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POPSSex Sells & You won't succeed without it: Darling C's collage on media & women
Today's American culture stresses heterosexuality. When looking at women, we notice that in order to attract the opposite sex, they need to make sure their looks are appealing to what men want. This begins at early age. An article by Mary Rogers, entitled "Hetero Barbie?," mentions the influence of Barbie on young girls. With the Barbie image, girls are taught how to dress and style their hair, all in the hopes of attracting a man. The collage above demonstrates these images in adult women as they are portrayed in the media. When reading a fashion magazine, there are tips on how to apply make-up, what to wear for the new season, and how to keep a man. Sometimes I wonder if women are ever allowed to simply be themselves and maybe sport a natural look. That would definitely be a crime in the fashion industry. Sex sells. The television shows, magazine photos, and musical references above show us that if a woman does not have sex appeal...
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POPSBeautiful! A picture of the Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula is taken by the ACS and released with a series of images celebrating the Hubble's 15th anniversary. This image is of such high resolution that it could be blown up to billboard size and still offer exceptional detail. Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team
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POPSHere's a "yellow ribbon" I can support People who have the usual ribbons with pro-troop stuff on them are unlikely to be the same people who actually trying to help troops through direct actions...(other than stick ribbons to the back of their vehicles...which is hardly a transformative action in my book!).
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POPSERIC! I just emailed you- regarding higher ed Hi Eric- It's one of the latest clips that I referenced in the email regarding your comment about clipmarks and higher education; therefore, I wanted to make it easy for you to find the clip and alert you to the email :o). Thanks! Jessie
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POPSBeauty & Image: The Reality This collage depicts the fact that society has imposed the perception that beauty and image is important for women. However, just like Oprah's belief, there are good and bad ways to reach the ideal body. For instance, Jean Kilbourne in "The More You Subtract, The More You Add", agrees with Oprah that the images that society portrays of beauty has a negative impact on some women. Kilbourne states,"Thus many girls spend enormous amounts of time and energy attempting to achieve something that is not only trivial but also completely unattainable" (Kilbourne 260). There are incorrect manners of reaching the desired body, as depicted on the right side, which include dangerous diet products and eating disorders. Oprah promotes the use of healthy dieting and exercise on her show; therefore, she also follows the idea that being skinny and "perfect" is not necessary to live a good life.
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POPSWomen as Property...with a wall? Interesting article related to the hierarchies that prison reproduces (based on class discussion today), which mirror the systems of dominance and subordination in non-incarcerated society "at large." The class generally saw the "woman as property" issue relegated to history, but that the gender norms in prision were not so historically relegated....here's divorce court's take on modern gender hierarchies.
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POPSSocial Networking...Loads of LinkedIn Advice (maybe that's why they're getting so much attention!?) See the blog that links to this clip (by Guy Kawasaki) for more quirky stats and "how-to's" related to LinkedIn.com...a quickly growing social networking site (hey! Clip-dudes! you may wish to establish a partnership here...social bookmarking plus social networking could be a killer combo) After that, check out my profile and use my "openlink" (I shelled out 60 bucks for that puppy---yeah, I know...possibly poor use of 60 bucks...hehehe :o). http://www.linkedin.com/in/jgamble Contact via the open link and feel free to join my network...the description of its current incarnation can best be described in one or both of the below blogs :o) http://jessiebg.blogspot.com http://womensstudiesjobs.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/jgamble
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POPSYou're going to love my new course-I'm teaching popular culture and all 28 of us will be blogging it THE Website... I'm the professor and we're going to be blogging all semester about popular culture (me and my 28 Students...very cool!) Feel free to link, add feedback, and certainly visit the student sites...we're just getting started...so things will change over the Spring 2007 semester rapidly!!! We'll be consciously in a dialogue with the many elements of pop culture via this project and each student will be blogging (a critical analysis blog) on the topic of his/her choice! Fun project!!! Love teaching!
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POPSTeaching for Social Justice Amazing social justice activist, Paulo Freire, inspired this UCLA research institute. Although the site is far from complete (many menu items are "under construction") its purpose is beyond transformative; it is revolutionary. The agenda is the first I've seen articulated by any organization, which addresses the corporatization of education and the resultant training/education of its teachers. From young children to post-doctoral students, encompassing the globe (the US "No Child Left Behind Act" and the World Bank's "Opening Doors to Education" 'initiative' are substantively one in the same), education has become more and more privatized, designed to produce the most "competitive" (read: U.S. gains and/ or maintains lead in the global economic order...western European countries kinda gain....everyone else....screwed!) "citizens" (read: "worker bees")... Hey teachers! You're going to be privatized outta a job!
