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Marisa Takauchi

SlutWalk is not sexual liberation | Gail Dines and Wendy J Murphy | Comment is free | T... - 28 views

    • Tessa McAteer
       
      I don't think that being a slut is a good thing, but I do think that there is such a large criteria to being called a slut, and women should not have change who they are or how they dress because they are called a slut. In many cases a girl is called a slut for having sex while the guy would be called a hero to his friends. I think society needs to adjust their definition of a slut, and notice that men are just as promiscuous women. 
    • Cynthia Huang
       
      I think this is the reason that they want to use the word "slut" in their campaign. They want to sort of change the way in which slut is used in everyday language. 
    • Ryo Sakai
       
      The women could have been a little upset that the police officer was following a old stereotype and that women do not have equal rights as men do (not able to dress up freely)
    • Joe Kanagawa
       
      That must have been hard for them (I am referring to the women). I really don't understand why that kind of stereotype existed quite a while ago.
    • Katie Miyoshi
       
      Although exposing clothing on women may seem suggestive to men, it does not necessarily mean that the women are "suggesting" that they would like to be sexually abused or marked as a "slut". 
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    • Arla Takala
       
      He said, "Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised". He was blaming women's appearance to be the reason that they get raped and that women should avoid dressing like sluts. Obviously, this comment offended women and especially victims of rape since he suggested that their appearance was the reason they got raped.
    • Ayane Tomita
       
      Every individual woman has their own style, but it is not a smart idea to dress too revealingly, because obviously men will be interested.
    • Melanie Arxhoek
       
      The comment the police officer made was very offending. Why would women have to change their style of clothing because men might 'jump' them in the streets, yet men can dress any way they want. However rape obivously doesn't occur on the streets and a man doesn't just suddenly chase a woman because she might wear a low cut top. A rapist wouldn't care what the woman is wearing, his target is a woman who doesn't think about where she is walking and when.
    • Momoko Osawa
       
      this article uses a lot of quotation marks to emphasis and also to make words sound sarcastic in some parts.
    • Madeleine Cox
       
      This is an interesting point. Can you give an example of where the writers may be using sarcasm or suggesting their opinions through they write?
    • Katie Miyoshi
       
      Perhaps the quotation marks are placed around certain words because they are opinionated, such as "good" describing a girl, because there is no real definition of a good girl and the reader will define that adjective with their own experiences or thoughts.  The stereotype of a "good" girl may be different for everyone.
    • Cynthia Huang
       
      The point is, you can get raped at anytime, anywhere, wearing anything, and women will still be blamed for dressing provocatively. Men do NOT get the blame for their acts, but women get the blame for their way of acting. 
    • Arla Takala
       
      Just like the article said, I believe that being a victim of rape has nothing to do with your appearance. Dressing up more provocatively or like 'sluts' does not increase your chance of getting raped. Women should be able to wear what they want even if it were 'slutty'
    • Momoko Osawa
       
      I totally agree with this comment. Men never get to be blamed but women are blamed in many ways. I find women always being limited in their actions and even what they wear.
    • Virginia Russolo
       
      with the phrase "Men do NOT get the blame for their acts' do you mean the fact that a lot of sexual harassments are not reported? I agree that it is not fair to blame it on the victims' outfits especially because rapists look for power over the victims, not necessarily satisfaction of sexual desires. 
    • Cynthia Huang
       
      Virginia, I meant that even if a man rapes the woman, in this example, the woman was blamed for wearing clothes that "makes" the man want to rape her. The man is not blamed for his actions. 
    • Erica Nozawa
       
      I think that it depends on how you interpret the word 'slut'. Some people may find it more offensive than others. No matter what, I don't think anyone ought to call a woman slut without knowing her and what she spends her time on.
    • Marisa Takauchi
       
      I feel that "slut" has strong negative impact when mentioned. I personally do not feel comfortable using this word even among friends. I agree to the point you made on the last sentence, but I also feel that you shoud not use it to friends unless it is a serious matter.
    • Max Koehler
       
      . It does makes some points about rape but over all it seems to be trying to say that this is a march about women trying to have the right to have their sexual freedom and bodily integrity. 
    • Riley Rademaker
       
      Yes this is close to being the same as my post the article is talking about women marching to not get called slut by just the way they look
    • Max Koehler
       
      I agree
    • Virginia Russolo
       
      On the contrary I think that these manifestations are trying to abolish the stereotype behind the word 'slut'. I think this is a way of helping teenage girls to overcome such nicknames and the complications that follow them. Of course a balance needs to be found because these protests cannot be an excuse for excessively promiscuous and irrespective behaviors. However, I believe that these marches are giving women the personal choice and freedom to consciously be "slovenly and promiscuous" and not be mistakenly defined so by society.   
    • Erica Nozawa
       
