Media, Information and Technoculture 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Political Correctness, Lena Dunham, Bechdel Test
20 Nov 2016
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Raises the issue around how women are represented, characters, and their interaction with one another in tv shows and film. The bechdel test does not look: at how women are portrayed, Mindset in film production that assumes that films with fewer interaction between women is more rich in revenue, however it is shown that it is in fact the opposite. Mako mori test: have at least one female character, have that character have her own story arch, her story arch does not support the story arch of a male character. Twitter campaign highly critical of feminist game developers and commentators for imposing imposing political correctness" on video games. Criticizes them for inaccuracies and misunderstanding game genres. Campaign includes rape & death threats and doxing". Defended as freedom of speech and journalistic issues. Girls (and lena dunham) praised as courageous feminism. Honesty reissues of female body image, awkward or abusive sex, anxiety about identities and.