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POPSVery Cool Site on Media Theory I found this one as a result of a random stumbleupon (I'm semi-drafting my syllabus now for a course on gender and pop culture that will begin this monday....) :o) -Jessie http://jessiebg.blogspot.com
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POPSUpdated blog links (for the BIG BLOG EXPERIMENT!) Blogging Pop Culture in College Someone used clipmarks to clip my students' list of blogs from a google notebook that was slightly out of date- just wanted to give an update in case anyone on clipmarks would like to participate in the experiment! Feel free to comment on any and all of the student blogs...you needn't be an expert on their topics or on anything else for that matter! We're blogging about gender and popular culture and doing it as a community journalism/public education project (think tent state, not a public service ad :o).
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POPSYAY!!! Grassroots "Philanthropic Adoption" Program for Holiday Gifts was a Huge Success I am so impressed by my community & I think it’s a "first" for me-feelings of happiness regarding my area as a collective group is not in recent memory. The reason I wanted to put this clip online was to give the orgs receiving presents a plug. Additionally, it's amazing to me that only 14 days ago they were looking for people to adopt the last 31 of the approx. 200 names received. As of yesterday, the gifts were due and 292 kids were sponsored! They're shopping today for EVEN MORE kids after they were unexpectedly handed a lot of $$$$ yesterday during the present drop off. The project's 2 coordinators consistently updated this site from the start date w/ kids' wish lists & beyond its end, attributing their web-usage to the amazing results. This program has certainly made this holiday much more fun than it has been in the past. I just wanted to share some good news to brighten the holiday-outlook for a few ot
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POPS"Not that there's anything wrong with that"...or is there? For this post I chose to do a collage of images based on the episode "The Outing." In this episode homosexuality is a topic of great analysis. Using humor "Seinfeld" created a show based on a mistaken "outing" of George and Jerry as a homosexual couple by a student journalist. Throughout the episode George and Jerry do everything in their power to clear up the misunderstanding and tell everyone that they are not gay..."not that there's anything wrong with that." This quote has become very popular since the show aired because it "serves in part to mock standard liberal attitudes toward homosexuality" (Raymond). This supports the queer theory suggested by Raymond that sexuality are cultural inventions or choices, and not something that is essential to the individual. But at the same time, did the episode also serve as a groudbreaking episode in which homosexuality was brought to the forefront by "Seinfeld" while also making society more comfortable with the topic as a whole? From Mark B
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POPSSex, Skin, & a Whole Lotta Sin: Collage by Jen M This collage shows the very sexual and provocative lifestyles of the girlfriends. The girls are depicted as the epitome of sexuality in their racy and barely-there outfits flaunting their large breasts and slim figures every chance they can. But what does this behavior, which some would ostracize as self-degrading and disrespectful, do for these blondes? It provides a medium for them to be recognized and to gain attention, particularly from the male audience. "Sexuality provides a resource that can be used to get attention and communicate instantly." 1 If these ladies wore blazers revealing little skin with other conservative apparel, they would not be considered "sex icons" and therefore would not gain as much attention or have the reputation they have today. Ultimately, this collage proves that sex, sin and skin sells in modern society when it comes to females gaining attention, popularity, and fame.
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POPSCollage Time- Cultural messages about sexuality from Family Guy This collage is made from a bunch of images that show the way sexuality is depicted in popular culture via Family Guy. This collage has a dual purpose in that it shows a pop culture medium illustrating aspects of sexuality and also plays up the stereotypes that are used within our culture. Look to see how the images in this collage actively portray "the slut" or "kinky sex", the way "hot girls" should look, or what a "M.I.L.F is, as well as the "beer drinking-womanising man"or what "gay" images are. It is interesting to see how without any words at all these images portray a strong message. Hope you like it. From Jess B's http://wgspopculture.blogspot.com/ "What Are We Really Laughing About" blog on the show "Family Guy"
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POPSRate My Professors bought by MTV: Now my love-letters and hate-mail will have sponsors Great...yet another way to promote (maybe they'll run it into the ground with what one digg user called "brought to you by Neutrogena" and "Creed Clips" on the corner of your screen) this site...I'm either rated as fabulous or dreadful and...so is every other professor that's there! Not that it's surprising though...mediocre feelings have rarely inspired one to take action!
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