Creating Equity in Media

Season 1 Episode 1 "Days Gone By" Episode Aired: October 31st, 2010 Male Speaking Characters: Rick, Shane, Morgan, Dwayne (a few deputies, unnamed) Female Speaking Characters: Amy (Andrea's sister) on the radio Disclaimer - This blog series will be my reaction to how the male gaze affects what we think of women through media. It's going to look at how people view women in movies and shows, but also continue the long history of making caricatures of women in media, which continues to perpetuate men's views of them. This project will not only look at the literal number of women speaking roles versus men speaking roles. It will also take a deeper look at camera angles and dialogue, and how those things create unfair or unforgiving ideas for some characters and not others. Though these reactions are meant to start a conversation about how television shows and movies carry on dangerous and destructive beliefs about women and how that can have a subconscious effect ...

"Don't Regret the Wrong Men" (out of context statement) by Jimmy on Relationships   Meme Series Disclaimer:  All Memes are found on Facebook or other social media platforms by saving the images. I don’t own any of them and if they don’t have names on them, that was how I found it.  I understand that memes and pictures are supposed to be something we “Like” or dislike, but I would like to open a conversation about some of these comments that people just “share” without critically thinking about them. Critical Thinking is one of our best defensive/offensive tools in this world I used to watch Jimmy on Relationships, and he has some good content. However, even well-intentioned men cannot advise women on what they should or should not accept when it comes to men. There are generations of proof that men cannot vet men, and they rarely give women advice that isn’t male-centered. Listening to men about most things is not in our best interest.  Especially this. Unfortunately...