or your body. “All About That Bass” does a poor job of promoting true body acceptance‚ therefore changing the lyrics to be more inclusive and promoting self-acceptance regardless of what others deem desirable is necessary to make this song a true feminist and body-positive anthem for women (and men). For instance‚ instead of saying
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“ A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” -Gloria Steinem. Feminism should be taught the right way‚ because many people are saying the complete different opposite of feminism. Feminism means to be equal to men‚ like women want equal treatment like men do‚ they want to do the heavy lifting and want to protect loved ones instead of a man “doing all the work”. People nowadays are changing the entire meaning of feminism which makes me feel enraged because
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A commentary is an expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event‚ topic‚ issue or situation. Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual and feminist artist who juxtaposes images with provocative words or statements. Within the short statements‚ she synthesises a comment on society‚ the economy‚ politics‚ gender‚ and culture. Kruger uses images from magazines and sets them as the background in her artworks‚ against confronting and bold messages. Kruger uses the colour red in her
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When you think of the word “feminist” what comes to mind? Do you think of the Women’s March? Do you think of the Women’s Suffrage movement? Now let’s focus specifically on the stereotypes of a feminist. Maybe loud‚ ugly‚ gay‚ can’t get a man‚ unshaven legs. These stereotypes were first frequently portrayed through political articles and cartoons in mainstream newspapers as the suffrage movement started to gain momentum. It is obvious that not all women can fit into a stereotype‚ so why should all
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FEMINIST READER-RESPONSE OF “KING LEAR” Shakespeare’s King Lear is a deeply sad tale of a king who gives up his power and slowly goes crazy. His two oldest daughters‚ Goneril and Regan‚ each receive half the kingdom from him‚ but it soon becomes apparent that half is not enough for either of them. Everybody in this play is out to get everybody else‚ and everybody has a hidden agenda. However‚ as the drama ensues‚ the audience realizes that the women‚ Goneril and Regan‚ are really
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and social justice issues and increased her sensitivity to current and social issues politics at a very young age. Because of her environment during her upbringing‚ the horror of the Vietnam War instigated her activism‚ and the influences of her feminist ideas‚ the series I will be looking at‚ shows the feminist’s commentary of the Vietnam War. Martha Rosler uses her work to develop a critical reflection on the functioning of society and the inner tensions of the public sphere (Stephen Wright‚ 2000)
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Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written at a very controversial time period: the women’s rights movement. While this book serves as a predominant feminist text‚ it clearly outlines the voices of changing ideals. As written by literary analyst Jurgen Wolter in ““The Yellow Wallpaper” The Ambivalence of Changing Discourses‚” the text has been “approached from various other perspectives‚ ranging from biographical‚ deconstructive‚ reader’s response‚ genre studies.” In “The Yellow Wallpaper
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The feminist idea was designed to define‚ establish‚ and defend equal political‚ economic‚ and social rights for women. In the articles Taking a Bite Out of Twilight‚ written by Carmen D. Siering an assistant professor of English and women’s studies at Bell State University‚ and Two Ways a Women Can Get Hurt‚ written by Jean Kilbourne who is an award winning author and educator‚ the idea of feminism in today’s media is questioned. Seiring writes about a popular book‚ titled Twilight‚ and how the
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Nancy Fraser talks about the second-wave feminism movement that has been going on within the past 40 years. She writes about the second-wave movement and the recent historic movements of capitalism in feminism. She talks about three parts that have taken a part in post history of capitalism. First one is the state organized capitalism. Here‚ she charts out the becoming second-wave out of the new left‚ anti-imperialist‚ and the convincing androcentrism and the sexist ways of the state organized capitalism
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The elephant in the Art room The mother the other Addressing the elephant in the Art room Linda Nochlin posed the question in her 1971 article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? Arguing it was necessary to question “the unstated domination of white male subjectivity” that shaped the art historical canon; the article explored the reasons for the severe asymmetry of female to male artists throughout the course of art history. When examining western art as viewed through the canon one must
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