Blog 1: Gender

Blog Posting Due:  Saturday, September 22.  Answer all four prompts, and meet the general requirements, to receive full credit.

Prompt 1:  Identify a cultural artifact that is a representation of gender – that is, what it means to be a woman, man, a transgender individual, or a person who exists outside of the gender binary.  Describe your cultural artifact.  Post an image, or provide a link to the cultural artifact.  (3 points)

 Prompt 2:  What does your chosen cultural artifact say about gender and gender expression?  How does it reinforce traditional ideas of masculinity and/or femininity?  Does it attempt to challenge or push back against traditional ideas about gender and gender expression, and if so, how?  (3 points)

 Prompt 3:  Do you feel that this specific representation of gender in pop culture has impacted the way you think about your own gender identity/expression?  If so, how?  If not, why not?  (2 points)

 Prompt 4:  Examine your chosen cultural artifact using Wendy Griswold’s cultural diamond.  What is the cultural object (the cultural artifact that you identified in Prompt 1)?  What is the social world in which the cultural object exists and acts?  Who may be the creators (producers) of the cultural object?  And who are their intended audience (receivers)?  (4 points)

General Requirements:  Posting is a minimum of 400 words.  Your first and last names appear on your blog.  Blog title includes “Blog 1” – You may add additional text to the title if you wish to be creative. Writing is clear, organized, and free of substantive grammatical errors.  (3 points)

Total Possible Points = 15 points

Peer Responses Due: Sunday, September 30:  3 peer responses x 5 points each.   Peer must be substantive in nature to receive full credit.