      Rape is not always about being sexually attracted to someone, but about power and control. Women are raped regardless what they are wearing and how they act, and so it therefore may be quite limited what society can do to correct this.
    • Cynthia Huang
       
      I think that's why the women are protesting against what the police officer said. People get raped wearing anything, really, and yet he told women to stop wearing "suggestive clothing" in order to avoid getting raped. 
    • Melanie Arxhoek
       
      Not wearing suggestive clothing won't help reduce rape. Rape happens anywhere, anytime and to anyone. When women had to dress from head to toe they were still raped - and still happens, also in Islamic countries where burkas are worn by women. Therefore rape isn't always about sexual attraction but about power and control.
    • Ayane Tomita
       
      Some women dress a certain way to attract men, but when this actually happens, they blame the man, which is sort of unfair, because they should watch out for themselves and for how they dress.
    • Riley Rademaker
       
      This sentence is saying that women should be allowed to dress the way they want without being called a slut by a man which is good because they should not be called a slut just because the way they dress
    • Mo Settles
       
      I agree. The same should also to apply to men because just like woman should have the rights to dress the way they want to and not be judged as a specific sex such as being "gay".
    • Ryo Sakai
       
      I agree that men shouldn't assume they're a slut just by how they dress.
    • isabelle plater
       
      , I think that the way a women dresses can attract unwanted attention, though I don't think that they can be blamed for the acts of someone else of them on them.  
    • Tessa McAteer
       
      I feel when a girl calls a girl a slut (friend or not) it doesn't mean a lot. But when a guy calls a girl a slut, that means something
    • Erica Nozawa
       
      I agree. However I do believe that when girls call each other 'sluts' it can have a more offensive intention behind it than just the friendly use of it. That's why I think people should avoid using it in general as it might strike some people as an insult.
    • Mo Settles
       
      I wonder if 2 girls are allowed to call each other sluts and not really mean it. Just like guys call each other "dicks".
    • Melanie Arxhoek
       
      Over the years we, men and women alike, have created a stereotype that we divine as slut. Slut is usually associated with women who dress up in revealing clothes and have multiple sex partners. Just because a woman dresses like a 'slut' it doesn't mean she 'acts' like a slut.
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      The stereotype towards the word "slut" is stated here that it is getting better but the writers think that through this "slutwalk" will make it worse and will give no big change.
    • Marisa Takauchi
       
      Women could be raped unrelated from how they look like. There are many possible styles to wear clothings, but because the policeman used the word "slut" to explain that fashion, it made women feel offensed. Both the author of the article are female, so the article is from women's perspective supporting women.
    • Joe Kanagawa
       
      I think calling a lady 'slut' can be insulting at times. Why insulting? Well, I've never had an opportunity to call a lady 'slut', I don't even intend to do so. There might be a lady who looks like one, but does't want to be treated like that. Yeah, that is a type of prejudice. I wouldn't say calling ladies sluts should be forbidden permanently. Edit: reworded :<
    • Erica Nozawa
       
      Why did you delete my comment? :/
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  • Women need to take to the streets – but not for the right to be called "slut".
  • women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised
  • women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised".
  • "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised".
  • The organisers claim that celebrating the word "slut", and promoting sluttishness in general
  • No "nice" boy would take you home to meet his parents and no "good" girl would ever be your friend.
  • Women need to find ways to create their own authentic sexuality, outside of male-defined terms like slut.
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  • While the organisers of the SlutWalk might think that proudly calling themselves "sluts" is a way to empower women, they are in fact making life harder for girls who are trying to navigate their way through the tricky terrain of adolescence
  • While the organisers of the SlutWalk might think that proudly calling themselves "sluts" is a way to empower women, they are in fact making life harder for girls who are trying to navigate their way through the tricky terrain of adolescence.
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  • Rather than admonishing women to dress a certain way, police should be warning potential offenders that they should "avoid assaulting women in order not to go to prison".
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    This article comments on the recent 'SlutWalk' protest movement. Look at the points it makes about the controversial of the use of language and write your paragraph responses to both this and the article below (please read second).
Marisa Takauchi

Nike Women My Knees | AdWomen - 23 views

    • Tessa McAteer
       
      Cuts on knees!
    • Tessa McAteer
       
      Grey legs make them stand out from the pink and purple behind.
    • Erica Nozawa
       
