Summary of Blog Posts
To find the artifacts for my blogposts I first focused on topics that interest me or that I am already familiar with. I took a class on comic books this semester in which I wrote a paper about disability representation in superhero comics, talking about the erasure of Hawkeye’s deafness. I formed my prior research into a blogpost relating Hawkeye’s story of misrepresentation to the representation of Native Americans in media and the effects it has on identity. For the same class, while reading the comic “Blazing Combat”, I noted an example of colorblind racism from a character. I discuss this in a blog post about unintentional colorblind racism. Lastly, I am familiar with the actress Chloe Bennet from watching the Marvel television show “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and relate her choice to change her name for Hollywood to the inequalities seen in hiring among minorities as explained in chapter 27 of the course reading.
Moving on from my interest in comics, chapter 32 of the course reading reminded me of a controversial Cheerios commercial back from 2013 that dealt with interracial relationships. My post on the commercial discusses racist societal reactions of society to interracial couples. Another one of my blog posts involves relationships, but this time focuses on being LGBTQ+ parents. The YouTube video titled "Fears of Being LGBTQ+ Parents," by Jammie Raines, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard, and their partners provides excellent real-world examples of the extra struggles that LGBTQ+ parents experience compared to heterosexual couples. I also discuss the Fox television show “911” in another post which shows the narrative of a character, Howie, and his battle with breaking free from the model minority myth faced by Asian Americans.
After finding the previous artifacts, I switched my attention to inequalities in privilege that I see in real life that upset me. That then led me to a discussion of the media’s response to Serena Williams’s angry outburst at the 2018 US Open. Because she chose to express her true emotions, and not perform, she was racistly labeled ‘the angry black lady’ as explained in chapter 20 of the course reading. The next topic I wanted to research was the gender pay gap. I was interested in a visually engaging artifact, so I researched political cartoons and analyzed how political cartoonists use satire and comedy to critique the workings of capitalist society. My post about intersectional feminism arose from my interest in finding an opposing viewpoint to the course reading, as feminism and race is a vastly large topic with many unique opinions. I think that it is important to research a concept from different perspectives.
I found my last artifact for my blog post by luck while casually scrolling through Twitter. Since taking a course on media, culture, and technology, I have gotten into the habit of going onto the twitter of the Associated Press, or AP for short, everyday for my news. While skimming the endless Covid-19 articles, I found an article about the terrible attacks that Asian Americans have been experiencing. In my blog post I relate the experiences of Asian Americans to forever foreigner syndrome and xenophobia. Overall, while there are a few connecting topics, the one connecting feature of my blog posts is that they explore gender, race, class, and communication through topics that interest me, and hopefully interest you. Happy reading!
Moving on from my interest in comics, chapter 32 of the course reading reminded me of a controversial Cheerios commercial back from 2013 that dealt with interracial relationships. My post on the commercial discusses racist societal reactions of society to interracial couples. Another one of my blog posts involves relationships, but this time focuses on being LGBTQ+ parents. The YouTube video titled "Fears of Being LGBTQ+ Parents," by Jammie Raines, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard, and their partners provides excellent real-world examples of the extra struggles that LGBTQ+ parents experience compared to heterosexual couples. I also discuss the Fox television show “911” in another post which shows the narrative of a character, Howie, and his battle with breaking free from the model minority myth faced by Asian Americans.
After finding the previous artifacts, I switched my attention to inequalities in privilege that I see in real life that upset me. That then led me to a discussion of the media’s response to Serena Williams’s angry outburst at the 2018 US Open. Because she chose to express her true emotions, and not perform, she was racistly labeled ‘the angry black lady’ as explained in chapter 20 of the course reading. The next topic I wanted to research was the gender pay gap. I was interested in a visually engaging artifact, so I researched political cartoons and analyzed how political cartoonists use satire and comedy to critique the workings of capitalist society. My post about intersectional feminism arose from my interest in finding an opposing viewpoint to the course reading, as feminism and race is a vastly large topic with many unique opinions. I think that it is important to research a concept from different perspectives.
I found my last artifact for my blog post by luck while casually scrolling through Twitter. Since taking a course on media, culture, and technology, I have gotten into the habit of going onto the twitter of the Associated Press, or AP for short, everyday for my news. While skimming the endless Covid-19 articles, I found an article about the terrible attacks that Asian Americans have been experiencing. In my blog post I relate the experiences of Asian Americans to forever foreigner syndrome and xenophobia. Overall, while there are a few connecting topics, the one connecting feature of my blog posts is that they explore gender, race, class, and communication through topics that interest me, and hopefully interest you. Happy reading!
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