Girl Meets World: A Feminist Analysis

In the selected readings, “Your Life as a Girl,” “Beyond Bean Counting,” and “Bringing Feminism a la Casa,” the various authors depict the complexities that are a part of inclusive feminism that incorporates issues across racial, economic, and sexual boundaries. The first reading, through second-person narration, begins the investigation into feelings of inferiority and distinction from male peers that girls feel from a young age. The following readings utilize perspective from marginalized groups to define a broader definition of feminism. The use of anecdotes from the respective authors reveals the aspects of feminism that require more than generalization and textbook definitions to go beyond cultural differences.

Sex and the City 2 is an American romantic-comedy movie, published in 2010, produced and directed by Michael Patrick King. The main actresses of the movie is; Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie), Kim Cattrall (Samantha), Kristin Davis (Charlotte) and Cynthia Nixon (Miranda). This movie is about four women who have great life and their friendship. This films states feminism, money, class differentiations, fashion, gay marriage, cultural differences etc. The essay will states the class differentiation in the Sex and the City 2.

Throughout Brave New World, Aldous Huxley tries to create a Utopian society in which to warn the dangers of scientific progress. Huxley creates a world where people are controlled and created by science. While creating his World State, Huxley differentiates the roles of men and women, where men are powerful figures and women are only sex objects. From the beginning of the novel, the author gives several clues that men are more superior to women in the World State. First, when the Director is giving students a tour of the Hatchery, which lets the readers to be aware that all students are males, & none are females. Then, when the Director is explaining the process of reproduction to his students, he explains that many of the women are sterilized in order to control the rate of reproduction by removing ovaries and keeping them at blood

The documentary “girlhood” is a video that illustrates social learning theory by sharing the lives of two girls that are incarcerated at a Juvenile Detention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. These girls are both serving time for a violent crime they committed. One girl stabbed her friend with a knife and killed her while the other attacked a girl with a box-cutter. The girl that stabbed her friend to death was sexually assaulted at the age 11 and at the age of 12 was charged for stabbing her friend. The other girl was raised by her maternal grandmother with the absence of her mother that suffered a drug addiction and supported her addiction as a prostitution. She shuffled from foster home to foster home and grew up longing for the love and attention

The Guerrilla Girls are a group of women formed in 1984 after an art exhibition hosted by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City where it became clear to them that the art industry was gender bias with women artists not being acknowledged. Since then they have been devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world, their mission to bring gender and racial inequality within the arts into focus. They have done this by producing factual and humorous posters that comment on these issues and that challenges and confronts society to realise the injustice.

In the recent history, feminism and pop culture have become more closely entwined than ever before. This can be partially because of the growing interest in culture studies as an academic discipline, but it can also be explained by the fact that, there’s a whole lot more popular culture to watch. Pop culture has become our common language, a universal way of uniting the world. Pop culture is also a key route to making the concept of feminism both resonant and relatable. In this paper, I am interested in the relationship and connections between pop culture’s representations of women and girls and the depiction of feminism through the lens of pop culture. There’s a

A few hundred years ago, gender equality might not have been spoken of. However, in recent years it has become one of the most widely discussed topics. Does this mean that present societies really uphold equality? Humanity's realization of moral values has enabled women to be equal to men and earn high stature within the society. However, there are still women who are born into societies where they are considered inferior and are expected to fill in the traditional roles of a woman such as caretaking and housekeeping. In the book, the Secret Daughter, composed by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, the author explores the similarities between two female characters who are a part of two distinct societies. Kavita, one of the women in the story, is born into

There are a lot of people in the real world who are just ignorant about transgender people. We need someone to educate the world on this. An essay written by an 11-year-old transgender child named Sadie Croft has been circulating in social media, bringing its clear call for transgender equality to wider attention. The essay, titled "Sadie 's Dream for the World," envisions a time when the discrimination and stigma that transgender people face on a daily basis at every age will be over. Sadie writes, "It would be a better world if everyone knew that transgender people have the same hopes and dreams as everyone else. We like to make friends and want to go to school. Transgender people want to get good jobs and go to doctors like they are exactly the same. It really isn 't that hard to like transgender people because we are like everyone else" (Michelson, 2013). According to Huffington Post, Sadie began transitioning in kindergarten socially, and her moving words come on the heels of President Obama 's historic inauguration speech, in which he called for gay and lesbian people to be treated like anyone else under the law. It is so encouraging to see a transgender youth coming out at an earlier age and showing the world who she is. Her stories are piling up, and awareness is in the atmosphere. Sage has an awesome family, who supports her and gives an inspiration for other parents out there less ashamed of finding out their child is transgender. We still have a long way to go in

