Hey friends!
I was thinking about our discussion in class Thursday (for half of which, I'm sorry to say, I was spaced out on a cold medication buzz) about how women are portrayed in magazines. There really isn't much variation in how women are portrayed in the media in general! I was searching through some magazines to see if I could find something different, and I came across Lesbians on the Loose. It's an Australian Magazine (that now has international components). So I just looked through the site briefly but a lot of the pictures seem to fit the 3 categories in the Creed readings. I just thought it was an interesting addition to what we were talking about in class!
Here's the link:
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Even though women seem to be portrayed in the same ways across most media outlets, it seems that we are becoming more welcoming toward ideas of women that are outside of the norm.
ReplyDeleteTwo examples of this are:
1. This season of MTV's The Real World features a transexual, and MTV has put focus on the journey to change from a male to a female.
2. On last season of America's Next Top Model they had a transexual contestant.
So it seems that the media is offering somewhat of acceptance and putting females in the spotlight even if they don't fit into the "norm" of being a female.