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Ask an activist: How is Hollywood faring on gender equality and representation of women on screen and why does it matter? UN Women spoke to Academy-Award winning actor and activist Geena Davis, who the Executive Producer of This Changes Everything, a feature-length documentary just released, uncovering what is beneath the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in the entertainment industry. https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2019/8/ask-an-activist-geena-davis #media #womensempowerment #womeninthemedia #equalizers https://www.instagram.com/p/B1pulvNJhTt/?igshid=1cgv3emlepfum

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The Media: Keeping Us Little Ladies In Our Place

The Media: Keeping Us Little Ladies In Our Place

Friday night. I bought the noses. I donated money. Alcohol was in the fridge chilling. All set. The thing about Comic Relief, or Red Nose Day, is that yes you are going to cry at those utterly heart-breaking videos of people’s lives completely torn to pieces by war or famine, and yes you get progressively more irritated as the night goes on when they keep asking you for money even though you’ve…

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Diversity Dialogue happening now at The Arizona Republic & @azcentral: Discussing the role & coverage of Women in Politics #women #politics #womeninthemedia #diversity #news #femaleleaders

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Today we mentioned that it is a shame that people are worried/afraid of a woman of color speaking out about a political issue [Beyonce].  It reminded me of this infographic I recently saw in my Facebook feed and it really puts the timeline into perspective.  We also watched this SNL video 

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Description Change

I have finally changed the description of this blog. The blog description at the bottom of the page (on desktop mode anyway) used to read: 

The goal of this tumblr is to explore, understand, and reclaim the right of women everywhere: curves.

Updated description reads:

The goal of this tumblr is to explore, understand, and reclaim the right of women everywhere: their own bodies.

I found this change to be necessary because it felt a little slim-shaming. And frankly, I don't care to shame anybody. It was never intended to be so, but I felt it best to make it a little clearer that ALL women have a right to love their bodies, own their bodies, and look however the hell they want. (Barring eating disorders. If you feel you may have an eating disorder, I encourage you to seek some guidance and visit some resources.) 

Thanks to the few who follow. You are gems and I'm thankful for you.

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An overlook at the Hegemonic society that utilizes the media as a tool to dictate gender expression. This sets into motion the subordination of womyn in our ...

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Rant? Okay sure. Can we talk about portrayals of women in glasses please?

So recently, I've been contemplating the portrayals of women in movies and TV that wear glasses on a regular basis. I started thinking about what kinds of female characters we see in specs, and some of the stigmas that have been applied to them as a whole. It interested me personally because although my bad vision resulted in glasses throughout my childhood, I did switch to contact lenses in high school and wore them until mid-senior year when I developed cornea damage. Since then and for the entirety of my time in college, it's been back to glasses. There's definitely been times when I wish contacts had worked out in the long run. Heck, probably 75-80% of the time. But since this is what I've got, I thought about all the women like me watching females in glasses on TV and in movies that DON'T have the option of contacts or Lasik, and wondered if they thought the same things I did. So here's some things I've noticed:

1. If a female has glasses and is trying to get a man's attention or move up in the world, one of the most important steps to this is through a makeover, and the glasses always go. In fact, it seems that the "ugly duckling to swan" transformations always start the women out with glasses to up the frump factor. For example:

My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Toula is seen trying contacts for the first time, changing her hairstyle, and applying makeup in a montage of makeover scenes. Although she ultimately partakes in this before taking college computer classes in order to work at her family's travel agency (rather than the diner), it also gets her the guy. 

(There is a bit of a nice save on their first date, though. He states that he remembers her serving him at the diner {before the makeover} and Toula states, "I was sort of going through a phase...up til now. I was frump girl." And Ian replies without a beat, "I don't remember frump girl but I remember you." Well played, Joel Zwick.)

The Princess Diaries: Mia is given the royal treatment and is never seen in glasses again.

(What really began to make me angry as I got older is that during this scene, Paolo asks if Mia wears contact lenses and when she says that she has them, but doesn't really like to wear them, he breaks her glasses in two at the bridge and states, "Now you do." Surely there was a gentler and far less disrespectful way to ask her to try the contacts. Of course, we see her make the transition with no struggle whatsoever to adapt. Once the glasses are so rudely broken, they're history). 

Strictly Ballroom: In this film, beginner dancer Fran has practically the same diagnosis as Greek Wedding's Toula: coke-bottle glasses (which, arguably, are quite a large and overstated choice for eyewear compared to more modern styles), frizzed-out hair, and a lack of makeup that even reveals acne. Throughout her training with handsome pro Scott, he asks out of the blue: "Can you see to dance without those?" And she simply nods and lets him remove her glasses. From then on, we never see her wearing them again-not to dance, not in her everyday life. We are left to assume that she gets contact lenses, or magically acquires perfect vision. Other aspects of her appearance also improve without us seeing it directly. Scott falls in love with her.