South Park has been around for a while now. Since it was aired for the first time on 13th August 1997, the show has constantly pushed the boundaries taking on everything, leaving out nothing. The reception among the wider population and the media had a wide range from “shocking” to “excellent”. One of the aspects of this success story is that, because of its provocative tone the show has managed to stay in the limelight. Public debate was evolving around certain episodes, bringing more and more attention to the show. As it was constantly picking up contemporary themes, topics or events, expectations were growing and “ 'How will South Park deal with x ' has become a common catch phrase” (Johnson-Woods 257). Another

In the film Girlhood by Liz Garbus we are introduced to two young girl’s named Megan and Shanae, who committed a crime and are getting help through a facility that helps young girls reflect on their actions. Both Megan and Shanae share similar viewpoints for example, they mention that their role model is their mother. They also added that daughters need to be with their mothers. Both girls are following the development of gender roles which states that socialization leads girls to identify with traditional female roles where nurturing and caring are reinforced. Shanae got nurtured and follows everything her mom says because she wants to be just like her as she as growing up. Megan says her mom is her role model, but she doesn’t want to be like her because she wants to be someone in the future and not a drug addict.

So just what exactly causes this? According to Doctor Susan Paxton, a psychology professor: "Women are under many pressures

Speaking of a media text that has made a significantly negative impression on me, it would spontaneously have let me think of the scenarios occurred in the famous comedy series - “The Big Bang Theory” - episode twenty in Season Six (see “The Big Bang Theory - The Tenure Turbulence”, 2013) . The episode tells the story about Sheldon, Leonard and Rajesh in order to gain competitive advantages for winning the tenure position, spare no effort to schmooze with committee members who make the decision. Leonard expects his girlfriend Penny to flirting with the male members in the committee to further his own cause, while Penny voluntarily decided to seduce the committee men for assisting her boyfriend. Sheldon asks Amy - his girlfriend - for to

All over the world Feminism is a current topic of concern and there are very few advocates who are currently fighting for gender equality. In the media men and women are attempting to use their voices to fight for equal rights and get the message across to all generations. In this paper, I will be analyzing the movie Beauty and the Beast (2017) by drawing upon the feminist theory, which will demonstrate how the main female character, Belle challenges the modern-day system of inequality and the socially constructed gender roles. I will do so by examining why Emma Watson was chosen as the leading actress, how Belle is different than the other women in her town, the modifications from the original movie, and how Belle ultimately gets to decide her destiny. I will also consider why some people may view the film as anti-feminist, which will allow for me to understand a different perspective. It is my thesis that socially constructed gender identities are negatively presented in popular culture, however actors and actresses are attempting to use their influence to make an impact and move towards equality.

Shirley Lim Geok-Lin’s “Mr. Tang Girls” is a short story that illustrates the life of the four Malaccan girls in the second family of Mr. Tang or better known as Ah Kong in the story. This story, set off back in the 20th century in Malacca, mainly revolves around how Ah Kong tried to control his family especially the eldest girl, Kim Li and how she finally set herself free by killing him. The theme victimization and resistance of women against the patriarchy of family by using the feminist literary tools of male domination, exploitation of women as well as resistance.

Little Women considers the place of women in society by presenting the portraiture of several very different but equally praiseworthy women. As we read the novel, we experience their different interpretations of femininity, and we see a range of different possibilities for incorporating women into society. Because the novel was written in the mid-nineteenth century, historical setting places limits on what women can do. However, modern readers may be pleasantly astonished by the novel 's tendency to push the boundaries of women 's traditional roles. This book insists that women have a great deal to contribute, certainly to the home and domestic sphere, but also to literature, art, and an honorable society.