My final project is an audio piece. More specifically, I created what I call a "mashup podcast". Essentially, the piece combines all the interviews I have conducted to form a story or narrative of sorts. The topic I chose for the first episode was the idea of femininity and masculinity, and what those concepts mean in the media. I found that talking about the two were great because often times it led to a deeper discussion on other issues regarding media representation. While this first mash-up podcast only scratches the surface of everything we have been looking at in class, it is a great opening for a potentially continuous series of "mashup podcasts". My series is called "Mashupyourthoughts", and the name is derived from the idea that you have multiple stories coming together to form thoughts and stories.
MY VIDEO IS ON YOUTUBE! Mashupyourthoughts has a YouTube page and—pending production—will soon be accessible through Vimeo and Soundcloud as well!!
In creating this piece, I wanted to reach the audiences out there who have not yet thought about these topics beyond noticing, and possibly acknowledging it (much like myself prior to taking this class). I hope that listening to the comments they, too, begin to reflect a little more deeply
—in the same manner that I challenged my interviewees to. Some questions that I asked were:
What does it mean to be feminine/masculine?
Have you ever felt that you can personally identify, on some level, with a character that you have encountered in the media?
What changes do you want to see in the media, and why?
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| Ultimately, how do these preconceived thoughts of men and women translate into media, and then into the minds of people? |
There were more questions, but feel free to listen to the entire mash-up to hypothesize what they are! (In total, it is 11 minutes long)
SOURCES THAT HAVE INFORMED MY PROJECT:
1.) Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. Britain: British Broadcasting Company and Penguin Books, 1972.
2.) Newsom, Jennifer S, Regina K. Scully, Geralyn W. Dreyfous, Sarah J. Redlich, Jessica Congdon, Eric Holland, Svetlana Cvetko, Caroline Heldman, Condoleezza Rice, Dianne Feinstein, Dolores Huerta, Geena Davis, Gloria Steinem, Jackson Katz, Jane Fonda, Jean Kilbourne, Jennifer L. Pozner, Katie Couric, Lisa Ling, Meenakshi G. Durham, Margaret Cho, Martha M. Lauzen, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Mitchell, Rachel Maddow, and Rosario Dawson. Miss Representation. Sausalito, Calif.: Ro*co Films Educational, 2011.
3.) Butler, Judith. “Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire.” Gender Trouble. Routledge, 2006. 1-46. Print.
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