I know that this post has been seen by a lot of people and is making its rounds on Facebook, not to mention the site is gaining a lot of fans on Twitter and other social media sites. This means more eyes are on posts like this, meaning it could lead to more men seeing women in this way. The post claims all 24 signs are "some of the most accurate predictors" to letting someone know if a girl is in fact anything but innocent. Some of the signs are based on simple appearance, like tattoos and piercings. Overall this is scary to think that many people, especially men, are reading posts like these. Assumptions like these can possibly instigate rape culture or just heavily skew men's perception of women. Should women now be afraid to have tattoos or call themselves a feminist?
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