WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Saartjie Baartman, Blac Chyna, 2015–16 Nfl Playoffs

• School: Brock University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1F90
• Professor: Leslie Nichols

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Example: many enjoy kanye wests music or led zepplin, but cringe at some of the lyrics or video content. Gainer (2007) pleasure-critique nexus : children to engage critically with media texts without sacrificing the pleasure of the medium/experience. The pleasure-critique nexus: viewers (children) can partake in an intense critical review, while still maintaining a sense of enjoyment. Pop culture is complex: not a one-way street with consumers having a false- consciousness regarding what they see, read, hear, and consume. Feminists in all three ways have been concerned about representations of women. What we see, hear, and know" about wo/men, same sex desiring, straight, racialized categories, transgender, the young" and old" informs our beliefs about these categories. Femininity/masculinity have been represented in unequal ways in various forums: religion; mythology; pop culture; folk stories; science; music; literature. Gender norms influence many facets of our lives and govern our beliefs.