University of Western Ontario Reflection About Women Study Paper You have two choices. (1) Pick a film that you feel is a solid attempt to defy/disrupts the male gaze, and explain how it does so, and the powerful, positive messages it communicates to women (and girls, and even include LGBTQI+ persons if possible – be inclusive & intersectional!). Be sure to also discuss if your film choice can do more/go further to defy/disrupt the male gaze and how you think it could do so. OR (2) Do you agree with Young? – Is there a unique female subjectivity/experience in clothing that does not fall prey to the oppression of the male gaze/patriarchal structures? Is HE always in the picture or not? Once again, if possible be inclusive & intersectional in your writing. You may speak using the first person.While this is not a super formal piece of academic writing, please follow the usual guidelines of good grammar, spelling, punctuation. Try to structure your reflection so it doesn’t feel like a rant. Execution is key here! Oh and yes, you may swear if you feel the need to. To cite readings simply name the author and the page number from the text. Direct quoting is not necessary, summary is always nice, but if you do make sure you clearly show where it comes from. You may include in your reflection personal experience, or examples from the media, or film, or music, etc. – a real concrete example to illustrate your reflection. Make sure to include websites or information to cite this example. If you go over the word limit the is fine. If you are under it, that’s not fine. To upload to DropBox, simply click on the tab, and near your name is a drop down menu called “actions” – click it and then you’ll see ‘upload files’. Select that. You don’t necessarily get an email receipt, so if you want to make sure it is there you can email me to say you uploaded it and to confirm it. As per the syllabus, it is optional to do the reflection this week. You have to do 5 in total over term, and which weeks you do a reflection is up to you.
