Laura Schlessinger

The ‘Male Gaze’ is a phrase coined by Laura Mulvey, in which she examines how through media, the portrayal of women has evolved and is seen through the eyes of the male perspective. After the 1960’s sexual revolution, films started to incorporate women as a more objectified aspect, demonstrated by the visual representation of how they provocatively use their bodies. In this essay we will be specifically examining the ‘male gaze’ in the 1999’s cult classic, “Fight Club” from both the protagonist

The concept of ‘the gaze’ in visual culture can take many forms, but generally it deals with the way in which people look at objects or subjects consciously and unconsciously. This idea can operate through the media, artwork or by simply just looking at another person. However, there has always been a sense of bias in relation to how both men and women are depicted in art. Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres’ The Turkish Bath (1852-1863 illustrates the ‘male gaze’ and the presentation of women in a Turkish

Oscar sees Ellie’s castrated genitals, through the act of ‘peeping’. Taken from the film Let the Right One in by Tomas Alfredon (Alfredon, T. 2008). My analysis of the sequence will be centred on the ideas of voyeurism and fetishism as set out by Laura

Given the closing-in 2016 presidential election, both candidates have been working hard to convince the citizens of the United States that they are the optimal decision for President. Both, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been in constant turmoil in creating promotional advertisements and speeches as to why they should be chosen to lead the country. Hillary Clinton, a long time politician and Secretary of State, who received the unequivocal backing of the current President of the United States

First Lady Michelle Obama has always been one known for her inspiring speeches and her commitment to women’s rights. In Manchester, New Hampshire, she is seen once again standing up for women and for this country by opening the public’s eyes to disrespect Donald Trump has shown for us. Throughout the entire speech the three rhetorical appeals of pathos, ethos, and logos, are all used effectively and powerfully to get her message across. She mainly targets the audience of empowered women but she also

Using historical and contemporary visual examples, assess whether the male gaze still exists. The male gaze is a concept that refers to how visual culture is designed to please a male viewer by sexually objectifying women. It was first coined by Laura Mulvey, a British feminist film critic, in her essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” (1975). She argues that Hollywood films use women as “erotic objects” in order to provide pleasurable experience for heterosexual male audiences. According

As an author Laura Hillenbrand has made an impact of people's lives, whether it is her power of words that affects the way people feel or the pure power of the true stories she writes about. Hillenbrand has a unique way of writing her books. She suffers from an incurable disease called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which makes people increasingly tired and unable to do most usually easy things. Though being confined to her house hasn't stopped her. She still has outstanding capabilities. For instance

Unsatisfied with simply being in medical school, Morgan decided to look around Nashville to help his community while practicing and studying medicine. Morgan searched for places that would allow him to do both and found that Siloam Medical Center was the perfect place to bridge both of his passions - Christ and medicine. In fact, the mission statement of Siloam shows how perfectly both of these two seemingly unrelated ideas can come together. The mission statement reads, “Sharing the love of Christ

In Linda Williams’ article, “Film Bodies: Gender, Genre, and Excess,” Williams explains how some genres, particularly horror, pornography, and melodrama, fall into the “body genre” category. Horror and pornography serve to bring out certain excess to the audience, such as terror or sexual feeling. Melodrama, however, is generally implemented in various genres that it should not be considered a genre, but an element that it used to provide sensational plot, elaborate settings, and strong emotions

At first glance, “Sexual Paranoia” by Laura Kipnis is appalling. Is she really saying she thinks it’s okay for students to hook up with their professors? What an awful woman. However, Kipnis develops a strongly written essay that will certainly get most people to at least understand her opinion. That’s not to say I agree with everything Kipnis says. Although her argument does contain some good points, it’s flawed in a lot of ways. Kipnis begins her argument by explaining how she feels sorry for