      The color of the legs is such a contrast to the purple and pink colors in the background!
    • Virginia Russolo
       
      To me the knees stand out because of the space they occupy (almost half of the ad) and their monochrome tones against the colorful background.
    • Cynthia Huang
       
      I think the knees have been put into the foreground. It's quite bold.
    • Ayane Tomita
       
      The slogan "Just do it" is very striking.
    • Cynthia Huang
       
      This line, and the other horizontal ones, seem to show more emphasis on what they want to say. 
    • Arla Takala
       
      "scratched" lines :) 
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    • Cynthia Huang
       
      The purple-blue color seems like a bruise.
    • Tessa McAteer
       
      Slogan in colour to make it stand out more
    • Madeleine Cox
       
      The colour pink is traditionally (and controversially) associated with girls and women.
    • Melanie Arxhoek
       
      There is a lot of pink in this add, however also purple, which combines both pink and blue. This could mean that the ad wants men and women to be involved in similar (sports) activities.
    • Momoko Osawa
       
      vivid colours to attract people
    • Marisa Takauchi
       
      The texts are written in gray with white background. The legs are also colour gray, but with vivid colour(pinkish coulour w/purple) background. The colours are neatly united. With this effect, texts and images are clearly divided. However, by using same colour for texts and the legs, it makes connection between the two. It also catches viewers' eyes.
    • Marisa Takauchi
       
      Pink in the texts makes it standout. Thoses parts are probably the points this Ad. wants to emphasize.
    • Virginia Russolo
       
      Are bruised knees abnormal to the mom?
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    • Erica Nozawa
       
      I think the dark color of the legs is supposed to signalize somehting. It makes them appeaer strong, as opposed to if they were ligher.
    • Ryo Sakai
       
      The background makes the knees stand out
    • Arla Takala
       
      This advert is quite simple but attention grabbing and contains all the information needed.
    • Marisa Takauchi
       
      The sentences are divided in small groups, and this makes rythm when reader reads them.
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    Your first source on the Language and Literature course!
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    "My knees are tomboys", is use of personification by giving knees the human characteristic of being a "tomboy". Much like the other advertisement on "thunder thighs", this advertisement is trying to make women proud to have scraped knees, instead of trying to hide them because they are considered "un-lady like" in society today. By bolding and coloring "My knees are tomboys", the playful words and subject can clearly catch someone's attention and draws the reader. By making the lines crooked and out of place, this makes the advertisement different than perhaps a straight, normal column and perhaps further suggesting to stray from the norm and stereotypes. This advertisement is clearly targeted to women because visually, the advertisement is pink and purple. Additionally, "wear my dresses short" is an example in the text itself that suggests this advertisement is directed to females.
Madeleine Cox

Guardian Readers\' responses to \'Slutwalk\' marches - 18 views

  • On the wider point of reclaiming the word "slut" – language is an entirely valid arena for activism and is in no way a "waste of precious feminist resources". Language is dynamic and the use, subversion, reclaiming and disclaiming of it is hugely important to liberation.But I dislike the passive approach to language that some take: that there are words that we should cower away from because of their strength, saturation and history. I have power over language as well and I'm going to use it.
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    Please read the above article FIRST!
Riley Rademaker

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    • Erica Nozawa
       
      ?!
    • Madeleine Cox
       
      Please remember to write using full sentences and developing your comments and analysis. Check my blog instructions for more tips.
    • Cynthia Huang
       
      I think men of any age is a potential customer for this product. The product might also be a bit expensive since all the men are wearing business suits? 
    • Cynthia Huang
       
      Not many colors in this ad. Perhaps to add to the simplicity of the camera? 
    • Ayane Tomita
       
      I agree. Not many colors are used in this, probably because they wanted the ad. to be nice and simple, and make the camera noticeable.
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    • Mo Settles
       
      The slogan is "The fastest autofocus" because as soon as the women bends over a bit the men are immediately focused on her cleavage. 
    • Virginia Russolo
       
      A bit controversial ad as sexuality in Japanese society is not shown very much. As also an article about sexuality in Japan reports, although Japan was granted democracy and a more free way of living over the years, traditional Japanese moral codes make it so that the prohibitive attitude toward life and sex is still of influence today (Yoshiro Hatano, Tzuguo Shimazi, 'Nippon'). Maybe this ad is meant to break that barrier and portray a more modern and new Japanese, attributing these qualities to the product as well  
    • Virginia Russolo
    • Riley Rademaker
       
