I see you,
a walking advertisement of societal norms.
Your sense of self,
I attribute to,
television reruns.
♥ 1050
→ 27 May 12 at 6 pm
→ 27 May 12 at 6 pm
Bell Hooks, Feminism is for Everybody, page 1 (via grrrlstudies)
(Source: bearbearpdx, via grrrlstudies)
"Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media."
"I have zero interest in pointless arguments about ‘what men really like in a woman’, or who is more of a ‘real woman’ based on her bodily curves. Such arguments are debasing to both men and women. Rather, what interests me is deconstructing how the fashion and beauty industries create unrealistic images of women based on the idea of a ‘lack’ that can be fixed through consumption. Too skinny? How about plastic surgery to enhance your breasts? Too fat? Liposuction is the answer. Got a wrinkle and no longer look like a 15 year old girl? Here’s a face cream you can buy. And don’t you feel ‘empowered’ now? All these images of femininity are based on the basic ideology that women’s bodies are a ‘problem’ that can be ‘fixed’ by buying something. That’s ostensibly where our ‘power’ as modern women lies in commercial culture. It’s a dubious and insulting power, at best. And it’s also an unquestioned ‘power’. Too often, popular media discussions about this topic just focus on an individual model’s body, rather than politically addressing the ideologies of consumption and gender that underpin the industries within which such a model works. It’s not an individual model’s body that should concern us, but the collective system which she represents."
