Professor Cacoilo
Activists, Interlopers, and Pranksters
September 19, 2018
Assignment
Define Patriarchy as per the bell hooks reading. Then through online or other research find an artist/art project who addresses and challenges the status quo, patriarchy, and its systemic power and dominance. Write a short description of the art project and bring it to class in addition to your quotes. You can share this project on twitter or on the blog if you wish.
Patriarchy is defined as according to Bells Hooks as a "political social system that insists that males are inherently dominating, superior to everything and everyone deemed weak, especially females, and endowed with the right to dominate and rule over the weak and to maintain that dominance through various forms of psychological terrorism and violence." or as she probably prefers to define it as "the single most life- threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation." Patriarchy is something that has been going on, and will most likely still be going on, for years.
Through out my lifetime, patriarchy has played a huge role in the person that I am today. My parents have fairly traditional values that were endowed into their three children. Me, being the only girl with two brothers, was raised to always clean up after my brothers. I was never allowed to stay out past a certain time, because it was too dangerous, meanwhile my brothers where allowed to be out for as long as they please. Unlike, Bell Hooks, my parents allowed me to be competitive and play with the boys but there were certain guidelines that i had to abide to just because i was female.
Patriarchy doesn't only affect females. Males also suffer from this social system. With patriarchy a men is viewed as a strong symbol not capable of having any emotions towards sadness or fright. This has caused suicide levels to go up for men since they aren't capable of coping with their emotions because they were never taught how to. Also affecting how men interact with women and the relationships that the have.
The artist that a chose to talk about is Beyonce. She is an incredible artist that stands for an independent women. One of her songs that truly screams this message is Run the World, which include lyrics such as "I'm repping for the girls, who taking over the world, have me raise a glass, for the college grads" Through her songs and performances Beyonce uses her voice and position to inspire women to be great, be independent, and be strong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U
Activists, Interlopers, and Pranksters
September 19, 2018
Assignment
Define Patriarchy as per the bell hooks reading. Then through online or other research find an artist/art project who addresses and challenges the status quo, patriarchy, and its systemic power and dominance. Write a short description of the art project and bring it to class in addition to your quotes. You can share this project on twitter or on the blog if you wish.
Patriarchy is defined as according to Bells Hooks as a "political social system that insists that males are inherently dominating, superior to everything and everyone deemed weak, especially females, and endowed with the right to dominate and rule over the weak and to maintain that dominance through various forms of psychological terrorism and violence." or as she probably prefers to define it as "the single most life- threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation." Patriarchy is something that has been going on, and will most likely still be going on, for years.
Through out my lifetime, patriarchy has played a huge role in the person that I am today. My parents have fairly traditional values that were endowed into their three children. Me, being the only girl with two brothers, was raised to always clean up after my brothers. I was never allowed to stay out past a certain time, because it was too dangerous, meanwhile my brothers where allowed to be out for as long as they please. Unlike, Bell Hooks, my parents allowed me to be competitive and play with the boys but there were certain guidelines that i had to abide to just because i was female.
Patriarchy doesn't only affect females. Males also suffer from this social system. With patriarchy a men is viewed as a strong symbol not capable of having any emotions towards sadness or fright. This has caused suicide levels to go up for men since they aren't capable of coping with their emotions because they were never taught how to. Also affecting how men interact with women and the relationships that the have.
The artist that a chose to talk about is Beyonce. She is an incredible artist that stands for an independent women. One of her songs that truly screams this message is Run the World, which include lyrics such as "I'm repping for the girls, who taking over the world, have me raise a glass, for the college grads" Through her songs and performances Beyonce uses her voice and position to inspire women to be great, be independent, and be strong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U
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