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=Welcome to Women's Studies 203: Women in Popular Culture!= Welcome to the course! Please click on the left-hand navigation menu to review the course materials, including the syllabus and description of the semester project. Also, if you want to get updates to your email about what has been added to the wiki, click on the tab "notify me" and you can receive updates...such as the posting that Jordan and I just added below about the "sexually provocative skiier" cover of //sports illustrated//.

Professor Hassel

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 * [][|. In a nutshell. High school cancels prom because of one girls choice of prom date, her girlfriend!]
 * Cigarette Ads geared toward teenage girls: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-15-teensmoking15_ST_N.htm?csp=usat.me [[image:http://i.usatoday.net/news/_photos/2010/03/15/camel-cigsx.jpg width="245" height="347" caption="A study shows that advertising for Camel No. 9, introduced in 2007 by R.J. Reynolds, appealed to teen girls. Camel No. 9 is still on shelves, but the tobacco company has stopped marketing it in stores and in print." link="javascript:;"]]
 * Here is a country music video that shows the women more in power. Does this challenge patriarchy?


 * Pop culture current events--FEEL FREE TO ADD LINKS TO NEWS RELEVANT TO THE COURSE....**

This is a rather long clip, but she's an amazing woman that does not let her disability stop her.. Athlete, actress, spokesperson. h[|ttp://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics.html]

We were talking about in class how young girls are playing with toys such as hair straighteners and makeup to be beautiful like the princesses and grown up...but it never occurred to me that they would soon be dressing up in lingerie to be more sexy at a VERY young age...many little girls look up to Miley Cyrus and now her little sister is launching a lingerie line. What is going?? [|http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Miley+Cyrus+little+sister+face+kiddie+lingerie+line/2518457/story.html]

I think this picture was called a Halloween costume but either way, it looks like lingerie.

//Apparently, she is both!!! : ) [prof. hassel]// media type="youtube" key="03pOt8eT5M4" height="344" width="425"//Okay, so that is kind of cute and funny, but I think the reason it is funny is probably because it plays on the "role reversal" that Parsons talked about--where just "swapping" roles within patriarchal systems results in humor rather than a real change to the system...[Prof Hassel]// >>> : [].
 * Amy Bishop, the Harvard-educated female biologist who recently went on a killing spree at a faculty meeting; analysis on the relationship between art and life and female killers:Analysis from NYT
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 * Here's an interesting example of how women can re-enfroce the patriarchal structures Johnson talks about. While there are no men involved these women control each other and push each other towards and ideal of beauty that is definitely meant to appeal o a straight male audience: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/mean-girl-fashion-and-beauty-rules-at-cornell-sorority-no-mustaches-or-muffin-tops-636982/
 * Super white //Vanity Fair// cover: []
 * Commentary on the super white Vanity Fair cover: []
 * A blog on race and popular culture, //Racialicious: []//
 * Compare the two pictures they are talking about here. [prof. hassel] //I think this is relevant ~Jordan~ []//
 * This seems so crazy, I would say that most of these women looked better the way they were or going off of that statement, if they looked fine in the "before" picture, then why are they being called fat-to-skinny...
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 * __ TIMES (UK) ONLINE: Homophobia affects how teenage boys treat girls __
 * __ CHANGE.ORG: Rwanda Sets the Bar for Women's Rights __
 * __ GIZMODO: __[|Computer Engineer Barbie Has a PhD In FUN (And Breaking Down Stereotypes)]
 * **That's hilarious, Evan...the computer engineer Barbie. I love that the press release calls her "geek chic" and the commentator is right on when she says "you can tell she's smart cuz she has glasses." Hee hee. So on the one hand, she has a cool job, and on the other hand, she is still white and blonde and slim. Well, you can't win em all.//**
 * On the heels of today's discussion about parental role in promoting kids' interests, a study that shows
 * Parents who want their children to discover a passion for music, sports, or other hobbies should follow a simple plan: Don't pressure them.
 * [|John Mayer's Racist Playboy Interview]
 * How Cartoons Screw Little Girls
 * I just *had* to share this... "How cheap imitation Ugg boots are 'crippling' a generation of fashion victim women"
 * Expansive Essay: Snow, Glass, Apples: The Story of Snow White by Terri Windling