Blog Five: Farewell

I have to say this was a great class. I learned a lot that I hadn't known before and also now whenever I watch TV or read an article I pick up on certain things I hadn't before which I think is awesome! I love how in our class there were many different opinions that came about. One of my favorite discussions that we had was about race. Race has become one of the central points at least once in most of my classes this semester and every time there have been different opinions stated.

I would have to say that my biggest take away from this class would be the way I now view things. I see things differently than I had before. Before the feminist criticism I viewed feminist as just these women would wanted equal rights as men. But once learning about it a lot more I learned that it is so much more than just that. My favorite article we read was about Brittney Griner. She is such an awesome person from what we see that just wants to be treated as a human being. It sucks that in our society we label the way that we do. Also I loved reading about the American Bro. I never really thought about how men also have to face criticism like us women do (but in my opinion not as much).

I would have to say my favorite unit was the critical race theory. Its funny in our society how we aren't really supposed to talk about things like race but I loved how in the class we were able to have a healthy discussion and be able to voice our opinions and laugh together at the clips that were shown.

Overall I think that this was a great class with great interaction among us students and hope everyone has a great rest of the semester!

-Kelly

Miss Representation

I think that Miss Representation brought much needed attention to things we've all been so blind to. We've never actually thought in depth about topics that were discussed in this documentary. I most definitely agree with this documentary, especially the topic of appearance. There are things that we see every day, like the beautiful new weather girl with the low cut shirt or the hot new model in the Ford commercial, that we really think nothing of. The portrayal of woman in todays age by our culture truly upsets me. Just take moment and think about what the ideal image of beauty is in the media. What comes to my mind is a woman with a model like body who looks like a goddess with beautiful hair and amazing skin. These advertisements and commercials that we see all have woman that look like that and its unrealistic. It teaches not only just woman but also young girls that that is how they should look. This is where things such as anorexia come from. Girls get the message from early on that their values and worth depend on how they look. It's terrible to here things like Sarah Palin being asked if she has breast implants on national tv as if it were just some celebrity gossip talk show. A girl now a days can have many achievements but if she isn't pretty then what are they really? You have women like Hilary Clinton running for places in office and rather than being critiqued or criticized on political things she's being analyzed on things like the clothing she wears or the wrinkles that she has. I don't think this is fair whatsoever. She is just as much of a powerful women as Sarah Palin but because society does deem her as "beautiful" then she isn't liked and is considered a "bitch".  There are little girls out there that are being fed this poison on what they think they should look like and what is being considered as beautiful not knowing that the photos they see are photoshopped. They see the girl who is a size zero and strive to be that. Then there are girls who get bullied in school and teased because they are told they aren't beautiful enough. This causes self-esteems issues, depression, anorexia, bulimia, and in even more serious cases suicide. Women should not be seen as objects. They shouldn't have to wear certain articles of clothing just to be noticed. Like women on the news for example. I want to go into broadcasting and become a reporter so to see that part in the documentary was a bit disturbing and shocking as well. I had never noticed how the women on the news look because when watching the news I watch it to actually find out whats going on. But if a man were to watch I bet he would notice the tussled hair and the low cut shirt exposing a ridiculous amount of cleavage. No way would that be me because then I would feel like an object and then all the attention would be focused on my looks other than the stories I'm telling.