We know it’s bad for us
Sometimes the media demonises trends in popular culture, seeking to whip up a moral panic. Sometimes the media rightly points out how damaging some trends can be: here’s Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett on the problem of retouched selfies (and representations of women).
Unacceptable advertisements?
The Guardian has a rundown of the most complained about advertisements of 2015.
Here’s the ‘winner’:
Feminist superheroes
The feminist upgrade of comic book superheroes moves apace, according to The Guardian:
Sexist advertising in the past
Here are some sexist adverts from the past. Of course, no one would use sexist representations in modern advertising, would they?
Here’s a sample – follow the link for more.
The Beshdel Test
Swedish cinemas are to rate films according to their representation of gender, with the aim of drawing attention to the problem of how females are portrayed in mainstream films.
What’s the Beshdel test?
Representing women / Tulisa
The Guardian’s Lost in Showbiz blog has an excellent post on Tulisa and the media’s (the tabloid press’, really) representations of women. Within the story there is also a lot of mention of ‘chavs’, invariably raising issues of class. All very useful stuff for AS media students.
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