“Although this video may be challenging gender inequality, it does so at the expense of upholding racist ideologies about France’s Other.”

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Posted in Gender, Race, Reblog, tagged discrimination, feminism, France, Gender, intersectionality, Oppressed Majority on 2014/02/21| Leave a Comment »
“Although this video may be challenging gender inequality, it does so at the expense of upholding racist ideologies about France’s Other.”
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Posted in Gender, Language, Reblog, tagged Gender, intersectionality, language, linguistics, media, poetry, reblog on 2014/01/07| 1 Comment »
I first noticed my spell-check was biased when Microsoft tried to tell me “heteronormative” wasn’t a word back in undergrad. (It’s underlined on this draft in WordPress now, “no replacements found.”) My phone doesn’t know “genderqueer,” “intersectionality,” or “biphobia.” Neither does the media, who continue to put gender identities and queer narratives in scare quotes, even when they’re supposedly “on our side” (see what I did there?).
Via homoarigato.
Posted in Advertisements, Gender, Visual Culture, tagged advertisement, beauty product, collusion, culture, Dove, Dove Real Beauty Sketches, fail, feminism, intersectionality, patriarchy, sexism on 2013/04/20| 2 Comments »
Dove’s “Real Beauty” Campaign‘s latest attempt to engage consumers has gone viral, and you’ve likely seen some of the criticisms about it. The video “Real Beauty Sketches” depicts a group of women being asked to describe their physical appearance (faces) to an FBI profile artist who couldn’t see them; afterward, the women were described by strangers, including each other. The punchline is that the drawings on of the women based on their own descriptions are far less conventionally attractive than those based on others’ descriptions, and the tagline is “You’re More Beautiful Than You Think.”
Not buying it.
From Dove’s Youtube page:
Florence from Dove Beauty Real Sketches.
Women are their own worst beauty critics. Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful. [Ed: Where are your citations, Dove?] At Dove, we are committed to creating a world where beauty is a source of confidence, not anxiety. So, we decided to conduct a compelling social experiment that explores how women view their own beauty in contrast to what others see.
Several other writers have already taken the campaign to task. (more…)