Feminist theory's
Media Magazine reading - two articles on feminism and theory Read Playing With The Past: Post-feminism and the Media ( MM40 , page 64 - our Media Magazine archive is here ). This is a great example of sophisticated media analysis and an indication of the level we want to be writing at by the end of the two-year course. 1) What examples are provided from the two texts of the 'male gaze' (Mulvey)? -beyonce music video 'why dont you love me' -PanAn 2) Do texts such as these show there is no longer a need for feminism or are they simply sexism in a different form? These texts show little feminism as they highly sexualise women.I believe they are simply sexism due to them exploiting womens bodys. 3) Choose three words/phrases from the glossary of the article and write their definitions on your blog. Post-feminism is a 1990s-era, primarily Western, cultural sensibili ty suggesting that the goals of feminist equality have already been achieved, rendering organize...