Monday, October 8, 2007
A Guy Thing
The post secret card I created was from a paper my floor recieved in Patterson. It was a paper with an invitation to come to a discussion called "girl talk" and I wrote in marker at the top that "I'd rather watch a football game", and at the bottom I wrote "with a bunch of guys". The background was a clip of the girls from America's Next Top Model and at the bottom the topic of discussion is self image. I hoped the reader would interpret this to be a female writing the post secret and not to come across as a 'tomboy' but that getting together with a group of girls is not something that the author would particularly enjoy doing. I wrote at the bottom "with a bunch of guys" in all capital letters to emphasize guys and in a more 'masculine' color of black. My classmates did get the message and as far as seeing beyond the meaning, I don't think there would be any of that simply because the message is stated pretty clearly. There were no surprise reactions and I think that too is because the message is very clear and doesn't really leave anything to the imagination.
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I wasnt aware that the color black had a gender. And as for hidden meaning, would it not be that your bold and 'masculine' words are needed to scream out to the reader that there is a problem with gender roles and stereotypes. Its sad that the message needs to be yelled to be heard above the dull roar of conformity.
using bold and capital letters shows that you are yelling those words, and from that i feel like you are trying to shock people with that fact and that it is the most emphasized point on your card
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