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Extras: Possibilities for Extra Credit and Extra Learning
Gender on Film (again): October 23, 6-8 pm, at The Women's Center. This week's segment of Gender on Film will show two films; you can go see either one and write about it for extra credit. If you've been wishing that we were talking more about masculinity in class, here's your chance to go see a film about the construction of masculinity in popular media, called Tough Guise. The second film listed (I'd guess that's the order they'll be shown in) is called V-Day: Until the Violence Stops, which documents the grassroots impact of V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against girls and women, in five international communities.
Find an alternative: We've been talking in class about the dominant messages out there about women's bodies. If you know of a media source that represents an alternative message (It's beautiful to be: not a size 2! not flawlessly perfect! older than 25! not lily white! not rich!), tell us what it is and how it communicates that alternative message.
Advertisement analysis: Choose a print ad from a magazine, and analyze it for context (why this magazine?), content (what do you see?), and significance (what messages are embedded in what you see?) In other words, ask: what does this ad claim to be selling? What is really selling? How is it doing that?
Gender on Film: Go see THIN at the Women's Center on Monday, Oct. 6, from 6-8 pm, and then write a response: what did you think of the film? How did it engage with issues we've been discussing in class?
Fairy Tale Redux: References and retellings of fairy tales crop up in many movies, television shows (anyone see the season premier of Grey's Anatomy?), and novels. Choose one text that references a fairy tale in some way and analyze what meanings you find there. How does the text you chose differ from or respond to the original story (or original film version)? What is it communicating about gender identity in relationship to fairy tales?
The Women: A remake of the 1940s movie with an all-female cast playing in theaters now. Go see it, write up what you think about it, paying particular attention to how it addresses any of the issues we've encountered in our reading or in our discussions. Aim for around 500 words (more than that is fine, fewer probably won't allow you to develop your ideas fully enough).
*Extra credit assignments are good for a replacement participation grade. You can fulfill up to (but not more than) three of these opportunities. All extra credit is due, in typed hard copy form, no later than the class period before Thanksgiving Break (Monday, 11/24).
For Further Reading: "White Privilege and Male Privilege" by Peggy McIntosh: This is the article we talked about in class, in which McIntosh lists and then elaborates on privileges afforded to her because of her skin color.
"Surprise! Dove's 'Campaign for Read Beauty" ads actually kind of fake": A Business Week post that links to the New Yorker profile where the retoucher admitted his work on the pictures.
"When Tush Comes to Dove": Slate's Seth Stevenson's take on the campaign when it first launched in 2005.
"Employees: 'Hierarchy of Hotness' Rules at Abercrombie & Fitch": About a ranking system of hiring and employee management.
"The Incredible Shrinking Model": An article about working conditions for models in the fashion industry.
"For Girls, It's Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too": A New York Times piece on the societal pressures on girls, particularly in education.
Potential Resources for Group Project: PBS - check out their sections for kids, parents and teachers
ReadWriteThink's student materials page has some nifty interactive
software
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