Scooby-Doo Two: Monsters Unleashed: In this sequel, Velma Dinkley's classic look is changed when she becomes interested in a museum curator and Daphne transforms the smartie into a brunette version of her. However, she is only successful in keeping the glasses off for a short scene change after she appears on the staircase. Thankfully, the director must have realized that her glasses were too iconic (not so much for the other characters mentioned), though she ultimately was still told she needed a makeover by Daphne, who lent her an orange pleather jumpsuit.

I'm not saying these movies are necessarily misogynistic. Or that I didn't enjoy a few of them quite a bit. I also realize that the focus for these films wasn't centered around the female protagonists' eyesight or their transitions away from glasses. But it does seem that in most cases, once eyewear is suggested to be removed, it never returns again. In this way, glasses represent an "ugly" time period for the characters in which they were undesirable and unhappy.

2. Females wearing glasses must have something wrong with them other than just looks-they are irritating and childish, ungraceful, and sometimes downright hateful.

The biggest example of this that I have seen is from Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.

Miriam, the wife of semi-famous tennis player Guy, is a horrid woman with horrid motives. Although he is planning to divorce her, she has become pregnant by another man and threatens Guy with claiming to the media that it is his child and he is divorcing her and leaving her with nothing. Guy is furious, but little does he know that Bruno, the crazed man he met on a train, intends to kill Miriam in exchange for Guy killing Bruno's father-which Guy never agreed to.

Hitchcock eerily shows the strangling of Miriam through the lens of her discarded glasses.

The other female wearing glasses in this film is Guy's new fiance's younger sister; Barbara. She is an excitable, frantic, and somewhat unladylike teen who is later almost victimized by Bruno, as she reminds him of Miriam. 

The only other leading female in the film is Guy's spec-less fiance Anne, who is portrayed as beautiful and graceful, even under pressure of the dire circumstances presented:

3. Glasses-wearing females are sub-par to their non-glasses-wearing counterparts.

When I think of one of my favorite TV shows, The Big Bang Theory, I think of how few opportunities there are for the characters of Amy and Bernadette to feel just as sexy as their promiscuous but endearing friend Penny, who was the show's first and only female lead for a time.

Amy and Bernadette are more often than not dressed much more conservatively than Penny (minus a few episodes here and there) and are often praised for their smarts rather than their looks. Although Bernadette has a successful marriage with Howard and Amy is beginning to finally make strides in her relationship with Sheldon, both have either had struggles with dating beforehand or did not have many fulfilling relationships on the whole. Penny, on the other hand, dated constantly before her first and second (ending with engagement) installments of her relationship with Leonard. It seems that no matter what, the show is committed to keeping Amy and Bernadette more on the cute end of the spectrum, with Penny at the opposite as sexy. 

To wrap this up, I just wanted to analyze these types of characters a little bit and try to make some sort of correlations between them as glasses-wearers. Of course, the negative points I have made do not define the characters or the actresses that play them, they just affect the storyline to an extent in a way that few people seem to notice. So my question is this: why do we feel the need to do away with glasses on female characters or associate the few that do get to wear them full-time with frumpiness or awkwardness? I feel that there are plenty of women such as myself who wear glasses and wonder the same thing when watching film and TV. I have quite a few lovely female friends who wear glasses that deserve better representation/ a little more attention to the "glasses epidemic". Real world people like us sometimes don't get to choose between glasses and contacts (or Lasik) for various reasons, and we present ourselves as bright and capable citizens anyway-why can't fictional characters do the same? 

I haven't posted many pictures of myself on Tumblr til now, but for the record; although I do miss looking like this on most days and wish my face were "free"... :

.........I still have also learned to accept the way I look in glasses and think that it would be easier for women (and especially young girls) to do the same if the media were more helpful.

*Note: the first three pictures were all taken in various stages of high school. I barely have any pictures of my current self without glasses because it's just become second nature to leave them where they are and smile.

Anyone want to weigh in on this? Re-blog? I don't do these things often so if it's not up to par with a usual rant/discussion-thing I get it. If it were to get negative comments, it'd go down almost immediately. Just something I thought I'd try as a break from all the silly animal gifs. xD 

Thanks for reading! :)

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Blog Post #4

 "I am pro-life. I care about the life of every child: every child that goes to bed hungry, every child that goes to bed without a proper education, every child that goes to bed without being able to be a part of the Texas dream, every woman and man who worry about their children's future and their ability to provide for the future."

-Wendy Davis 

Women in the media are portrayed differently than that of men. They are portrayed to be the mother figure or the sexual character. Women in politics and positions of power tend to be discredited, which takes away power from them. This happens more to women than to men.

