Engish homework Blog assignment

Pick one of the questions below and write a response.

1. How much do images and representations of violent action girls disrupt dominant cultural and ideological constructions of girlhood and/or gender? Are these women/girls feminist icons? If not, how could they be?

2. To what extent is “geek culture” (i.e. comic books, video games, action franchises) based on the exclusion of women and girls? Why do you think that is? Are there important exceptions? If so, to what extent do they challenge the gender norms of that culture?

3. Can Kill Bill or other such representations be critiqued for offering empty discourses of false liberation through the representation of violent, active women onscreen?

4. Is the male gaze still prevalent in mainstream media? How has this gaze changed or how have certain media texts disrupted or critiqued its dominance?

5. How might the concept of “the cool girl” or “it” be mobilized for popular feminist activism? Or, is it always a performance for patriarchal male approval?

6. In what ways does Jessica Jones offer a feminist critique? How does she break from the representational norms of gender in Hollywood films and or popular television?

Blog Checklist:

My Paper…

· Has an enticing title that summarizes the main point

· Is between 800-1,000 words.

· Brings in class discussion & demonstrates a critical understanding of the course material

· Has a logical and coherent structure, including a thesis and clear objectives for each paragraph

· Intro has a provocative hook, a thesis, and background on the topic.

· Paragraphs include argumentative topic sentences & specific examples to illustrate points.

· Conclusion tells us why we should care about this topic.

· Is clearly written and void of typos and basic grammatical errors

· Includes visual representation: images, gifs, and/or videos that do not interrupt the argument, but rather enhance it.

· References an idea from one of our course readings

· Maybe links out to other articles you are engaging with

Late Policy

If your blog is late you will be deducted 1/3 of a letter grade for each day that it is late (e.g. one day late = A- B+; two days late = A- B; etc.)