Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Subtle - Emily Martinez 4/26
In “Amber Waves of Blame”, Katha Pollitt sheds light on the media’s reduction of feminism to a mother/daughter spat. She emphasizes how a deep ideology with roots in other movements is brought down to catfights and sex instead of the reclaiming of “girl culture and their commitment to the intersectionality of race, class, and gender” (673). I see this a lot in life. Teenage girls are made fun of for their interest: boy bands, fashion, makeup, cellphones, hell even coffee. Women are made fun of for the same things: specifically clothes and shoes. Women are pinned down as frivolous spenders, wasting money, specifically their husband’s money. That’s not to mention the constant references to an angry woman being on her period. As if a small monthly hormonal change determines a person’s entire personality. Women are patronized and their opinions and views swept away because of their gender. The media has already decided that women are not smart enough to know what they are talking about. However, since this view is sexist and our society is developed enough to call them out on it, they create ‘reasons’ to invalidate women’s opinions.
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