ok, so the lack of my blogs are not because i am not doing the reading... it is simply because i procrastinate religiously. Thus, here we are, 5 blogs in, and I have been extremely slacking but promise to change!!! So, this is blog entry is regarding the week of Feb 17- Feb 23 reading.
the article 10 quick ways to analyze children's books for racism and sexism seems like it is asking all the right questions, but it is hard to think back to any of the childrens books that i have maybe read, but these questions can be applied to any sort of media that children use for entertainment. racism i feel is a lot more subtle than sexism, as there is a little less awareness about the gender roles that are constructed in our society. and when it comes to games or toys, these are distinctly marketed to be for a specific gender. in all, every aspect of the individual that is constructed in these sorts of entertainment/educational media can be analysed and the pecularities of how the person acts, looks, and Should act, look, etc., will have some sort of stereotypical basis that meets the expectations of the average person in America.
the article looking pretty waiting for the prince makes me wonder how the heck did i miss my presupposed gender role??? I distinctly remember it, 2nd grade, chopped my hair into those awesome 90's style short hair cuts, and fit in with the boys more than ever. i knew i was a girl, i just also knew that i did enjoy playing doctor or dress-up or baking in my easy-bake (definitely had one though!. the underlying cultural stereotypes that are so easy to pick up on now had to have had Some sort of impact on me though... maybe it was an identity issue. i dont know. i was just really really good at football and basketball, one best friend was a boy who enjoyed everything i did (he was also my first boyfriend in the 6th grade) and the other a girl who was a little bit of a tomboy too, but i mean, we werent butch-like or anything. i dont know, i must have just missed something. slow on the uptake.
math and media- photo fairness- my jaw hit da floor, especially with the fact that Every Single woman of color that was issued on the front page of the Washington Post was a VICTIM of fire, poverty, or destroyed homes from drugs. hows that for some stats... ill come back to these biases in the media lata
ABCs of media literacy.... cannot be found by my dumbask
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