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 ‘relationships’
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 »
How to Be a Good Girlfriend?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged femininity, identity, media, relationships, romance, sexism on June 28, 2009 | 9 Comments »
This shit is nothing new. I’ve seen this all over the place, all the time. But since I learned feminism, I’ve avoided clicking on these ridiculous links. But I wanted to revisit the brainwashing of women, so I took a look at this slideshow. There’s nothing much to be said about this, like I said, [...]
patriarchy is everywhere
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural shame, identity, patriarchy, power, relationships, sex, sexualization on February 3, 2009 | 24 Comments »
In this post, you will find: some incendiary thoughts to promote discussion. i do believe in these ideas, but i’m open to changing my opinions if compelling arguments are offered. and a bunch of personal revelations. for me, it is about time to come out with it! Patriarchy is everywhere. Example follows in #2. Men [...]
“Oh, It’s Just That Respecting Herself Phase, She’ll Grow Out of It.”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural shame, homophobia, queer identity, relationships on January 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Do you ever find yourself in bed at night tossing and turning in frustration over things you wish you’d said? Here’s one of mine, it’s based on something I hear a lot of people say and it echoes in my head. “I’m scared that what I’m feeling is just a phase.” Why does it matter? [...]
Everything I Know About Love I Learned From John Cusack
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged hetero-romance, heterosexuality, john cusack, media, power, relationships, romance on January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Gender Agenda seems to be on a big relationship kick lately which I am so down with, as I told Munzi I’ve been planning to write a post about relationships for a few months, but I was taking a haitus from blogging for a few months, but now with my new NYRs in hand, one [...]
