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First off I'm sorry for not attending class on Monday.. I had an extremely allergic reaction to Mary Kay. Mary Kay has evil products.. Yep. But anyways back to the topic. On Monday what I missed about racism. As far as racism goes online. I don’t really see a big deal. Well me being Hispanic I guess I don’t even look it. I know friends who almost tried to commit suicide because of it. I guess there’s people out there that have nothing else to do but bully people online. That’s pretty much all I have to say about that.
For today’s discussion about Gender Exaggeration…female parts and male parts.. On video games and other media. Well.. I gave on my twitter account about the Bratz example. I mean ever since they came out I thought they were really ridiculous. I mean they had like huge boobs and big butts and they were just really exaggerated.. Oh and big lips. Yeah. And when I first saw them well personally I didn’t even like dolls so I didn’t really care but I know little girls.. Well like my cousins and stuff. They use to play with them a lot and they would always ask me: Am I going to have boobs like this doll or something. And it was funny at the time but now that I really think about it. It’s just ridiculous because some kids could have taken it really seriously. I know there’s celebrities out there that exaggerated their parts. I don’t know if it’s because of that. But I guess I’m talking about a whole new topic. I guess Bratz and Barbie dolls are like roll models to little kids and teenagers. And they’re just making people anorexic, bulimic, or make themselves get implants. Well, I kinda suffered though that phase. When that video game Final Fantasy X-2 came out. When this character named Yuna came out. I just loved how she looked! I don’t know if she had exaggerated boobs but, to me she kinda did. Well I have none. But I really wanted them. But I mean I didn’t have money to get them. If I did.. .I would have probably gotten them. That’s the bad thing about it. They’re putting a bad example for little kids and teenagers. They should really look for those things other than sexuality. I can’t really say anything much from a guys perspective. But yes, I can. I have friends that have actually like taken steroids just because theses characters. It’s just super ridiculous what people have to do just so they could be like these characters.
SORRY FOR THE DIFFICULTIES! My camera turned off last second. But yeah I just think video games have way too much of an influence on how they control our lives. We let them control us, and that’s the problem.
Okay, that is a better quality video, but I'm glad you provided the transcript because there were still a few parts that were unclear.
ReplyDeleteYou do a good job of thinking about the "so what" of this topic, and the point where you talk about the Bratz dolls and your cousins is probably the best section in terms of also offering concrete examples to support the "so what."
In the future, you may want to come up with an outline or make a few notes before you start filming. In the beginning you contradict yourself a bit about race ("it isn't a big deal" but you have friends that almost committed suicide) and there is that moment where you change your mind about the effects on males. A bit of pre-planning can help you make your video argument more clear.
I totally understand the boob-envy of characters like Yuna and dolls. That's something that I think every girl and woman goes through all their life, whether they are large or small sized. I think its definitely up to people to make children understand that dolls don't reflect real life and that they should only look at dolls as toys, not role models. It's the parents and adults that should be the roll models - not a plastic toy.
ReplyDeleteI like this blog post. I agree with Nicole that parents and adults should be a roll model, not a plastic toy but the media pushes that stereotype which is a big problem.
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