This is the new Seth Rogan movie about date rape… a comedy, I just thought it would be interesting to have a discussion about the idea of actually making fun of date rape (I’m shocked myself) I can’t quite justify it right now… What do you all think? This was posted in the blog (http://streetknowledge.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/uncensored-observe-and-report-date-rape-scene-sparks-outrage-video/) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘media’
Observe and Report
Posted in feminism, media, theory, tagged comedy, date rape, media, Observe and Report, Seth Rogan on May 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Law and Order SVU
Posted in media, theory, tagged Detective Benson, Detective Stabler, Law and Order, media, pornography, rape, sharon marcus on May 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For as long as I can remember I have been a Law and Order buff. When ever theres nothing to do and a TV is staring back at me from the couch I know that there is some form of Law and Order on. Whether its Law and Order, Law and Order CI or Law [...]
Baby crazy or just crazy? (there are no other options)
Posted in feminism, tagged media, narratives, subjectivity on February 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The crux of Rajan and Pathak’s article “Shahbano” seems to be that members of oppressed groups are often, through discursive displacement by an unequal power structure, forced into the position of “object” rather than a unique, self-aware “subject.” That is, they are pigeon-holed by those higher-ups on the social hierarchy into certain identities or categories [...]
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