When I heard those facts in class a few weeks ago, I didn’t want to believe it. I didn’t want to believe that women were treated differently than men in media. I wanted to believe that my future field was above the derogatory stereotypes that women have projected onto them. 

A perfect example of how women are more often discredited than men in the media is with former Senator Wendy Davis, who is running for Governorship of Texas. She was first portrayed as a single mother, who worked to provide for her kids. Now, she is portrayed to be a woman who “abandoned” her children and used men for money. She is also hated and slandered by the pro-life groups who portray her to be an un-rational and cruel woman who is against women and family.

What about Greg Abbot? I haven’t heard anything negative against the male conservative who is also running for Governorship. Yet, I have heard so many negative words towards the female liberal running for a position of power in Texas.

 In class, we were shown examples of past women who were running for office, and how they were portrayed. Some women have been discredited in the past because the media portrayed them as “sexual”—like Sarah Palin—or as unattractive (kankles and pantsuits) and power hungry—like Hillary Clinton. In Wendy Davis’ case, they are portraying her as a liar and an unfit mother who doesn't care for the well-being of children. 

Texas Governor Rick Perry said the following statement in regards to Davis' efforts to pass the abortion legislation, which tears her down as well.

"She was a teenage mother herself, it's just unfortunate she hasn't learned from her example." 

The media is a tool that can be used for good or bad—but in the case of Wendy Davis and how women as a whole are portrayed, it still has a long way to go to get to a place where women are portrayed equally. Gender is a major variable in the media, and the only way to strive for equal and honest representation is for more women to join in careers like the media, and stand for what is truth. 

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Google has partnered with Seventeen Magazine: 

http://www.seventeen.com/life/reviews/a28904/google-made-with-code-launch/ 

Actual website here: 

https://www.madewithcode.com/home/  – – 

On the surface this seems fantastic! However, Seventeen has managed to focus on the vanity aspect of 3D printing jewelry, using tech in fashion deisgn, etc.. 

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English essay Thing PLEASE READ

hey, I have to do an essay for my english class, and I chose the topic of women in the media. I have the opinon of the women in the media are unrealistic and set high standers (ideas) of what beauty is. so to help me out can you guys inbox me if you were effected by the women in the media?. It would help me to write my essay if I can get some stories. PLZZ it would really help me!

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This girl is a serious rockstar. In a mere 9 minutes, she totally demolishes everything you've ever thought about bikinis. Maybe modest is hottest, after all?

This is what the caption of this video reads. 

Unfortunately, these bikini facts do not 'blow my mind.' The facts and study referenced by Jessica Rey I have heard time and time again in defense of dressing modestly or at least, being aware of how one dresses. 

I encourage you to watch the video so you do not get the wrong idea from my comments. 

That being said, I take issue with referencing the study. The study if you do not know is about what part of the brain is activated when a man (I'm assuming heterosexual, although the study with homosexual men would be incredibly interesting) sees a woman 'scantily clad.' 

Allegedly, it is the part of the brain that also lights up for objects that are enjoyed by men (i.e. tools, cars, etc.) While the part of the brain that lights up for human relationship, human interest, and human thought and emotion lies dormant and dark.  While this is incredibly interesting and vigorusly nods toward the objectivity of women, the use of these results bugs the hell out of me. 

First, let me state my opinion on modesty: yes. Yes, I agree with it personally. I prefer modesty. 

BUT I do not choose my opinion based on what men can handle, let alone what part of their brains light up. Pardon my french, but who gives a fuck?

This feels outdated and once again focuses on the use and dress of our bodies towards the male reaction. 

Once again, I understand her use of this research. Of course, I do. So how do we balance this? 

Is it a simple equation of we don't want to be viewed as an object = modesty? Or, is it more complex and rather a don't want to be viewed as an object but want to wear what we want to wear and not constantly thinking about others but at the same time objectivity = bad?

I'm leaning more toward the complexity. 

It feels as if we REFUSE to address our definition of sexy as a society, where it comes from, and who holds sway over the opinion. Is it a battle of men decided and women played into it? Or, a battle of loss of moral? OR, a battle for women to own their own sexuality and that includes the way we dress our bodies?

Perhaps it is just one of the questions or two or a bit of each three.

What I wish is that her concluding point had been her main point, that our bodies are not bad, they do not need to be hidden and that we make choices as to how we dress and show our beauty to the world. Rather than focus on, once again, how our bodies affect men and their bodies. They are OUR bodies. 

Let's women define modesty as we see fit and leave men out of the equation.  Or, hell, if you want to wear a bikini, wear a damn bikini, girlfriend. It's YOUR body. 

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My Bikini Body? Putting a bikini on my body.

I hate the patriarchy.