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Crystal Light – Ad Analysis
The advertisement I choose, advertising Crystal Light Pure Fitness, came out of Glamour magazine, the July 2010 issue. Behinds all the words and the product itself, is a picture of a white, skinny,...
View ArticleShe’s the Man – Film Analysis
In our class, “Sex, Gender and Society,” we have focused much of our studies on the themes of sexual coercion, masculinity and femininity, sexual behavior and how they are perceived, portrayed and...
View ArticleJust Friends – Film Analysis
Just Friends is a romantic comedy based around the idea of the “friend zone,” or relationship between a man and a woman where nothing more than friendship is possible. The movie begins with Chris...
View ArticleHitch Film Analysis
The film Hitch was made in 2005 and is a story about a date doctor in New York City assisting other men with their dating endeavors. The main character Alex Hitchens is a black man who was a late...
View ArticleShades of Ray – Film Analysis
Independent movies are distinct from commercial movies because they are made to express the filmmaker’s personal artistic vision as apposed to simply making money. Because commercial movies are...
View ArticleMGM Grand – Ad Analysis
An advertisement published in Rolling Stone Magazine, May 13, 2010 issue 1104 contains representations of sexuality and gender. The advertisement is for the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The...
View ArticleThe Bechdel Test for Movies
The test, named after 80s lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel, asks three questions: 1. Are there two or more women in it that have names? 2. Do they talk to each other? 3. Do they talk to each other...
View ArticleTwo different abortion story videos (plus three other videos from Brave New...
I stumbled upon these two abortion performance speeches online when I was browsing youtube searching for different Brave New Voices: Youth Speaks videos. Like we discussed in class, abortion is an...
View ArticleKilling Us Softly 4
Kilbourne, Jean. 2010. Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
View ArticleWomen in Video Games
Despite some confusion in use of language (using female/male when really women/men would apply) I thought this was really an interesting little video.
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