Sunday, March 7, 2010

Porn: Just for guys?

During our class discussion on last Thursday, the topic "Harlequin, is it just porn?" came up in class. That got me thinking. Most pornography sites are aimed very specifically at men. A quick google search for the word "pornography" comes up with some of these results

Free Porn Videos & Pussy Movies- Sex Videos, Porno, Porn Tube, XXX ... Free porn sex videos & pussy movies. Porn hub is the ultimate xxx porn,sex and pussy tube, download sex videos or stream free xxx and free pussy movies.
www.pornhub.com/

Porn - Free XXX Tube Videos and DVDs & Porno Pics
20 Feb 2010 ... PORN.COM, the world's favorite porn site. Loaded with tons of full length porn videos, adult dvd's, and xxx pics with the hottest pornstars ...
www.porn.com/

Free Porn, Sex Videos, Pussy Movies, Porn Tube, Free XXX Porno
Watch free porn sex videos and the best pussy movies. The ultimate sex porn tube download. Stream free porn xxx video movie clips online.
www.bangyoulater.com/


And so forth. Oddly enough if you search for "pornography" instead of "porn" you do not get any explicit sites on the first page. It's mostly wikipedia and other "educational" type sites, like the history of pornography in Canada.

At a quick glance of the first three sites that I've listed above, they are all very "plain" sites with very basic colours. Nothing fancy as far as websites go. The content itself is all thumbnail pictures of the content, which more often than not were pictures of women in either sexual acts, nudity, or being "picked up". If a man DOES show up in the thumbnail, it's usually only from the waist down. The few times you can see the entire man.... well let's just say that unlike the women pictured, the man was not picked for his physical attractiveness.

An interesting thing I noticed, was the logo for the site "www.bangyoulater.com" shown to the right. The tagline "Why Wait... Masturbate!" is clearly not aimed at Women.

Another good indicator that these sites are aimed specifically at men is the advertisements that appear on the sites. Generally it is either "make your penis bigger" type ads. Ads for other porn sites with more naked or sexually active women on them, or the "hookup sites" which are supposedly for men and women to network together for casual sex, but all the ads show attractive women either naked or in sexual acts. If the sites were for men and women, wouldn't there be more pictures of say... sexy male models with lines like "He's waiting for you baby!" or something? Obviously they are not expecting women to be seeing those advertisements.

I thought though that I would check to see if I could find some "for her" pornography sites. Another google search at "porn for women" revealed the following links:

Free erotica and free porn for women
We bring you only the best free erotica for women and porn for women! We have pics of hot naked men, sexy nude hunks and steamy passionate couples. ...
www.karaslinks.com/

Hot Porn For Women
Free porn for women links to the best free erotica on the net made just for the ladies.
www.hotpornforwomen.com/

Porn for Women Network - Erotica for Women
Porn for Women Network, a site with links to porn for women, site recommendations, women's adult products, sex movies and other information about erotica ...
www.pornforwomen.net/

Notice some of the key difference in the links. The main difference I noticed was the word "erotica" instead of pornography which came up in pretty much every link. Now I know there is supposed to be a difference between "pornography" and "erotica" with erotica being "nicer" but it seems like semantic nonsense to me.

So anyways, quick review of the three above listed sites.

First thing I noticed was the backgrounds. The majority of the sites chose "girly" colours such as pink or purple. The second thing I noticed was the layout. Unlike the men sites where it was an endless stream of thumbnail pictures, the women's sites had FAR less pictures. In fact the majority of the sites were text, which made them look a bit old fashioned. Also there were much less ads on these sites. Generally one at the top of the page and one at the bottom, with the content in the middle and wide margins. Unlike the men's sites, which tried to cram every inch of the screen with something, these sites seemed more "relaxed".

Although there were links to pictures, the main content of these sites seemed to be erotic literature, which makes sense since studies have shown that women prefer their sex with a side of story, and also explains the success of the Harlequin romances we discussed in class previously.

The last big difference I noticed were the advertisements on the sites. Gone are the "adult friend finder" ads and the "penis enlargement" ads. In fact, the only ads at all were links to other sites "for women." The gendered differences in the porn genre are VERY obvious. When I tried to find a "unisex" porn site, the first page of google came up with no results. The links were general porn (porn for men) or porn for women, but no site that catered to both men and women.

