Or, alternatively titled: “Making the Brown Sex Week 2010 Poster” (This is a cross-post from the SHEEC blog/my blog) My goals were that the poster: Wouldn’t imply a certain relationship status Wouldn’t be objectifying and just like any other ad on TV Wouldn’t be heteronormative (and ideally not homonormative, either, which is…not easy to do–most [...]
Posts Tagged ‘language’
Representations of Sex/uality
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advertising, brown university, exploitation, feminism, gender, images, language, media, objectification, power, relationships, sex, sexism, sexualization on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The reality of “male-bashing”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged education, language, men, violence on August 9, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Here, a blogger talks about his experiences teaching women’s studies at a university. This particular post, and the comments on it, remind me of people using the phrase “No offense…but”, when they actually do mean to be offensive, but they’re also trying to get off the hook.
maybe not the most momentous thing to post about
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gendered insults, hate mail, language, sexism on January 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
…but: just a moment ago, i was going to express surprise at something someone said online. i wanted to say “lol oh man!” then i was like, that sounds off, maybe “lol oh boy!” and then i realized that i didnt like that they both had maleness. im confused. is saying “oh man” or “oh [...]
