http://boozeandbooks.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/the-necessity-of-feminismmaking-my-case-with-pretty-photos/ navigating my way through academia with a pint in one hand Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:59:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://boozeandbooks.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/the-necessity-of-feminismmaking-my-case-with-pretty-photos/#comment-9 boozeandbooks Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:50:08 +0000 http://boozeandbooks.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/the-necessity-of-feminismmaking-my-case-with-pretty-photos/#comment-9 Sure you can laugh at yourself, that's the fun of Halloween! I plan on it, and I will also likely get hammered and make an ass out of myself. But my point (which perhaps wasn't clear as, to be honest, I didn't expect anyone to read this but me!) was that mocking what is not just a fatal illness, but one that is a result of the pressures placed on women to look 'perfect' all the time (and an idea of perfect created by and serving men, ultimately) only really serves to perpetuate those 'perfect' ideals and the notion that women's value comes from men's approval of their appearance. An Andy Warhol costume doesn't, in my mind, convey the same message, whether you're female or not, hammered or sober. Sure you can laugh at yourself, that’s the fun of Halloween! I plan on it, and I will also likely get hammered and make an ass out of myself. But my point (which perhaps wasn’t clear as, to be honest, I didn’t expect anyone to read this but me!) was that mocking what is not just a fatal illness, but one that is a result of the pressures placed on women to look ‘perfect’ all the time (and an idea of perfect created by and serving men, ultimately) only really serves to perpetuate those ‘perfect’ ideals and the notion that women’s value comes from men’s approval of their appearance. An Andy Warhol costume doesn’t, in my mind, convey the same message, whether you’re female or not, hammered or sober.

]]> http://boozeandbooks.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/the-necessity-of-feminismmaking-my-case-with-pretty-photos/#comment-8 stoprobbers Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:31:21 +0000 http://boozeandbooks.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/the-necessity-of-feminismmaking-my-case-with-pretty-photos/#comment-8 Lighten up a little bit. Is this a good example? No. But what on Halloween is? You mean that when I went dressed as Andy Warhol (cross-dressing.. I am a girl) and still got faced and wasted and fell all over the place and flashed people it's somehow better because I wasn't dressed up as Anna Rexia? Should I be worried about my idea to go as Victoria Beckham? I wouldn't say that anorexia or wet t-shirt contests are things to be lauded, but can't we just laugh at ourselves every once in a while? Lighten up a little bit. Is this a good example? No. But what on Halloween is? You mean that when I went dressed as Andy Warhol (cross-dressing.. I am a girl) and still got faced and wasted and fell all over the place and flashed people it’s somehow better because I wasn’t dressed up as Anna Rexia? Should I be worried about my idea to go as Victoria Beckham? I wouldn’t say that anorexia or wet t-shirt contests are things to be lauded, but can’t we just laugh at ourselves every once in a while?

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