Class Notes- Blogging In College: The Gender & Pop Culture Blog Project

The daily briefing on course meetings in our smaller (than the internet) classroom. Students' ongoing collection of gender and pop culture-reading-related terms with their many differing connotations and definitions are included for special academic purposes :o)

Sunday, October 6, 2013

11 DAYS OF ACTION for THE 2013 DAY OF THE GIRL SUMMIT

11 DAYS OF ACTION Today is Day 5 of the 11 Days of Action. Click on Day 5 to join Sage Girl and help advance Girls’ Rights around the ...

Participate in The International Day of the Girl 10.11.13

http://Dayofthegirlsummit.org The Day of the Girl Summit’s partner, the Working Group on Girls , is hosting the Girls Speak Out event at...

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Sarah's Comments on Sam's "Jewelry: Reinforcing Stereotypes"

Sam, To begin with I really liked all of the pictures you selected for your collage. All the images were really relevant to the topics you ...

Brendan's Feedback on Dan's "Nike and the Slender Amazon"

Interesting choice for the collage. I didn't even realize that Nike was running this huge campaign. I especially liked how focused th...

Kevin's feedback on Kristi's "Gucci sends gendered submissive messages to sell handbags! " post

Nice post Kristi! Ways in which you excelled: -Your choice of "product" to analyze (Gucci fashion) was a good decision. The ge...

Dan C's feedback on Archie's "Is Vodka a Man's Drink?"

Good post. I never thought that Skyy Vodka is being advertised to men. Your quotes tie in with your argument very well and they compliment t...

Danielle's Feedback on Alexis's: Budweiser's Recipe for Success

I thought you did a really good job with the introduction by giving background on the company and leading in to your thesis. I also like...

Quay's Feedback on Sarah's: Final Blog Post: Gendered Food Discrimination

First of all I like your collage you can clearly see the distinction between food for women and food for men for McDonalds. I like that you...

Sam's Feedback on Quay's Swiffer The Women's Dream Cleaner

Good work Quay, this was a good post. Things you did well: -Your collage was done well. when I was putting together my pictures I had a ...

Dan's Feedback on Brendan's Collage

I think you did a really good job of using the write-up and collage in order to make your point. It's interesting how such a gender-neut...

Kristi's Feedback on Kevin's Harley Davidson: How Pop Culture's Alpha Male Gets Around Post

This is a really interesting topic, with a rather funny concept that Harley is trying to convey. I'm not sure if the women in these coll...

Friday, August 5, 2011

Tarah's feedback on Ashley's: How Gillette's razors are advertised based on gender

Ashley, Your collage does a great job of being a visual for what the rest of your blog says. The way you positioned your pictures shows the ...

Alexis' Feedback on Danielle's Post: Masculinity Sells: Targeting Males in Beer Ads

When I first opened your blog page I was very surpised to see that we analyzed the same product! We even used the two of the same picture...

Archie's Feedback on Dan C's: Miller Lite, a Manly Beer

Interesting topic! I like the quotes, they fit the argument incredibly well. Also the photo collage helps introduce and tie the two quotes t...

Ashley's feedback on Tarah's: Girls Drink Pepsi to Get More Sexy

Tarah, I really liked your post! I thought you did a good job overall. Pepsi was a good product to choose for this assignment. You did a ...

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Dan's Feedback on Quay's Toy Blog Post

This was an interesting post. I liked how you decided to look at products from one toy-maker, especially one that has a history of making ge...

Brendan's Feedback on Alexis' "Gendered Consumers - Toy Shopping"

You gave a great and candid analysis of the role and impact of Barbie Dolls on shaping the ideals of young girls. It was an inter...

Dan's feedback on Ashley's The American Girl Doll's Message

Hi Ashley, Your blog post was easy to follow and enlightening. You hit all the points of your thesis in an easy to read and well organize...

Sam's Feedback on Danielle's Barbie's Standards of Femininity

Things you did well: - Your break down of your paper was easily seen from your thesis and you followed the plan that you set for yoursel...

Kevin's feedback on Sarah's "A Boys Choice? Propagation of Societal Gender Roles in Video Game Marketing" post

Interesting post Sarah! I enjoyed reading it. I've been impressed with your writing. Ways in which you excelled: -Your observations ...

Danielle’s feedback on Sam’s: G.I. Joe vs. Ken

I thought that you took a very interesting angle in comparing G.I. Joe to Ken. It worked out very well. I also liked the point that yo...

Kristi's Feedback on Tarah's Gender Shopping: Pretty Pretty Princess

Tarah: I absolutely love this post! I had this game as a child, and I remember, just as you said, being bored within the first five minutes...

Ashley's feedback on Dan C's: Gendered Consumers- Transformers Action Figures

Dan C, I really liked this post. I liked how you point out that the female transformers have thin arms, legs, and waist and large breasts....

Sarah's Comments on Kevin's Blog Post 3: Toy Shopping Field WOrk

Hey Kevin, Another great blog post! -The images incorporated into your blog post were very helpful in grasping the full visuals of what y...

Tarah's feedback on: Archie's Barbie for Little Girls

Archie, I like what you brought up about how when Barbie happens to be doing a somewhat masculine thing like camping, she finds a way to sti...

Quay's feedback on Dan's: Blog Post #2: Toy Shopping

I enjoyed reading this blog post and particularly like the flow of it. This post was well structured and I like how you inserted the pictur...

Friday, July 29, 2011

Archie's Feedback on Kristi's "Gender Shopping: Boys want Nerf or Nothing!"

This blog post was very informative! I never realized nerf guns were advertised so violently. I liked the picture reference, it helped me vi...

Alexis' Feedback on Brendan's Post: Masculinity Defined in Toy Shopping Field Work

I really enjoyed reading this post! I think you did a great job analyzing toys’ role on the development of children in this society. Though ...

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Brendan's Feedback on Alexis' Post: Constructs of Femininity and Masculinity Portrayed in Desperate Housewives

Having never seen Desperate Housewives, this review makes the show seem almost as terrible as the one I wrote my post on! You did an excel...

Tarah's feedback on: Archie's Blog Assignment 1

Archie, Your blog post was very clear and to the point. I could plainly see the examples you used as well as how they related to class. I fe...

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