after reading my first blog post I can attest that my definition of feminism has not changed. I still believe it to be a revolutionary movement meant to liberate women from systems of oppression, namely capitalism and the heteropatriarchy that are linked. my definition of feminist media studies also still…

ABAAD: Masculinities Beirut-based ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality launched a campaign they dubbed ‘masculinities’. its main role is to provide therapy and counseling to abusive men or to men with violent tendencies. its men centers were established in 2013 and received 10 men that first year, today the number is…

What is the study of: · political economy: the study of who owns what in terms of the means and results of production · political economy of communications or political economy of media: who owns what in the media · feminist political economy of communication: the study of how the…

feminist political economy refers to highlighting the way the patriarchy interferes in terms of who owns what on a greater scale and how these relations of ownership are all gendered. when analyzing feminist political economy in the media, it is important to consider how little women are involved on a…

• Textual analysis: focuses on text or wording, problems of sexist language • Content analysis: focuses on all types of media content, multimodal analysis, the male gaze • Discourse analysis: the field of meaning, underlying message, patriarchal discourses 2. • Sexist language: are texts in advertisings and media that are…

This 2017 MYA ad that was later banned in the UK shows multiple young women sharing their experiences with plastic surgery and how much happier they are now that they got breast implants. As Brooks (2006) notes, when the media turns plastic surgery into a first-person narrative, they are…

Carter (2012), Litosseliti (2013), and Al-Mahadin (2011) all theorized different ways we can analyze gender and how it is represented in the media. Carter, first, pointed out that it is essential to realize that the media’s portrayal of women is not only a reflection of how women are treated in…

Based on your readings this week about intersectionality and masculinities, define these concepts briefly and discuss how they are useful in media and communication studies. Kimberley Crenshaw defined intersectionality in 1989 as the way that different intersections of identity lead to varying forms of discrimination. For example, black women are…

After reading Najmabadi’s gendered history of Iran, briefly summarize how gender as a binary and heteronormalization became markers of modernity. Throughout its history, Iran never reflected a strict male/female binary in its art or history. Most notably, images that represented beauty and desire in Qajar art were never distinctly one…