      They are all busy with something else and as soon as the lady bend over they look at her
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    Please check the homework task post on my blog (due Friday Sept. 2nd).
Erica Nozawa

Nike Women I Have Thunder Thighs | AdWomen - 16 views

    • Erica Nozawa
       
      'Thunder thighs' is an alliteration :)
    • Erica Nozawa
       
      'Thunder thighs' is mentioned again, towards the end of the text. Perhaps they are trying to emphasize something.
    • Mo Settles
       
      This add has the same slanted text to shoe that this add is about fun and happiness.
    • Mo Settles
       
      ad,ad,show
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    • Melanie Arxhoek
       
      The position of the text look like tracks that she would run her maratons on
    • Melanie Arxhoek
       
      The last sentence could promote women to run because that would make them more active and healthier even when they get older
    • Momoko Osawa
       
      the background image makes us remind of thunders!
    • Momoko Osawa
       
      Nike sports wear is cleary shown in this photo, but not in the "My Knees are Tomboys" one...why?
    • Joe Kanagawa
       
      This part of the background image really does look like a mark of a shoe. Look at it carefully, guys.
    • Joe Kanagawa
       
      The content of this bunch of text could possibly give corage to people who are having trouble succeeding in sports/physical activites.
    • Virginia Russolo
       
      Referring to the line 'And although they are not welcome in the petite section they are cheered on in marathons'. I think this ad is trying to change women's priorities, putting fitness and boldness before fitting in "the petite section" of a store or society...
    • Shoko Kuroda
       
      The title color, background color and the phrase "JUST DO IT" is in the same color, attention grabbing
    • Mo Settles
       
      The website is advertised too.
    • Erica Nozawa
       
      'Thunder Thighs' is alliterative. 
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    I think that this advertisement is emphasizing the stereotype that women usually want thinner legs, however instead of negatively viewing "thunder thighs", this Nike ad is perhaps trying to terminate the negative stereotype. By using purple and pink colors, the advertisement further targets women. By bolding and enlarging "I have thunder thighs", not only catches people's eye, but the advertisement also shows that this particular narrator is proud of her "thunder thighs", further proving its point. This advertisement works to persuade the women in society to be proud of their "thunder thighs" and strive to exercise to gain this muscle, which is Nike's goal.
Madeleine Cox

Cartoons: weekly strips from The Japan Times | The Japan Times Online - 13 views

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    Weekly cartoon strips by Roger Dahl and Gwen Muranaka
Madeleine Cox

Def Poetry Julian Curry Niggers Niggas Niggaz - 12 views

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    Slam poetry commenting on "the prevalence of the ugly word" - see clip for full description.
Ryo Sakai

PoliticalCartoons.com Cartoon - 8 views

    • Ryo Sakai
       
      Ironic. Showing how a person gets depressed using an turkey as an example, which makes it interesting because the majority of turkeys are slaughtered for food every day, and instead of being killed they decide to commit suicide.
Melanie Arxhoek

Man enough to be a nurse? - 4 views

Joe Kanagawa

Cream of Wheat - 2 views

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    Scroll down for the article!
Max Koehler

| Diigo - 1 views

    • Max Koehler
       
      all the business men are concentrated on the women in this picture and also all of them seem to be uncomfortable about something.
    • Max Koehler
       
      this ad might attract more attention because it is a particularly humorous ad
Tessa McAteer

Dove real woman campaign - 1 views

    • Tessa McAteer
       
      DIfferent types of women too. Asian, Black, white again applies to many women
    • Tessa McAteer
       
      Different types on hair - curly, straight, short, long, blonde, black, brown, grey, red! Ad applies to all women 
    • Tessa McAteer
       
      The hair looks good- so the ad is trying to get you to buy the product as you can look that good too!
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    • Tessa McAteer
       
      The ad is also targeting all ages as different ages shown here
    • Tessa McAteer
       
      "discover the beauty in your own hair with the deep care in dove shampoos and conditioners" Saying that you can had beautiful hair if you buy dove products
    • Tessa McAteer
       
      says: can have beautiful hair WHEN CARED FOR getting the reader to want to care for their hair so it can be beautiful! 
Marisa Takauchi

The Conscious Man (ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH......TO BE A NURSE?) - 1 views

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    Please scroll down the page.
Cynthia Huang

Cadbury Dairy Milk - 0 views

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    Article with ad and comments on it all in one place!
Ayane Tomita

"Beauty is Averageness" - 0 views

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    This is the website where I found the "Beauty is Averageness" advertisement. It is the fifth image on the page. There are other interesting advertisements on this website, also about gender.
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