Are we living in a post-feminist state? Do you agree there is still a need for feminism? To what extent does the media contribute to the identity created for women in popular culture? These are some of the questions we need to consider in this next section of our Identities and the Media unit.
Complete the following tasks on your blog:
Media Magazine reading
1) Read Playing With The Past: Post-feminism and the Media (MM40, page 64 - our Media Magazine archive is here).
2) What are the two texts the article focuses on?
3) What examples are provided from the two texts of the 'male gaze' (Mulvey)?
4) Do texts such as these show there is no longer a need for feminism or are they simply sexism in a different form?
5) Choose three words/phrases from the glossary of the article and write their definitions on your blog.
No More Page 3
1) Research the No More Page 3 campaign. Who started it and why?
2) What are the six reasons the campaign gives for why Page 3 has to go?
3) Read this debate in the Guardian regarding whether the campaign should be dropped. What are Barbara Ellen and Susan Boniface's contrasting opinions in the debate?
4) How can the No More Page 3 campaign be linked to the idea of post-feminism?
5) What are your OWN views on the No More Page 3 campaign. Do you agree with the campaign's aims? Should the campaign continue?
6) Do you agree that we are in a post-feminist state or is there still a need for feminism?
Complete for homework if you don't get it finished in the lesson - deadline set by your exam class teacher.
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