In this YouTube video, Joy DeGruy shares a story of her trip the the grocery store with her white-passing sister-in-law where Joy is discriminated against for paying with a check, even though her sister-in-law had no issue paying with a check just moments earlier. By using this video, we can see that the decision to […]
In light of the recent events, I thought it would be appropriate to share a video of actress America Ferrera’s opening speech for the Women’s March on Washington. In her speech, she addresses the refusal that a single politician can represent the great diversity of the United States, and highlights the necessity for unity […]
This Ted Talk by Kimberle Crenshaw directly correlates to her literature piece we read in class. Her Ted Talk begins with an elimination activity where the audience stands and she begins naming off names of people who have died as a result of police violence. If anyone in the audience does not recognize the name, […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibJyZeTzLIY (Links to an external site.) I chose this clip from Season 4 of Grey’s Anatomy, episode 9, titled “Crash Into Me” because it’s from a very popular television show that discusses intersectionality frequently, and it relates very well to the piece we read by Kimberlé Crenshaw. In this clip, a man comes into the Emergency […]
I was really intrigued by Kelsey’s post; both the clip she picked and the manner in which she analyzed it. I agree that this film is not able to be analyzed on a single axis of interpretation. It is impossible to separate the multiple facets of oppression that Jess faces in both this scene, and […]
I originally clicked on this video because it was discussing black representation in films and moments when different interviewees felt that they had first been represented. I chose to share this video for the blog because intersectionality played a very important role in what made people feel they could relate to a character. It was […]
Going off of Melissa’s initial posting of Nicki Minaj’s music video, “Lookin Ass,” I was immediately reminded of Bell Hooks’s, “The Oppositional Gaze.” I was particularly struck by Melissa’s analysis, “In Nicki’s video, close ups of her body, specifically her butt, represent the typical sexualization of black women. This makes the critique that follows in […]
Nicki Minaj: “Lookin Ass” The video I chose to represent a couple of the pieces we’ve read in the last week is one of my favorite music videos of all time, “Lookin’ Ass” by Nicki Minaj. Aside from the fact that the visuals of the video are amazing, the themes from this video represent some […]
I choose to examine Tamika Mallory’s speech at the Women’s March on Washington. The march is receiving a lot of criticism in regards to the number of white women who attended the march and focused on single-axes issues and were not inclusive of all women identities. This critique thus focuses itself around the principle of […]
In her essay “The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators,” bell hooks discusses the relationship of black women to mass media that renders them invisible. Whereas previous scholarship by Laura Mulvey put forward a binary of possible viewing positions centered on identification with either the male/dominant or the female/submissive viewpoint put forward in media, hooks discusses […]
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