Pinker Inkhttp://www.pinkerink.com/journal/Everything, Girl, Feminine, and Feministen-US2010-03-12T00:12:32ZSquarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Film Screening Questions No. 3: Firehttp://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/3/11/film-screening-questions-no-3-fire.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-03-11T14:10:40ZFilm Screening Film Screenings 3024 QuestionsPlease see your questions below:

1. In what way can we possibly connect Fire and Once Upon a Quinceneara in terms of examining cultural/religious and a gendered practice(s) of tradition?

2. What is the transition from girlhood into womanhood for these women (in the film) and is there a process of Poisoning as explained by Dr. Pipher? Please defend your ideas.

3.Why would a film that examines "traditional expectations" for women be banned?

4. How can we understand culture/cultural practice vs oppression? Which one is most apparent in the film - and what reading can you best use to articulate this position/answer clearly?

 

]]>Final Project Overview 3024http://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/2/27/final-project-overview-3024.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-02-27T16:20:54Z3024 Final Film Project Final Project 3024Here are some tidbits that will help you organize yourselves to successfully complete the work required for your 3024 projects:

]]>Film Screening No. 2 Questionshttp://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/2/25/film-screening-no-2-questions.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-02-25T15:28:34Z3024 Film Screening Film Screenings 3024 QuestionsPlease see your questions below:

1. In what ways can we put into context...Black Feminist Thought as expressed in the film?

2. Can Betty Freidan's application of "traditional feminism" be applied to anyone or any scene in this film (obviously you must explain)?

3. Using Patricia Hill Collins and Michelle Wallace, how can we interpret the actions of any/all/each of the Black male characters in the film?

4. What does the film ultimately teach about feminism (regardless of color) - use the readings to analyse.

Best Wishes,

GirlProfNYC

]]>Gender Watch Journal No. 4http://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/2/23/gender-watch-journal-no-4.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-02-23T16:54:04Z3024 Gender Watch Journals Gender Watch Journals 3024Tiger Woods and HIS Issues - Does this affect YOU?http://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/2/19/tiger-woods-and-his-issues-does-this-affect-you.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-02-19T19:11:12Z3024/3085 Chit Chat 4 Critique an Artist Girl Thing Turn On Your TV WTF MomentWhite Supremacy and Genitals? Is It Racist?!http://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/2/19/white-supremacy-and-genitals-is-it-racist.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-02-19T18:58:41Z3024/3085 Chit Chat 3 Beauty Critique an Artist Is It Racist? Turn On Your TV WTF MomentA student posted this a couple of days ago as their Gender Watch, and I was stunned!! Not a John Mayer fan as it is, after his awful rendition of Michael Jackson's Human Nature by guitar (what a disgrace), I still couldn't help but look this up for further detail. It's interesting that after accusing his penis of being likened to a "White Supremacist," he still considered Holly Robinson as 'gorgeous,' but she wasn't smitten by his comment one bit. He's sorry of course. You can read more about this here. Folks like Jermaine Dupree and Russell Simmons are pissed too. What do you think? What's to do now? Stop buying his music? Now what's that going to do? Hmmm...if we played devil's advocate for just a moment, couldn't we be safe in saying that we ALL have a preference when it comes to our desires/relationship interests? Why is his view SO offensive? Thanks for bringing this alert. Ps: Hey dude, not every brown/black woman is looking for you to desire her either - ew yuck!

]]>Film Screening 1http://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/2/16/film-screening-1.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-02-17T04:02:43Z3024 Announcement Film Screenings 3024As a reminder: For those who attended the first film screening, your Critical Analysis of  The World of Suzie Wong is due on February 25, 2010...in class, hard copy. If you have questions contact me through my gmail home. -GirlProfNYC

]]>Knitting as Woman's Work Alonehttp://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/2/16/knitting-as-womans-work-alone.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-02-17T03:41:24Z3024 3024/3085 Chit Chat 2 Crafts Politics Students WorkWoman's Work that we talked about today]]>Gender Watch Journal No. 3http://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/2/16/gender-watch-journal-no-3.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-02-16T20:41:03Z3024 Gender Watch Journals Gender Watch Journals 3024Music videos can NOT be the only place you all see gender-based issues. The posts are good, but not everyone relates to certain type(s) of music, and videos on a general scale are sometimes...boring. So c'mon now, what ELSE have you seen?

]]>To Serve Your Family or Duty?http://www.pinkerink.com/journal/2010/2/13/to-serve-your-family-or-duty.htmlGirlProfNYC2010-02-13T17:18:38Z3024/3085 Chit Chat 1 Politics Turn On Your TV WTF Moment Women of Color ReadingsA single mom working for the United States Army was discharged from her duty, for not deploying when required. Apparently, (and as reported) she claimed that she had no one to look after her infant son, and thus could not respond to deployment when required. The flipside says, her delay in deploying was not because of her childcare issues, it was deliberate. Now the question for  you all is not whether she was "playing the system" or not, rather, should she have been dismissed for not responding to her call of duty? Does she have a duty to her family (her son) or to the country she serves by contract? You can get a better sense of the story here, before you decide to respond.

-GirlProfNYC

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