Comments on: Real Women http://kfitz.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/real-women/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:36:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ryanpayne http://kfitz.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/real-women/#comment-16 ryanpayne Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:12:54 +0000 http://kfitz.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/real-women/#comment-16 How is a thunder thigh different than a toned thigh that is described in douglas's essay. Its even more so like that of a man's which douglas makes a point of in her writing that women are attempting to look more like men. I agree with the other ones though. How is a thunder thigh different than a toned thigh that is described in douglas’s essay. Its even more so like that of a man’s which douglas makes a point of in her writing that women are attempting to look more like men. I agree with the other ones though.

]]> By: lexydeg http://kfitz.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/real-women/#comment-15 lexydeg Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:10:52 +0000 http://kfitz.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/real-women/#comment-15 I love the first poster and what you said about it. It, and the third are really great examples of the opposite of what Douglass is saying. Makes me wonder how you found them. I wasn't as sure about the second picture because the legs appear amost what "perfect legs" should look like, and then i saw the "thunderthighs" part of it. Great job. I love the first poster and what you said about it. It, and the third are really great examples of the opposite of what Douglass is saying. Makes me wonder how you found them. I wasn’t as sure about the second picture because the legs appear amost what “perfect legs” should look like, and then i saw the “thunderthighs” part of it. Great job.

]]> By: kwadkins http://kfitz.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/real-women/#comment-14 kwadkins Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:08:52 +0000 http://kfitz.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/real-women/#comment-14 Kyle, Your examples were really good. I especially like the one about the thunder thigs they are great. You have some good insight. So people from Conneticut reall aren't retarded, WOW!!!! Kyle,
Your examples were really good. I especially like the one about the thunder thigs they are great. You have some good insight. So people from Conneticut reall aren’t retarded, WOW!!!!

]]> By: Professor Groom http://kfitz.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/real-women/#comment-13 Professor Groom Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:05:44 +0000 http://kfitz.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/real-women/#comment-13 Kathy, You have three excellent examples here. The Nike ad, as you argue, is the perfect antithesis to the logic of ads that Douglass traces. I particularly like the way in which the low shot looking up at this woman's thighs suggests power and prowess -and powerful subversion of the more typical representations Douglass traces throughout the 1980s. You sum the first ad up wonderfully, both "exhilirating and upsetting." I was not aware of this particular movement -are these stickers that they use to flag products? Your final image goes a long way towards suggesting alternatives to mass mediated representations -how about <a>flickr</a> or<a href="http://youtube.com" rel="nofollow"> youtube</a>, where we all can reclaim some of these representations! Kathy,

You have three excellent examples here. The Nike ad, as you argue, is the perfect antithesis to the logic of ads that Douglass traces. I particularly like the way in which the low shot looking up at this woman’s thighs suggests power and prowess -and powerful subversion of the more typical representations Douglass traces throughout the 1980s.

You sum the first ad up wonderfully, both “exhilirating and upsetting.” I was not aware of this particular movement -are these stickers that they use to flag products?

Your final image goes a long way towards suggesting alternatives to mass mediated representations -how about flickr or youtube, where we all can reclaim some of these representations!

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