My friends and I have been talking about ‘selfies’, and discussing whether they play into mainstream pornographic framing of what sexiness is. Or whether selfies can be a radical act of portraying bodies that are usually not the kind of bodies we see portrayed as beautiful in mainstream media i.e. skinny, white/light skinned, able bodied, heteronormative (I’m sure you can add to this list). One of my friends suggested we do some ‘sexy intellectual selfies’ for our private group. This …
Tag: bell hooks
I’ve never done this before! This being posting just a link on ‘Adventures’, BUT this link is to an article by bell hooks. bell hooks is the reason why I’m a feminist and so when my …