Although porn is predominately aimed at men, there ARE many sites aimed at women, complete with handsome men and pink girly backgrounds. Lastly, I found this link on "women and porn"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/07/24/o.women.watching.porn/

Which discussed such interesting things as "approximately one in three visitors to adult entertainment Web sites was female" and "Female director Candida Royalle's hard-core erotic videos, made expressly for women viewers, sell at the rate of approximately 10,000 copies a month"

It's an interesting article and definitely worth a read. The most interesting thing I found in that article really blew the myth of "only men like porn" out of the water. Apparently in a 2006 study at McGill University, researchers monitored genital temperature changes to measure sexual arousal and found that, when shown porn clips, men and women alike began displaying arousal within 30 seconds; men reached maximum arousal in about 11 minutes, women in about 12 (a statistically negligible difference, according to the study).

I must admit, I was surprised at the amount of porn available for women. I really expected almost no porn aimed at women. I find it interesting that I was wrong. Although the bright pink and purple backgrounds that popped out at me upon first click really amused me. Ah genderization.

--The N3rd.

BBQ's


The BBQguy.com (http://www.thebbqguy.com) is a website gendered toward men! This site logo is "whether it's BBQ, barbecue, or barbeque, bbq sauce, bbq rub, spice, we discuss news, websites, blogs, events and contests." (BBQguy.com) It covers how to BBQ, products, recipes, contests, and most interestingly it has two separate blogs; the guy blog, and the wife blog. I find it interesting how historically domestic duties like cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children were all considered to be womens work. However, BBQ ing (which in my opinion would be considered the domestic duty of cooking) is dominating by men. Commercials and advertisments are marketed toward men; attached are the ideas that the bigger BBQ the better the man. I guess cooking over an open flame is "mans" duty, and using a stove is a womans. It is interesting how the lines of gender roles are so blurry at times. The guys blog, and the wifes blog are similar; perhaps the need for two separte ones is to establish that this is a mans domain.

Danger Powers

Friday, March 5, 2010

Parenting Websites

Ok, so this just came to me.... websites dedicated to parenting!!! Of course that must be gendered. After a quick google search of "Women and Parenting" and the second page down was this website http://www.womensweb.ca/parenting/index.php that has a TON of information about parenting. Everything from the importance of motherhood to how to deal with a lazy dad, this website has it all! Then, I decided to google search "Men and Parenting" to see if a website of this nature was available for men. Hahaha Nope. The second page that came up on this topic was a webpage entitled "Parenting Classes for Men"http://www.babyzone.com/mom_dad/fatherhood/article/parenting-classes-for-men. It just goes to show how society still has this idea that women should do the vast majority of the child rearing because women are just so "kind", "gentle", and "nurturing", and are therefore "natural" mothers . Men on the other hand, they have no idea how to raise/look after children, therefore they need special classes in order to teach them how to be a parent. Wow, I mean talk about perpetuating and reinforcing gender stereotypes. Geeze!
Keekers

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Extention of Washing Machines


















Washers, Dryers and laundry detergents are all marketed towards women because of their traditional role in the household. Check out the cheer website http://www.cheer.ca/en_CA/cheer-laundress/cleaning-clothes.php. This link should take you to an interview with Cheer Laundress, Rose Spires. Read it :)

Here is a small blurb from the interview;

Q- Why do you feel responsible for fighting for the bright?
A- Rose: I spent 20 years defeating the dingies in one home. I took great pride in my work. After the estate shut its doors, I felt empty, love. I knew the dingies were out there, and it was my job to rid the world of the whole lot.

The ideas that women are responsible for care taking and that they are responsible for the home and family, is still very real today. Laundry is not a tough job as it was in the past, and yet it remains marketed toward women because the duty is one of the private sphere. Anyone can do laundry, female, male and children. This interview is reminiscent of old time values, yet many people still buy into it today.

Danger Powers

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Let's get cooking!

