Good Bye

This is the last post I'm making on this blog. I won't be using it anymore.
The issues I've covered on this blog still exist. They're still prevalent. I know I can't do much to change your minds now about them but if you have the time please look more into these topics and try to follow them in the news. I'm certain they'll be prevalent for years and years because they're issues that most people don't want to deal with, or say they care about when they don't.

bye

Progress Post 2

Another progress post on my project! I just finished the print I will selling at the Symposium next week, All the proceeds for it will be going to the Girl Scouts of America because they help young girls form themselves into successful members of society. Here's the print:

The print will be 5 dollars and I can take debit/credit cards! (thank you phone credit card reader). That sounds like a plug because it is but I really want to help out the girl scouts! I'm also working on the display which will include tv shows that have good messages about women/good female characters!

Women in Media project progress

This project has been really interesting! It's strange to see how few positive female characters there are in the mainstream media. Especially in the news, I never realized how sexualized women in the news were until I started this project. I think something important though is how many of the articles I read demonized the stereotypical "strong women" trope in media. An example of this would be any of the characters from sucker punch. While it's obvious they're physically strong, they're all WAY sexualized and don't have much to them other than being a "strong female character". (Kate Beaton does a good job of summing up everything wrong with strong female characters). The biggest problem is that this is what producers and writers think of when they think of a "strong female character" when really when people ask for that they really just want better written women. Instead of a two dimensional character, people want women who are more than an idealized version of women. More realistic women are really important because they prove that women are super important and not just for men.