Stereotypes In Stephanie Savage's Gossip Girl

Based on Stephanie Savage’s book series of the same title, Gossip Girl follows the “in-crowd” at an elite

The stadium lights blind everyone. Crowds of people of all color cheering as the Pepettes stand at the bottom of the bleachers. They shout enthusiastic cheers with bright smiles as the Permian Panthers run in. This was the peak of all of Odessa’s Friday night. This was Friday Night Lights. H.G Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights is a nonfiction novel about a small high school football team in Odessa, Texas. It was focused during the year of 1988; Permian High School was desegregated a few years earlier. Odessa came together to support the football team every week no matter what. However, the town itself was riddled in prejudice towards those of different race. Bissinger uses this novel to put emphasis on the portrayal of racism in a small town

I feel that this film is neither anti-male nor anti-female. Although I do not think it is anti-male it does put men in a negative light and makes them seem stupid. Some examples of this are the truck driver on the high way. He is disgusting and is twirling his tongue at them making sexual remakes. He is portrayed like a pig and has seems to be very stupid. Another example of this is the cop who they lock in the trunk. Some more examples are Thelma’s husband who is very stupid and controlling. All of the men in the movie fit the male stereotype as stupid, controlling, mean, and only want sex. I do think the men were stereotyped and definitely put in a negative light, but that is something women face all the time in movies and media and that

There are many movies that have a lot to do with sociology. One movie that comes to my mind right away is the movie Mean Girls. Mean Girls was directed by Mark Waters and came out in 2004. There are many ways that this comedy relates to sociology. Some sociological terms that I recognize in the movie are; culture, material, non-material, language, values, roles, stereotypes, and conflict theory.

Mean girls is b stereotypical movie about drama and mean girls in high school. Almost all events and characters are common things that can be seen throughout films based on high school. In almost all, there is always some type of popular, cruel, girl that everyone is jealous of, and in this, her name is Regina George. The popular girl often gets everything she wants, boys, popularity, and money. Regina also has two “friends” Karen and Gretchen who both seem to despise her rude behaviour. Some movies with similar characters are The Hot Chick and The DUFF. All three have popular mean girls who end up in b position where they don’t get their perfect life. Another stereotype in this movie is the new girl. In this case, Cady

While watching a series like Teen Wolf, one may tend to focus on the creepy, dangerous spin to what seems to be a cliché coming of age story. Though the main theme of the show is maturation, it is abundantly clear that the mythological aspects can all be an illusion for some deeper meaning. When thinking about the meaning behind a piece of work, the main character is behind the strife or coming of age, but Teen Wolf uses a main reoccurring character, Stiles, to provide and explain its underlying meaning. Stiles is one of the most beloved characters on Teen Wolf. He is known as the rambunctious, side-kick best friend of Scott McCall, the main character.

Shameless created by Paul Abbott the things we see in the media affect our everyday lives. Gender and intersectionality is a big part of what we see everyday. The media really influences a lot of our everyday behaviors. The show Shameless created by Paul Abbott challenges stereotypes within the characters gender. Each character plays an important part in the show.

There are also many male gender stereotypes presented throughout the movie. In the film, the men are the ones who go away to war to fight for China and have to face the harsh and terrifying conditions involved with this. The men in the film are defined by their masculinity, which includes strength, power and intelligence. One particular song, “I’ll make a man out of you”, includes the lyrics “You’re a spineless, pale, pathetic lot and you haven’t got a clue, somehow I’ll make a man out of you”. This is an insult to the men and suggests that they aren’t good enough and the captain will have to make them stronger: more like men. The chorus suggests what a man should be like as it states “Be a man, we must be as swift as a coursing river, be

Ashley has been always nervous and always tence at school. She felt that she would have a bad day again. It was always hard for her to do good. She never knew what to expect. Only eight years old and she wishes she could be homeschooled. No one ever thought that it was bad as they thought.

Clueless is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Amy Heckerling. Cher is a rich high school student in a bubble of stereotypes and teen-stereotypes located in Beverly Hills who tries to boost a new pupil's popularity, but reckons without affairs of the heart getting in the way. Cher comes of as a superficial airhead since her external look at first seems superficial, but rather it hides her wit, charm, and intelligence which help her to deal with relationships, friends, family, school, and the all-important teenage social life.

“Glee,” a television show, known for its diverse talented performers that focuses on a music club in a modern high school. The show has popular cheerleaders, football players, and nerds. Then there is the glee club, considered to be worst than the nerds. Most of the members are considered outcasts by society. Due to their race, weight, sexual orientation, or disability.

A little over halfway through the novel, Gossip Girl sends out a “blast” which accuses N, more commonly known as Nate Archibald, of buying marijuana in Central Park, as well as reporting that B, Blair Waldorf, was supposedly seen buying condoms and getting a Brazilian waxing. She ends the post by implicating that two other girls from their school are gaining too much weight (von Ziegesar 81-82). None of these events have been proven to be true, but New York teens take them and run with them, anyway. Rumors are spread, fights and scandals ensue, and the readers’ beloved characters, inevitably, get hurt. This brings back the common theme of drama that surrounds all of the girls and women in the “girl” titles mentioned earlier. Series like Gossip Girl and Gilmore Girls are so popular because they are so easily accessible to their audience: women. Every girl in the world has faced a scandal in her lifetime, true or not. It can cause serious emotional, sometimes even physical, trauma that may last years. Seeing characters like the ones in Cecily von Ziegesar’s world who are seemingly perfect on the outside face the same difficulties as other women adds complexity to their lives and allows them to be easily

In the courtyard of a low income, state boarding sits two teenage boys on an old, stained, orange couch, that has the seat cushions missing playing checkers with a chess set. The two boys are low level drug dealers, one of which, Wallace, still a small part of innocence somewhere deep in him. When their boss, the manager, of the pit, D’Angelo Barksdale comes up and ask if they are playing chess, both boys shrug and admit they do not know how. D’Angelo then goes to explain to them how to play chess with using each piece as if it were part of a drug empire. He explains to the two boys, which pieces they are and what the higher parts are all the way up to the king, who is untouchable.

In the film Heathers, social behavior along with props and lighting effects, brings our attention to the characters and helps form an opinion on them. Social groups also known as cliques, designate the social status of the teenagers at Westerburg High School. For instance, Heather Chandler is “the one”, “the queen bee,” and she rules the school. Her true persona is revealed when she makes Veronica write a “horny” note and places it on Martha “Dumptruck” Dunnstock’s tray. Martha finds herself ridiculed when she walks up to the jock who supposedly had written the note.

Modern Family, created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan shows viewers stereotypes when it comes to women. This is shown through the main female characters, Claire (Julie Bowen), Gloria (Sofia Vergara) Haley (Sarah Hyland) and Alex (Ariel Winter). Claire is depicted as being an uptight, naggy stay at home mother, Gloria as a hot blooded attractive trophy wife, Haley as an unintelligent teenager who only has her looks to offer and Alex, who is the nerdy and unattractive sister.