Talk:Killing Us Softly

Hi Steve,

I think you have an overall rich content in terms of your introduction of the documentary, and that you gave a brief but great summary of what the documentary is about. All the subtitles also fit very well with our class materials. One thing I would recommend you to add— to make your Wiki page not only limited to the documentary but a broader context— is to discuss sexualization, objectification and images of the female body in the context of our society. You could discuss and include sources that are relevant to these topics. For example, you can give a few more examples for the sexualization of the women’s body. You could especially look at YSL’s Opium campaign because it has raised a lot of criticisms. In regards to a scholarly article for this topic, you might be interested in reading “Fashion Or Porm?: The Hyper-sexualization of Western Culture And The Commodification of Sex”. There is this blog that you might also be interested in: http://thewhaleandtherose.com/2013/sex-sells-we-take-a-look-at-the-most-provocative-of-perfume-ads/#.VQKAU_nF8nM. Other than this, I think it would also be very interesting to include how it is different for white women and black women in terms of objectification and sexualization- are they objectified and sexualized to the same extent? If not, how do they differ? What do the differences imply? Moreover, contrasting portrayals of women and men in advertisement would also be a very interesting to explore!

That said, I think what you have right now is very informative! Great job!

Rina

Thanks for the feedback Rina!

I really appreciate the dedication you put into this course, which I can clearly see from this comment and through your discussion posts. I will definitely take a look at the material you suggested and see if I can make some good additions!

Steve