Friday, April 30, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Required for 5/3: Degendering Dance… and Some History » Sociological Images
Watch this video, Tightrope, by Janelle Monae, featuring Big Boi:
Degendering Dance… and Some History » Sociological Images
How is this a great example of how dancing doesn’t have to be sexualized or gendered by movement or attire?
Remember to sign your full name.
Degendering Dance… and Some History » Sociological Images
How is this a great example of how dancing doesn’t have to be sexualized or gendered by movement or attire?
Remember to sign your full name.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
CBC News - Canada - List of missing or slain native women grows
CBC News - Canada - List of missing or slain native women grows
The report found that aboriginal females are more likely to be killed by a stranger than non-aboriginal.
It says many victims are targeted simply because they are aboriginal and their attackers assume they will not fight back or be missed.
"The stories shared by families, communities and friends also tell us that many missing and murdered women and girls were 'vulnerable' only insofar as they were aboriginal and they were women," the report says.
"The over-representation of aboriginal women in Canada as victims of violence must be understood in the context of a colonial strategy that sought to dehumanize aboriginal women."
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/04/21/missing-women-native.html#ixzz0lq4Uf7eZ
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Some Exam answers that make good points in an articulate way
On "Third and Final Continent:"
As the two cultivate a relationship, she (Mala) is given a chance to flourish in the narrative. By the story's end she becomes more fully developed as a character, and empowered as such, as she grows more important within her husband's perspective.
I think the story could have benefited from dual perspectives, that way we get both their experiences first hand.
Hurt Locker:
. . . had the narrowest point of view. We were not allowed into the actual minds of the characters, and the film frequently had a narrow physical focus as well.
The point of view . . . made you feel like you were there in Iraq with the soldiers . . it was told from an entirely male point of view even though the director was a woman.
St. James is married to defusing bombs.
Marriage in Sula:
Jude only proposed (to Nel) to salvage his feelings of masculinity after having been refused a job.
As the two cultivate a relationship, she (Mala) is given a chance to flourish in the narrative. By the story's end she becomes more fully developed as a character, and empowered as such, as she grows more important within her husband's perspective.
I think the story could have benefited from dual perspectives, that way we get both their experiences first hand.
Hurt Locker:
. . . had the narrowest point of view. We were not allowed into the actual minds of the characters, and the film frequently had a narrow physical focus as well.
The point of view . . . made you feel like you were there in Iraq with the soldiers . . it was told from an entirely male point of view even though the director was a woman.
St. James is married to defusing bombs.
Marriage in Sula:
Jude only proposed (to Nel) to salvage his feelings of masculinity after having been refused a job.
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