Women in the Media

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Jon Huntsman daughters make spoof video ripping on presidential candidate Herman Cain’s ‘smoking’ video

http://www.youtube.com/user/Jon2012Girls#p/u/0/iOYVB2hc0HA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhm-22Q0PuM&feature=player_embedded

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Iraqi-Canadian Hip Hop Artist Music Video Addresses Media's Depictions of Arabs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtoHCUMpNMY

The Narcicyst, an Iraqi-Canadian by way of Dubai, presents a music video which addresses the West's depiction of the Arab world and Middle East.

Arab world (Saudi Arabia) commerical for Viagra equivalent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_SAx0NvQE

In this commercial a veiled Muslim woman, as mother/wife, tends to children as her veiled husband returns home from work and asks if the children have finished their homework. She responds with a yes they have and tells him it is now time for him to do his homework then the commercial says take Snafi so you can fulfill your homework. Juxtaposing this advertisement against U.S. media for similar products much can be inferred of the cultural context and even more when joined with this week's readings regarding media's representation of Muslim men and women throughout the Middle East. Unlike the U.S. media's representation of Muslim, veiled women being oppressed, hidden in harems and kept strictly as sex slaves to the males this Saudi advertisement shows a woman in control of her sexuality - making demands directly to her husband as opposed to being the passive subject to the man's whim and control as a sex slave. The ad offers a product to assist the tired from work at end of day man to meet the needs and demands of his wife as opposed to meet the demands of a man's lack of confidence in himself to be resolved through sexual activity and domination, such as is often seen in U.S. media.

What are you going to be for Halloween?

This is an ad campaign launching in Ohio by students fed up with stereotypical ethnic halloween costumes.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/26/living/halloween-ethnic-costumes/index.html?&hpt=hp_c2

"We are a culture not a costume" reads the print as a young girl holds up the costume bag for a 'Geisha Costume'

But costumes are just fun, I think. Or are they subversive expressions of hiearchies that exist in our society? Can someone mean will when they dress this way. Personally, one halloween, I wore a hat I got in Chinatown, and gave everyone fortune cookies as a halloween gift. I don't know if I would have worn that costume if I had seen this ad campaign and the message it brings up.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Be Born You

Hey all!

So I snapped a photo of this ad a few weeks ago while at the train station, and forgot to post it!

The interesting part is not the Ad itself, but the edits made by others. If you can't see, someone had written in "BE BORN WHITE," then another person crossed out "WHITE" and replaced it with "YOU."

It raises the question we've discussed before, do you think race can affect the way you are looked at in society, and even possibly the types of jobs you get or how successful you are?

Saturday, October 22, 2011

I found this illustration online and it looked a similar to image 1 from the Nancy W. Jabbra piece.

Who is being insulted in this illustration ?

FYI - This is a trick question.

Friday, October 21, 2011

I Send Mixed Messages

As I was standing outside of Hunter, I spotted this ad on the side of a M103 bus:

(The bus was in motion so I couldn't take a picture of the ad, but this is the same ad as a billboard in LA.)

In the ad, Svedka is selling their vodka by using their well-known Fembot. This ad features her lying down, back arched and buxom chest out, with the words "I send mixed messages" above her.

Do you think this ad can be viewed as a play on the idea of a mixed drink, i.e. a cranberry vodka, or is t using Fembot's sex appeal to sell their product? Why would an alcohol company create a mascot like Fembot?