FEM 2110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Justin Bieber, Neoliberalism, Buddhist Meditation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 2110
• Professor: Mythili Rajiva

Document Summary

Democratizing aspect of youtube: regular people can post (bottom up) and also top down because celebrities post as well; allows for ordinary people to share their own ideas and talent (ex. Post feminist self: empowered, individual that is self governing, sexually liberated =neoliberal self (in capitalism neoliberal self is a consumer) Selfies have elements of both empowerment and oppressiveness not one or the other. Selfies challenge body normativity: body normativity is the social standard of what is acceptable and what your body should be or what it should look like. Self shooters speaking in bodies : tell the world without dialogue but through images and body language, facial expressions, outfit, hair, anything visual that expresses how we feel. Hunger games and power: access, use, abuse; how does one access power, use power, and abuse it; who are the haves and have nots in the movie.