Ok, so I'm just bored at work, and I'm thinking to myself "hmm, what should I make for supper?" So I decided to visit one of my favourite websites (www.allrecipes.com) that is full of yummy recipes that are all posted and reviewed by people from all over the place. But, what I found interesting was how many female users were on this website. Also, on the main page, there is a helpful section entitled "Kitchenistas" which has pictures of 3 women who are going to help you organize your pantry, make a meal plan, and cook meals that will keep your family happy. It is designed in such a way as to appeal to mother, the woman of the household who is responsible for the bulk of the domestic work. This website (and others like it) is perpetuating stereotypes of femininity and works in such a way to keep women safely contained in the sphere of domesticity.
Contrast this website to another one entitled "Man Tested Recipes" (http://mantestedrecipes.com/) where almost every recipe on the main page has to do with meat (and lots of it), or using alcohol in the recipes. Don't forget that these recipes are "manly", and should be made when your watching the game on t.v and drinking beers with the guys. My favourite quote from this website was "You bring the beer. We'll bring the recipes. And maybe chips" which clearly demostrates how when men cook, it's mostly about male bonding, as opposed to when women cook it is done in order to provide for her family.
Thanks for reading!
Keekers

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Dating Websites










Cougar Life- The Ultimate Catch

http://www.youtube.com/user/cougarlife?v=pw7NZ3Z49-Y&feature=pyv&ad=4746618163&kw=cougar

Watch this clip before you read my blog.

Dating Websites are perfect examples of how gender and sex is used to perpetuate stereotypes. The cougar represents a hunter, someone on the prowler to devour a weaker being. The women is sexualized in order to disguise her "evil" intentions. This connects to the ideologies that a woman can either be a Saint or a Slut, and nothing in between. Men however are represented in all shapes and sizes, they are fit, sexually appealing, but remain intimidated, and weak (to the point of falling to their knees) when in the presence of a hot older women. The below description of what a cougar is...is bogus. A Cougar is a hunter. This commercial and website play off the stereotypes of men and tries to challenge the stereotypical idea of a "cougar", claiming that she is "independent, successful" women, when she is really viewed merely as a sex object.

These two blurbs are from the Cougar Life Website. They describe what a cougar is, and what the criteria a man should have in order to be compatible a cougar. http://cougarlife.com/

"What is a Cougar?
Cougars are Women in their PRIME: independent, sexy and wildly successful. They enjoy men that are youthful, fit with the same zest for life. Cougars are classy, confident women that already possess many of the finer things in life — but now want the young, hot guy to go with it."

"What is a Cub?
To snare a true Cougar a man needs to be youthful, fit, unintimidated and of course sexually driven! These men can range from athletes to intellectuals, and from technologists to entrepreneurs and all points in between; they can come in all shapes and sizes, but one thing they have in common is the desire to possess a sexually charged older woman."


As you can see the criteria for men is not strict, insinuating that any man can hook up with a cougar.


Danger Powers

Blogging Project 2


Hey Everyone!
Hope you had a good reading week.
Ok, so we're starting a new blogging project and I think it is going to be interesting. Last week, I figured out what I wanted to discuss on here. I was watching t.v and one of those diet commercials came on, and I thought to myself - Why is it always women on these commercials?? So then I decided to research some diet websites to see if they were dominated by mostly female images and directed at a female audience, and, guess what... THEY ARE!!! Every website I went to had pictures of women trying to lose weight (most of them looked too small to begin with) and there were so many different categories for women. There were brides, new moms, seniors etc. but only one for men. Also, just from reading some of the success storeis it always seems that men try to lose weight for health reasons, whereas women lose weight to fit into a dress, or just "look good." So, I thought, what makes these types of websites directed at female audiences?? I believe it has to do with ideas of fantasy. Women see these adds, visit these websites and read these success stories and think "I could transform my life, I could look as good as that, I'm going to go on a diet." They imagine how their lives might change, how they may look and feel better, and, more importantly, how men may begin to notice them and may even want to date them *please note the sneering tone.* Anyways, it basically says that women want to be thin, and should strive to be thin, which convinces other women that they should want these same things.
Ok, enough rambling... I'm out.
Keekers
ps- here's a link to a website
http://jennycraig.com/programs/how_it_works/

Friday, January 29, 2010

some interesting culture jams!




So, I found these images mainly on, http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5Hgdnpyk6LA/Sg6sUCi_JVI/AAAAAAAAArw/KmYBXaiA_5o/s400/stupidity.gif&imgrefurl=http://rethink-your-life.blogspot.com/&usg=__Tsxnk02SJY6oHQwMKk0DskzCpqU=&h=400&w=334&sz=235&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=DUBkj9MSg6A4fM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsexist%2Bculture%2Bjams%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

Thats a pretty huge link, i know. So the first image as you can see is a Tommy Hilfiger ad, that hes been culture jammed into an abnormally skinny model that blames the industry and advertising for making her like that. But as we dicussed in class, what is normal? There is a healthy however, and that woman is not the best example of healthy or happy.

