Kiersten M.

Jean Kilbourne, a media critic talks about the toxicity that is in our media today, she says, " “ Just as it’s difficult to be healthy in a toxic physical environment, if we’re breathing poisoned air for example, or drinking polluted water.  So it’s difficult to be healthy in what I call a “toxic cultural environment”--an environment that surrounds us with unhealthy images and constantly sacrifices our health and our sense of well being for the sake of profit" (Kilbourne). Jean Kilbourne, a media critic, talks about how the image of women is falsified, " T he image isn’t real; it’s artificial, it’s constructed" (Kilbourne). Relating to many examples of how it affects others, how the media sees it, how it is portrayed, she relates it to how the image of the women involved are artificial and not natural.

In the video by  Anita Sarkeesian she describes the different components of how women are seen and portrayed in video games. I do not play video games, however I have seen ads in New York City and other metropolitan areas for major video games like Grand Theft Auto which is a racing game but legitimately degrades women and police officers. Although it does have a explicit rating most parents of children have no knowledge of the true meaning behind this racing game.  “ At the same time that we allow our children to be sexualized, we refuse to educate them about sex.  The United States is the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t teach sex education in the schools.  And our children pay a very high price we have the highest rates of teen pregnancy and the highest rates of sexually transmitted illnesses by far, in the developed world.” In this quote it relates to what Sarkeesian was saying, these women are portrayed so negatively that kids think its ...

The first quote discusses stereotypes and characteristics that people tend to believe, most of them being false. Looking at society today this has positives and negatives. Next, there is talk about influence and how things impact kids at such a young age. This is unfortunate as most of it is falsely portrayed. Motivated representation is when there are specific visuals doing things to fit stereotypes and satisfy what is actually shown in our society. (ie white male doctor). I like in Archie's article he describes how they wanted to live their lives differently. They also discuss how media shouldn't be believed solely based off of that specific point of view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cYgyqA_7BM&t=40s I selected this video from my cousin vinnie because it represents the stereotype of a lawyer and what they should look like. The image is constructed, because lawyers are suppose to pose that they have a facade and are very professional, however this is not the cas...

In class we discussed some examples of what positives and negatives are in shows that we watched as kids and what we we are watching now.  We had discussed The Vampire Diaries, and how all the vampires are skinny, attractive and built. How there was no characters weren't any variation of different. This can be an issue of people comparing themselves that are watching. One example was the positive and negatives of Disney films. There was a discussion on how back then the princesses were predominately white and it wasn't until recently that princesses were of color or a different race. Disney films also portray that the woman always need saving and doesn't give males the encouragement to be emotional. There are cultural poisons in our society today, and I think social media is the revolving issue. We tend to compare ourselves and put on a facade of who we really are. There also is habits that form as well, such as the constant need to be on social media. For example, ev...

One thing that I noticed while watching the video was that it is teaching younger children at such an early age that its their job to imitate the dominance that is shown in the movies. The "heroes or villains are more often than not something that children will look up to while they are younger, and its simply motivating the thought of being "alpha, strong, and in charge." Finally, in the article, Doc is a 7 year old girl of color that works on her stuffed animals to fix their wounds and make them feel better as well as encourage them to keep good hygiene and wear seatbelts etc. This girl is an icon and a character that all little girls that come across the show. To relate to this more personally, I have a sister that is 5 that enjoys watching this show and even has a stethoscope and doctors kit that Doc McStuffins carries with her. I think that it all comes down to what is portrayed in shows for kids of what they comprehend and "learn to be ok with." One ...

I found it difficult to hear some of the underlying truths in Guante's 10 responses. Especially the line where he talks about boys wearing blue socks, girls wearing pink socks. At such an early age children are packaged and created a certain way instead of being "different." And I think that this just keeps repeatedly happening because its "tradition" or thats their "upbringing." We tell our children stuff at such an early age "its ok, don't cry" and they listen. When they mature and get older they have this mentality of "man up" and I feel as though this is an unfair image portrayed by the media and unsaid standards to be met. Men are victims and have emotions too, not just women.  

In the beginning of the semester I established three goals for myself as a critical thinker; be more curious, ask questions and look things up that I am unsure of. With each of these goals, I have been actively integrating them into all of my classes by starting class with an open mind and wanting to improve myself. This has been a struggle for me simply because of the stress level that goes along with a semester in college. All of that aside, I have found myself this semester being more proactive with my school work by asking questions when I am unsure of something.  For my blogs I try to do things that others would not think of. I like my coursework to be unique where others most likely others have not seen anything like it. I think that with my blogs I have applied the coursework  meaningfully by trying to keep it original and one of a kind. This demonstrates my ability to think outside of the box.  Using other classes for example, I have put the skills we have ...