Dissertation
As Charli explores the highs and lows of womanhood, what it means to be a so-called ‘brat’ is revealed - life is messy and complicated and as a result, we roll our eyes, complain over the most trivial things, cry too much or not enough, feel hotly insecure, question everything and hold on to madness until it explodes.
it's gonna be a brat summer
Whereas the millennial women of Instagram — the millennial women associated with the “that-girl” trope — would strike the perfect pose and use filters to enhance their natural beauty, Gen-Zs use their phone cameras to distort the natural ideal of the human face, obscuring their features with emojis, cartoon glitter, surreal lighting and other... See more
the critic • The death of Ideals
wrote about “girl” trends and how the internet turned us all into marketers. (but also pls comment what berry girl u are cuz I genuinely wanna know … i’m 🍓 obvi)
instagram.comSuperstar: the Karen carpenter story
Showcases themes and interest in filmography
Her use of drumming was interesting denoting her feminity
Use of barbie dolls was symbolic and grounded in feminst analysis
Tension between structure and agency
Foucault and the docile body
Body representative of the state
Obedient
Regimented
Trained
How power
Radical Feminist Reading List
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Empowertising not only builds on the idea that any choice is a feminist choice if a self-labeled feminist deems it so, but takes it a little bit further to suggest that being female is in itself something that deserves celebration.
Andi Zeisler • We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement
Camp is a solvent of morality. It neutralizes moral indignation, sponsors playfulness.
Susan Sontag • Notes on Camp
Have you listened to our latest podcast episode, Should We All Be Bimbos? 💕
@ionegamble and @h.alimaa discussed the impact of reclaiming someone’s personal experience as an empowering Girlboss moment when in reality, that might not be the case 🚩 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
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