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Activities, Videos and Oral Histories that define media, sexism and body image, and encourage critical thought about consumerist images in juxtaposition with bodily self-esteem. (60-90 min)
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Body Image, Consumerism & Grrrl
Rock:
Putting the ‘Y’ in DIY
"Except for Joan of Arc and Anne Frank, the
thoughts of teenage girls have rarely been taken
seriously."
Activities, Videos and Oral Histories that define media, sexism and body image, and
encourage critical thought about consumerist images in juxtaposition with bodily self-
esteem. (60-90 min)
Materials:
Magazines that can be used for an art project; various titles depending on age groups
Middle school – teen poster mags, cosmo teen, People, Us, 3-4 Local Weeklies, art mags, photo mags
High school - Glamour, Bust, Maxim, Self, People, Us, Cosmo, Marie Claire, Bitch, Tattoo mags, car mags, 3-4 Local
weeklies, Soma/art mags, photo mags
Scissors – 4-6 pair
Glue
Wrapping paper, Construction Paper, tissue paper (zines)
White Paper
Markers and Colored Pencils
Let’s Draw Ourselves!
Who Are we? How do we define ourselves?
Why are you so RAD?
Find three things we like and put a heart on them, circle them, cover them in glitter, whatever.
Whats your Favortie Body Part and Why?Mirror In My Mind - pt 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAa07LYkx-A
A Closer Look...
What do the women look like? Do they look like you? Why or why not?
What are the women doing? Are they doing anything we do?
What’s duct tape got to do with it?- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP31r70_QNM
You misspelled ‘girl’
What do you mean Grrrl? presented by: the
Herstory Channel
"let’s get all these girls to play instruments, take over, change
everything!"
“All you have to do is sound like yourselves.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ieiTaJrN4
No really...
Why are you so Radical?
Define some stuff:
DIY, ‘Zine
Media, Sexism, Radical
A declaration by the band Bikini Kill outlines Riot Grrrl philosophy:
BECAUSE us girls crave record and books and fanzines that speak to US that WE feel included
in and can understand in our own ways.
BECAUSE we wanna make it easier for girls to see/hear each other’s work so that we can
share strategies and criticize-applaud each other.
BECAUSE we want and need to encourage and be encouraged in the face of all our own
insecurities, in the face of beergutboyrock that tells us we can’t play our instruments, in the
face of “authorities” who say our bands/zines/etc. are the worst in the U.S.
BECAUSE we are angry at a society that tells us Girl=Dumb, Girl=Bad, Girl=Weak.
BECAUSE we are unwilling to let our real and valid anger be diffused and/or turned against
us via the internalization of sexism as witnessed in girl/girl jealousism and self-defeating girl
type behaviors.
BECAUSE I believe with my wholeheartmindbody that girls constitute a revolutionary soul
force that can, and will, change the world for real
ResourcesBands
Joan Jett, Bikini Kill, LeTigre, Sleater Kinney
Grace Jones, Objex, babes in toyland
bratmobile, excuse 17, casual dots, slant 6, very angry girls
Zines
Las Vegas Zine Library in Emergency Arts downtown...
Very Active Girls Into Nerdy Activities - FB
• Sites
http://www.girlsrockradio.com/
http://www.grassrootsfeminism.net
http://geekfeminism.org/
http://riotgrrrlonline.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/how-to-start-a-zine/
http://forwrrrd.blogspot.com/
• Books
V-Girls
Our Bodies, Ourselves
cunt