The culture jam is about about many hours people actually watch television. Again we discussed in class technological devices are a way for advertising to get into our household and trap our minds into buying things we dont need. My computer has recently not been working, and I realized how much I really dont need to use it. Only assignments, I could do without facebook and other things. I do want to start living my life and not let technology or anything control how I want to live it.

The 3rd culture jam is pretty clear why it is up there. North America (canada and not just the US) are consuming alot more food then we actually need to survive. There is enough food being produced on this planet, why isnt everyone getting some of that share? Are we really that selfish?

The last is also pretty obvious of why it is up here as well! think about it!

-Durden32

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Kristina Wong and China!



Okay sooo following a tip from Princess Conseula Banana Hammock (prettttty sure that was how the nickname went??), I did some research on Kristina Wong. She is a third generation Chinese American, so although she was not born into another culture, she does take up issues in her culture jams that are from different cultural contexts (sort of?).

I felt compelled to blog about her just because I found this form of culture jam to be extremely interesting and different then any others I've seen featured in the blogs! One of her many projects includes taking on characters or personas that resist dominant hegemonic ideals. For example, she takes on the persona of 'Fannie Wong, Former Miss Chinatown 2nd Runner Up'. I've included a picture above from her website just so you can get an idea of how awesome this is..... Click here to visit her website.

What do you guys think of her persona?? Her personality is described on the project page of her site as 'too crude to be anything like the deliciously sexy icon of Miss Chinatown'. What does this say of the icon of Miss Chinatown?? And are persona's and characters like this effective versions of culture jams??

I think so! Seeing images of Fannie Wong alongside real Miss Chinatown contestants reveals some interesting discrepancies. Fannie embodies all that these women aren't allowed to be - 'pimple-faced, cigar-smoking, whiskey-drinking' women.

Aubrey B.

Monday, January 25, 2010

I had to share

So I was listening to CBC radio this morning, AND got really excited because I heard some interesting information on Banksy. Turns out, he was in a documentary (his identity was kept secret because no one really knows who he is) and this documentary was featured at the Sundance Film Festival. After this film was shown, 4 stencils that look like Banksy's work were painted on the walls of downtown Utah. I thought this was very exciting because there is such controversy surrounding his work, is it considered thought provoking art? Or just Graffiti? Here's a link to the new images he created http://www.banksy-prints.com/2010/01/banksy-does-sundance-utah/, and here's the preview of this documentary entitled "Exit through the gift shop" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj7uOIshv8g.
I actually really want to watch this movie, mainly because I really enjoy Banksy's work...
-Keekers

Thursday, January 21, 2010


Ok, so just by looking at all the culture jams we have found, the majority of them are from North America (I think that is a very key point in doing all these blog posts and is something we should be addressing in our presentation).
Here's a culture jam that I found on the Wooster Collection website that I found pretty interesting. It comes from Slovenia, and the billboard itself is written in Slovenian. I just love the message of this billboard (by the way, translated it says "he who reads this is an idiot"). To me, this billboard makes the viewers think about the way that we read and look at advertising. Are we idiots for doing it? Well, maybe not... But what I think they are trying to convey to the passerby is that you look at an advertisement and can't think critically about what you're looking at, or you buy into whatever the ad is trying to sell- then you are an idiot, and a consumer.I thought it was kind of interesting and would be neat to see what people on the streets of Slovenia thought about this image.
- Keekers

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

HEY UPDATE

HELLO FELLOW BLOGERS

everyone seems to be moving along quite nicely... I think we should come up with a final product soon or start figureing out how were going to put it all toghether and what some of our final conclusions are...

we have some great culture jams coming together here we jsut need to put them all toghether now.. any ideas or anyone who wants to lead ... two weeks today and we need a final product

talk type soon

- kate bauer

Some Disney...





Here are some images that relate to what we talked about today in class. I'm pretty sure the sayings on the pictures came from Mickey Mouse Monopoly.
Hope You enjoy!
Keekers

Sunday, January 17, 2010

More Banksy



Hey everyone!

Here’s some more Banksy I found. This work was done in Palestine along the Israel-Palestine dividing barrier known as the Gaza wall. This wall, is 425 miles long, made of concrete and electric fence. Israel erected this wall in order to protect themselves from suicide bombers from Palestine.

