ximena, that's an interesting take on Alice, I'll go along to watch it now with a different attitude rather than perceiving it as mere spectacle.
As for Katie Price. Ahh, you know I sometimes think that if she hadn't invented herself we would have had to do it anyway. I'm reading Duncan Reekie's book Subversion, which the blurb says is"the first complete history of underground cinema, tracing the hidden life of subterannean film-making from its pre-history [] to the microcinema festivals in the 1990s" It's a good book for anyone interesting in a viewpoint on the development of avant-garde cinema. But it's also has some good chapters on the development and sublimation of working class entertainment by the upper classes. Without paraphrasing out of context, what I would say is that it's teaching me to have a certain respect for media spectacles like Jordan (Orlan for the masses?) and programs like the X Factor. The difficult part is to not do it in an ironic way. I'm not arguing for Jordan as a role model or otherwise, I'm just trying to perceive her as something that people may want (to be/to desire)? without relying on my own aesthetic and art interests obscuring that she may be necessary. Having said that, wouldn't it be nice if she founded some business programs for young parents who hadn't or couldn't afford to go to uni to study business and to make as much cash as she has? cheers Mark On 7 March 2010 21:00, ximena alarcon <[email protected]> wrote: > A good article. I read it on Saturday and later on went to see Tim > Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", and well... I am still confused... I > don't know if Alice is a new feminist, or an old one. I wonder if she > truly knows what she wants to be, in wonderland, and in the other > lands... > > I enjoyed how she cuts the head of the Jabberwocky though! and many > other things, "Alice why are you too tall or too small, but never the > right size???" > > Ximena > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:26 PM, marc garrett > <[email protected]> wrote: > > How the 'new feminism' went wrong. > > > > Charlotte Raven (Guardian article). > > > > From pole-dancing lessons to baking cupcakes, modern woman thinks she > > can do it all. Germaine Greer's free-thinking female eunuch has been > > replaced by the desperately self-inventing 'Madonna', argues Charlotte > > Raven, who looks back in shame at the moment in the 1990s when her > > generation turned its back on feminism. > > > > Thanks to a string of celebrity sex stories, the world according to the > > tabloids has recently been – even more than usual – a sorry place for > > feminism. But among the countless snaps – of bikini-clad betrayed wives, > > distressed mistresses and pneumatic "hostesses" – perhaps the most > > disturbing was that of Katie Price's two-year-old daughter, Princess, in > > heavy makeup, complete with false eyelashes. Millions have seen it. The > > "debate" about it has been staged on all media platforms: on one TV talk > > show, a woman said she couldn't see what all the fuss was about. Her > > daughter was a "girly girl", like Princess. She "adored" dressing up and > > posing in front of cameras. It would be wrong to stop her, wouldn't it? > > > > Katie Price's currency is as high today as when she published her > > million-selling autobiography in 2004. She has generated much outrage in > > the last few years, but it is nothing compared with her influence. Her > > narcissism no longer seems so aberrant. Women's belief in specialness > > and a concomitant sense of entitlement has inflated in line with Price's > > most famous assets. > > > > How has it come to this? Feminists blame the sexists, Martin Amis et al, > > which is easy but unfair. In reality, we can't blame anyone but > > ourselves. While Price has been working tirelessly at getting her > > message across, the thinking women – the writers and journalists – who > > should have been putting the counter case have been indulging in a > > variety of "guilty pleasures" – from ogling young men (Germaine Greer in > > The Boy) to drooling over frocks (Linda Grant in The Thoughtful > > Dresser). Feminists have become increasingly frivolous, and as such are > > no match for Price, who is serious about her mission to win over all > > women to "Team Narcissist". > > > > more... > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/mar/06/charlotte-raven-feminism-madonna-price > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > -- > http://soundingunderground.org > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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