Yet another thing to start your morning off angry.
I really like reading activism blogs, but I don't feel qualified to write much activism stuff myself because I'm sort of new to complex social dynamics outside of "It sucks how everyone isn't born equal because societies are unjust." Well, I guess I've talked feminism and on female adolescence at Sleep is for the Weak through a bunch of reviews on shoujo and such, and I'd like to expand on those because feminism in media is something I do feel pretty educated on by now, but that's just the tip of the activism iceberg. I'm just a baby in the worlds of anti-racism and anti-ableism, for example. I have a lot more reading to do and privilege is a hard thing to tear down.
Anyway, I do like sharing a few "activist pieces" here from time to time, because I think they can provide good, eye-opening reading for everyone. So here we go with a truly rage-inducing example of how media can be misogyny wrapped in a pretty package, from one of my favorite websites:
http://contexts.org/socimages/2010/01/06/danish-women-as-tourist-attractions/
I'm just...floored. That video was really, really difficult for me to get through, knowing it was supposed to be encouraging tourism to Denmark. Sometimes I don't understand how marketing people sleep at night.
Anyway, I do like sharing a few "activist pieces" here from time to time, because I think they can provide good, eye-opening reading for everyone. So here we go with a truly rage-inducing example of how media can be misogyny wrapped in a pretty package, from one of my favorite websites:
http://contexts.org/socimages/2010/01/06/danish-women-as-tourist-attractions/
I'm just...floored. That video was really, really difficult for me to get through, knowing it was supposed to be encouraging tourism to Denmark. Sometimes I don't understand how marketing people sleep at night.