by Stephanie Cole Let’s talk about sex. Actually, scratch that, let’s talk about something that has no connection to sex at all. Let’s talk about porn. In the conversation about sexism and the objectification of women in the media, it seems like pornography is the elephant in the room. We go on and on about…
by Stephanie Cole Every time we media-oriented feminists start to discuss advertising targeted towards children, or the concept of feminity as it is presented to young girls, many of us have the D-Word on the brain. Disney is the unspoken bad guy for many of us, the embodiment of everything that is wrong with how…
by Stephanie Cole My last two weeks of my college experience between finals and graduation were incredibly hectic. Ceremonies and impromptu celebrations reigned, and the general emotional overload gave me little time to really examine what my four years at a Women’s College has meant for me. However, on the night before graduation, my friends…
by Stephanie Cole The sexism of the American media can get so bad that I often feel worn down. With reality shows, music videos, advertisements, and fashion magazines producing outrageous material so regularly, I can’t even begin to address it all. When I spent time in England, the ubiquitous advertisements for the television show Footballer’s…
by Stephanie Cole Several weeks ago, I was joyously embarking on my daily Fashion Blog perusal when I came across a story only indirectly related to fashion, but linked to a much more pervasive sexist phenomenon. It all began when French fashion house Louis Vuitton sued Danish artist Nadia Plesner. LV was angry at her depiction…
By Stephanie Cole In September 2010, TLC unveiled a new domestic reality show called “Sister Wives.” TLC seems to have hit on an exploitive niche. The network is the most consistent source of reality shows that showcase families or people whose domestic lives are hardly very interesting beyond their defining quirk. “Sister Wives” is no…
by Stephanie Cole The edgy clothing company Diesel launched a new ad campaign this summer titled “Be Stupid,” showing models in new and “creative” ways to expose their bodies. One shows a woman lifting her shirt for a security camera. Another had a model sitting in a sort-of reverse piggyback on a man’s shoulders, so…