This wall (which was deemed the “apartheid wall”) does nothing but restricts people and their freedom, and possibly creates more tension between the quarrelling countries.

Banksy illustrates these ideas perfectly in his artwork done on the wall. He creates images that are designed to draw attention to the wall as a barrier, one that is a form of restriction. He does this by painting images on the wall that shows an escape. He wants people to understand that this wall is almost like a prison wall: there is no leaving unless you can devise a crafty escape like this girl is doing by using balloons.

He also uses images to show a virtual reality of what the world looks like beyond the wall like in the picture depicts two children playing with buckets in the rubble while on the other side of the wall there is a beautiful beach. This image again plays with feelings of restriction, confinement and lack of freedom.

These culture jams are extremely culturally and politically relevant, used as a form of resistance against government policies that control their lives.

Here's a youtube video of Banksy painting these images on the wall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZK7D6WqzR0&feature=related What he did was actually really dangerous and radical, and on a few occasions had a run in with soldiers who pointed guns in his face.

Thanks for reading-- Keekers

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Snow White and her perfect dream!

I remember talking about disney characters in class and thinking that someday everyone wants their prince charming and to live happily ever after! Everyone wants to drive off into the sunset and live their merry little lives.

She does not look like she had the dream she always wanted! Her big hunky man is sitting his cute lazy butt on the couch watching tv while she gets surrounded by her multiple children and dog! It does not look like she got to live happliy ever after.

Obviously disney movies and about this ideal utopia of no crime and hate, just a happy house in the forest where animals come and clean your house and your man takes you on pony rides!..what a life! Sign me up!

This also reminds me of this dominant discourse we keep always coming back to in class. This is what we are used to disney movies that give us hope that there is always that man out there for us waiting to swoop us off our feet and take us into the forest to our cozy little house! We expect these stereotypes in disney movies right? We just do not notice them, because it is what we are used to!

-Durden32

High Culture vs. Low Culture


As I was searching through the Wooster Collective I came across some work from the artist Boxi in Berlin, Germany. One of his works in particular which Wooster Collective blogged about on March 7, 2007 struck me as particularly interesting because it relates to some of the discussions we had in class regarding popular culture and debates about high and low culture. As Andi Zeisler discussed, popular culture is often associated with low culture because it is something that is produced for the masses. The binary divide between high culture and low culture results in popular culture often being undervalued.

Click here to view one of Boxi's culture jams that was featured in Berlin, Germany at his Deathless Gallery on March 23rd, 2007. You will have to scroll down a bit to the March 7th, 2007 post to view the Wooster Collective post on the event, as I couldn't figure out how to directly link to just that post. The Collective describes the event by saying that "the show 'addresses the encroaching and often unpremeditated art of graffiti eradication in Berlin, highlighting the difficulties of exhibiting the internal outside and the external inside. Boxi’s installation forges a link between the poles of high art and the grey area of post graffiti, playfully commenting upon the state of exclusion of one from the other.'"

Interesting, right? What are everyone's thoughts on issues of high culture and low culture orgraffiti art as a means of culture jamming?

Aubrey B.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Did you know there's a Microsoft Orchestra?


Hey Everyone,, Here's a really neat image I found. Pretty much summarizes the global issue we had been talking about on the other blog, as to why we don't see much from other countries .. because the Americans own a large portion of these major business that are internationally and globally run .
courtesy of Opera Chic
- Kate Bauer

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

hey everyone!
I just happened to google "Culture Jamming" and found this ad that I thought was very shocking yet SO true..

Children, from the moment they're born, they are bombarded with culture and branding. Despite it being the purist time of their lives, they can't help but be corrupted by society's exploitations.. just something to think about and it definitely got me thinking!

here's the link!
http://mothership6x1.blogspot.com/2008/10/week-8-artistic-appropriation-or.html

Regina George

The effects and image can make


"Nike the Ripper" - click here for blog and image

The thing about this culture jam and the blog that had me intrigued to write about it was how this one image developed into many different things. As the experiences from person to person vary, we see the controversy based on cultural and experiential differences. This blog in reply to the image seems to be based on life experiences and beliefs. It cannot be assumed that people will see the portrayed image the same way we will or the way the artist had initially intended.

Here we see how the artists interpretation of the beautiful young woman dancing with a Nike swoosh around her throat as a thrash at Nike while the next person took this idea as violence against women.

