Final Post
My final paper was written in response to question one; this question refers to whether we still need women studies today in politics and media. My response was yes we do.
I took a stance in representing the move towards an individual attitude as woman and not necessarily as a gender against men. What does it mean to be a woman today? Do we need to hyper-masculinize to fit into a corporate system where men are hired more often? I wish to say no. I analyzed a couple of pieces of feminist theory and post-feminist theory and agree more with the latter’s wishes. One example is the move towards the heroine portrayed in movies. The heroine is not necessarily pro-feminine. She has a barely-there outfit and is never ugly. But she is the protagonist of the film. She is the hero, the person fighting to save the day. Lara Croft is an example of this. This project opened my eyes to see that there is a large part of intersectionality and individualism in being a feminist today. We all seek equality, but how it is gained and represented is something personal. That is what I feel previous times of feminism dismissed. And yes we still need to study feminism because in film I feel we are starting to view a more ambiguous gaze (mostly outside of Hollywood). In other scenarios of life, for the first time in forever a woman is being considered for presidency in the United States. We need to continue proving that we deserve this equality.
As for this class, this is the first class I have taken that discusses feminism and also film. Both sides of the course offered me a lot of knowledge and wisdom. I used to think that feminism was good, but past its time. Now I realize that it is not and media is a display of what can improve. Thank you to everyone in this class because the ability of seeing many points of view is what makes this class interesting. Thank you for allowing me to write a final paper agreeing that feminist study is ST