GOOD GIRLS

Deborah Tolman titled "Object Lessons: Romance, Violation, and Female Adolescent Sexual Desire"

Something that I understood
“Good girls don’t want; what they really want is love” while reading this passage it was clear to me that Deborah was trying to look deep with in the “good girls” mood. I feel like one of Deborah main points are; as woman/ adolescent woman we often in movies, TV shows, the media and are everyday lives we base are sexuality on boys. Are sexuality is the domain and desire of boys. Because of this, “girl’s sexuality has been reduced to their sexual and reproductive parts”. The media is sending constant message about the importance of their appearance, and giving unrealistic ideas about their appearances is causing girls to have low self-esteem. “Consumerism, sexuality, and male supremacy can hardly be separated in either the music or the fan magazines”. I think that it is kind of hard for girls to feel pretty now a days because of how people have changed what the real meaning of beauty is it seams like now beauty means that u need to be thin in the white America culture. While indicating, males are who we should be beautiful for “the strong fearless male”

Something that I didn’t understand
I believe I understood the passage.


Imbedded Link
GOOD GIRLS GO BAD (connection alot of "flirt texting")






Connections
While analyzing advertisements in magazines, I realized one thing: all of the companies were selling way more than just their products. They were selling messages indicating “females should be gentle and beautiful” What is considered beautiful in one society is different from standards in others.

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GLEE

Something that I understood
This was my first time ever seeing this TV show; I really don’t know how I feel about it. As I watched it there are some very in your face stereotypes and gender roles for example:

· The dumb cheerleaders
· The perfect White Female
· The very sensitive gay male
· The big black loud/mad African American Female
· The handicap person who is labeled as “different” before he even opens his mouth.

This is nothing NEW to TV although I’m sure we have all seem these stereotypes before. I some how feel like this TV show is not all bad. YES! The stereotypes and the gender roles are very annoying and played out. I feel like some how this TV show is doing something a little different then what we are used to seeing. Some how I feel like there bring everyone together at the end. Overcoming the stereotypes/gender roles and working together as an team, spite there differences.

Something I didn’t understand
I feel like I understood everything.

Connections!!!
stereotypes as seen by the teens in a local high school in Missoula, teens tell it through their opinions.

New Media

Teens from different culturals expressing their thoughts on New Media!!!

Something that I understood
“I argue that these new media phenomena are symptomatic and illustrative of both technological affordances and larger socio-cultural trends.” I agree, the media is slowly taking over the world. This can be problematic, but it has become such a norm. I’m not sure people see the problem with “phatic communications”. Speaking from experience “platic communication” is everywhere and sometimes I often feel like I’m addicted to this way of life. Something that I find myself always doing is the social networking. “A disembedded intersubjectivity which contrasts the belonging of community with the concept of integration and distegration in a network.” These days I don’t even talk on the phone anymore, I feel like the days of getting to no someone by phone conversation and interaction are over. Now a days it seems like u meet someone and get to no them though text messaging and if u really want to get to no them u request them on FACKBOOK ?? that’s crazy.

Something I didn’t understand
Some of the wording in the passages was very big words and I can’t always follow. But I do feel like I got a good idea of what the passages were talking about.

Connections
There was a strong connection between the (comings of age with the Internet) “the experience of personal development through online media use was primarily positive. Some saw it as a natural and necessary part of human evolution: I think people were born to enjoy interactivity and love communicating interactively.” (Coming of age with the internet pg. 80) I feel like this statement can also apply to this passage.