"Understanding My Role-Reversal Act"

Learning Resources

Required:           

“Gender Embodiment” from Encyclopedia of Gender in Media: http://sk.sagepub.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/reference/genderinmedia/n60.xml?PageNum=143  

Introduction to Judith Butler's Theories on Gender Identity: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/genderandsex/modules/butlergendersex.html

Judith Butler: Your Behavior Creates Your Gender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo7o2LYATDc              

Understanding Gender: https://www.genderspectrum.org/quick-links/understanding-gender/      

Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People: https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people

Chapter on Media from the Rebus textbook Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies: https://press.rebus.community/introwgss/chapter/media/

“The Dangerous Ways Ads See Women,” with pioneering activist and cultural theorist, Jean Kilbourne:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy8yLaoWybk

Read through each of the linked pages found here, on the Media Smarts homepage for Men and Masculinity: http://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/media-issues/gender-representation/men-masculinity              

Amalia Ulman Is the First Great Instagram Artist: http://www.elle.com/culture/art-design/a38857/amalia-ulman-instagram-artist/?src=social-email

Optional:

Every Sex & Gender Term Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9QnnQN880o           

“The Sexy Lie,” by Caroline Heldman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMS4VJKekW8

Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3exzMPT4nGI

Dove Evolution; A brief video from the Dove Real Beauty Campaign showing a female model before, during and after make-up and photoshopping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U

Dove Campaign for Real Beauty (male version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_I17cK1ltY

Vermeulen, L., Van Bauwel, S., & Van Looy, J. (2017). Tracing female gamer identity. An empirical study into gender and stereotype threat perceptions. Computers In Human Behavior, 71, 90-98: http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=122010035&site=eds-live&scope=site

“4 Reasons Why Calling a Woman of Color ‘Exotic’ Is Racist,” by Rachel Kuo: http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/01/calling-woc-exotic-is-racist/

Building a Bigger Action Hero: http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/building-a-bigger-action-hero-20140418?utm_source=email

Learning Resources/ Links

https://books.google.com/books?id=stghRgEusB4C&pg=PP1&dq=the+sociological+imagination#v=onepage&q=the%20sociological%20imagination&f=false

Video about Sociological Imagination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BINK6r1Wy78

Sociological Perspectives on Gender Stratification, from the Boundless textbook Sociology.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociology/chapter/sociological-perspectives-on-gender-stratification/

Intersectional Feminism: What Exactly is Intersectionality?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=GJgQ-VdSxk0&feature=emb_logo

Interview with Kimberly Crenshaw (explaining Intersectionality)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROwquxC_Gxc&feature=emb_logo

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