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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPAat-T1uhE. Is Gender-Flipping the Most Important Meme Ever? . Adapted from article by Caitlin Walsh from Junkee. What is a Gender-flip?.
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Is Gender-Flipping the Most Important Meme Ever? Adapted from article by Caitlin Walsh from Junkee
Visual genderflips are so effective because they tend to highlight the way the same visual signifiers are assigned to “male” and “female”-oriented products, and how visual representations of people tend to cater to the male gaze. Women’s bodies are used to sell everything from rental cars to tampons. Women are presented too often not as consumers of the product, but part of the product – a sexy body sexily getting ready to surf, or a sexy body sexily wearing American Apparel.
The family of a US teenage graffiti artist who died after police shot her with a stun gun have called for an independent inquiry into her death. Jessica Smith, 18, was caught spray-painting a disused building in Miami Beach, Florida, on Tuesday. Police say arresting officers used an electroshock weapon on the Miami Beach native after she tried to flee. Once in custody, she displayed signs of medical distress and was pronounced dead soon after, police said. 'Act of barbarism' Smith, who had only just graduated from high school, was shot in the chest with the stun gun after police saw her applying paint to a closed McDonald’s restaurant. A friend of Smith told the Miami Herald she saw police offices exchanging high fives and making jokes after they subdued her with the Miami Beach Police Chief Rayline Martinez said her department was investigating the incident. She also sent her condolences to the grieving family. But the dead teenager’s loved ones held a news conference on Thursday to demand the inquiry be led by an external agency. Kate Smith says her daughter’s death was “an act of barbarism”. "There is no justification of this kind of action for a second-degree misdemeanour," said Julia Kreiss, a lawyer representing the family.
The family of a US teenage graffiti artist who died after police shot him with a stun gun have called for an independent inquiry into his death. Israel Hernandez-Llach, 18, was caught spray-painting a disused building in Miami Beach, Florida, on Tuesday. Police say arresting officers used an electroshock weapon on the Colombian immigrant after he tried to flee. Once in custody, he displayed signs of medical distress and was pronounced dead soon after, police said. 'Act of barbarism' Hernandez-Llach, who had only just graduated from high school, was shot in the chest with the stun gun after police saw him applying paint to a closed McDonald's restaurant. A friend of Hernandez-Llachtold the Miami Herald he saw police officers exchanging high fives and making jokes after they subdued him with the weapon. Miami Beach Police Chief Raymond Martinez said his department was investigating the incident. He also sent his condolences to the grieving family. But the dead teenager's loved ones held a news conference on Thursday to demand the inquiry be led by an external agency. Israel Hernandez-Bandera says his son's death was "an act of barbarism". "There is no justification of this kind of action for a second-degree misdemeanour," said Jason Kreiss, a lawyer representing the family.
The basic skill to develop, though, is the one that lies at the heart of flipping: asking, “What if?” If I were a woman, would I talk to me at parties? If women told men their complaints were irrelevant, would that attitude be worth worth fighting? If I were writing about a male musician, would I talk about his clothes and his famous exes this much? If I drew Hawkeye in the pose I’m sketching Black Widow in right now, would he look ridiculous?
Blurred Lines? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU 19 - 34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKfwCjgiodg
I know that you’ve written from the point of view of many different types of characters. Were you nervous at all about writing as a teenage girl? It wasn’t uncomfortable for me at all. Maybe it should have been. It was a little uncomfortable for me when I was reading the audiobook — that was a little awkward. [Laughs] I never thought I would write a female narrator. For whatever reason, I didn’t feel like I was writing a female narrator — I felt I was writing Hazel. I felt very, very close to Hazel and deeply empathetic to her. You know, I hate it when writers say this — I think it’s the most pretentious thing in the world — but unfortunately it’s true in this case: I did not feel as if I were writing her. I felt like she was kind of taking care of herself. That said, when my wife and editor first read the story they were like, “Girls don’t wear those clothes anymore. You’re clearly imagining 1996.” So they updated me on the clothes. Gender Flip Hazel and Gus?