This all brings us back to the ideas of signifier and significant and the difference where as children we relate images to real life that help us throughout the rest of our lives and as we experience things this images become triggers for different things in our minds. Similar to this in my personal experience with the English and French languages is the use of translation. You must know the culture as well as the context of the word or phrase in order to come up with the same idea in the opposite language. Two or more ideas can come from the same word or image.
For example: when I took my first look at the image I thought "Wow! that is a neat way of showing how women can be tied down into looking a certain way and being a certain way, specifically, in this case, because of Nike's advertising.
This is an important political piece towards Nike as it shows the already fit woman being withheld by the Nike swoosh. If Nike is to portray "for women" an ideal, why not have the obese lady in Nike gear exercising not to get thin but to be healthy? Laziness and junk food are okay in portions. Why does it have to be one way, why can't we be plump, beautiful and healthy?
~ Kate Bauer

The Beginning Stages...

Hey guys! How are everyones searches coming along??

As 'The Doctor' pointed out we might want to focus on certain geographic areas. I was thinking I wanted to focus on India or other South Asian countries as I took a South Asian Lit course last semester and I found it very interesting... but as of yet though my searches haven't brought up anything significant in terms of these regions. I know it's out there so I'm going to keep looking!!! Any tips for search words that you guys have found affective??

I did find one site that I thought was really interesting. Most of the recent examples of culture jamming that they have included seem to be coming from England. Click here to visit the Wooster Collective - a celebration of street art on streets around the world. "Fresh Stuff From Laura Keeble: 'Without Consent' posted on October 30th, 2009 I found particularly interesting... What do you guys think?? When I have a bit more time I'm going to search through their archives and see if there are any examples from other countries!

Good luck with your searches!

Aubrey B.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Nike Jam and other Links

Hey yea I can list the links below, - - hyperlinked them all

Theres an interesting blog that i found in regards to a Nike Culture Jam called "Nike the Ripper" that I would like to talk about. About half way down the blog there are a list of about 5 or six more websites.

Im gonna keep looking too :)

Definition Basics of Culture Jamming

Consumer Culture Jams (blog by other students)

From the streets of London...


Hey fellow Bloggers!

So I started searching for some culture jams and came across some really cool ones. More specifically, I found a man from London named Banksy (aka Robin Gunningham) who creates culture jams in the form of graffiti.

The picture I chose to talk about depicts a maid sweeping something underneath the wall. Of course the maid is a woman (due to the history of what is considered typically women’s work) and in the picture she is lifting up a curtain and “cleaning up” the streets.

To me, this picture signifies that the women are responsible for all the literal cleaning, as well as cleaning up or hiding the messes that have been created. I think of it as if it were a political piece: that she is hiding the problems and injustices, or “dirt” that is present in society. Look at her eyes, she has a seemingly sinister look on her face... trying her best to be secretive about what she is doing. She’s trying to ignore all the wrongs in the world and just, “sweep them under the carpet.”

What does this say about women, and more specifically, British women? Are British women more deceiving or care less about solving injustices? Does this image imply that women are sneaky; they keep secrets or go behind people’s backs?? Does this mean that women don’t care about fixing social injustices, and merely push them from their mind? Does this imply that women don’t solve problems, and rather, ignore them?? How would this image be different if there was a man instead of a woman?? These are some of the questions I am trying to understand.

Also, check out Banksy's webpage,http://www.banksy.co.uk/ there are some more cool things there.


-Keekers

Getting started...

Good to see folks online over here at Pop & Counter! Kate, what are the links? Do you have any in particular you want to follow up on? How's the group doing generally in terms of dividing up geographical areas? I know 2.5 weeks seems like along time...but it isn't...

The Doctor

culture jammin


Hey guys, I found a bunch of culture jamming just looking in google and other pages... I just thought this was a good example of 4 different ones put all together! They are pretty obvious, which I think the point is. I shall keep looking for more!

Durden32

Sunday, January 10, 2010

hey guys just doing some general seaches I found tons of links from other students and artists who have tons to say about culture jamming and the artwork behind it ...

from disney to walmart to nike and just general advertising :) hope your searches are going well

- kate bauer

World-wide phenomenon

Culture jamming is a world-wide phenomenon; find examples of culture jams from around the globe.

Explain why they are important political pieces within their cultural contexts.


- Hey everyone, This is so that we have the question online, just incase we dont have our sheets with us when doing research and people can know the goal of our research.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010