https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2021-05-26 20:49:36 UTC 2026-02-23 23:05:21 UTC hello@padlet.com lokeefe7 https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1562944407 The women characters in Mean Girls, specifically Regina George, we depicted as vain, unintelligent, and gossip obsessed. They created rules around their vanity (e.g. no sweatpants, only wear hair in pony tail once a week), and commented on their body weight often. They also created a book of rumors that glorified women being entrenched in drama. One character, Karen, was shown as extremely unintelligent. ]]> 2021-05-26 20:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1562944407 lokeefe7 https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1562956768 Bonnie McCurray is a secondary character in Letterkenny. She is specifically used as a sex icon. Whenever she comes on scene, it is in slow motion and the main characters say "Bonnie McCurray" in a desirable way. They all pine after her in her intentionally revealing outfits. ]]> 2021-05-26 20:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1562956768 aublesammy11 https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1562979393 Chris Evans plays Captain America and is seen as a large masculine figure. His powerful strength is used to show men as muscular and capable of anything and everything even though his power is artificially enhanced in the plot (super hero).]]> 2021-05-26 21:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1562979393 lokeefe7 https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1574418942 Kurt Hummel was the first openly gay character on Glee. Though Kurt has many attributes (kindness, sympathy, family oriented), he is depicted with stereotypical personality traits: superficial and appearance focussed, "catty," emotional, and not athletic. ]]> 2021-05-31 20:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1574418942 lokeefe7 https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1574440829 Olivia Pope, the lead character, is shown as a strong, intellectual woman. On the other hand, she embodies several stereotypes of African American women: the sapphire (an African American woman portrayed as loud, stubborn, and overbearing), a jezebel (an African American woman shown as seducing and tempting), and a mammy (an African American woman depicted as seemingly content with slavery). She is depicted as a jezebel by having an affair with the president, a sapphire by persisting until she gets what she wants, and a mammy for being okay with fixing all of the presidents mistakes. Even as the main character, she is exploited through racial stereotypes.
(reading resource and reference: https://drexel.edu/~/media/Files/law/law%20review/v11-2/freeman.ashx)]]> 2021-05-31 21:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1574440829 bryannahurd https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577625533 Joey is harassed by his friends throughout the episode for having a bag to carry around his things because its too girly. At one point one of the characters says something to the affect of "whatcha carrying around? your makeup?"]]> 2021-06-01 20:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577625533 giangrandearianna37 https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577630448 In the show "The Office" Jan who is a higher up corporate manager who is hyper sexualized and emotional throughout the show. Many of the male office workers discuss how she became more attractive once she got a boob job. When she was dating the office manager Michael Scott, she was portrayed as a crazy, needy, and clingy girlfriend. Once she becomes a mother, that becomes the main point of her character and all the other characteristics she had were no longer important. ]]> 2021-06-01 20:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577630448 kaurs101 https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577638389 The handmaids are fertile women assigned to the households of the elite Wives and Commanders. Their only duty is to carry children for these families. Emily was a lesbian women who was not allowed to be lesbian. She actually faced severe repercussions for being lesbian and acting out. Women in general are treated extremely poor. ]]> 2021-06-01 21:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577638389 kessorensen1 https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577639982 There's a scene I'm thinking of from one of the earlier seasons of Supernatural (late 2000s) where the two brothers get mistaken for a gay couple while checking in at a hotel. They have a short back and forth about why they think they were mistaken and one idea they come up with is that Dean (left in this picture) might be overcompensating and being over masculine.]]> 2021-06-01 21:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577639982 bryannahurd https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577647641 Marcus is the epitome of the quiet brooding bad boy type, he has a motorcycle, sneaks out to have sex, doesn't talk too much. Max is his twin sister and she is full of energy, won't be quiet, is the life of the party, just wants to be in love, and dramatically cries when things go badly. Their dynamic in the show portrays them as polar opposites despite being twins. They never seem to get along ]]> 2021-06-01 21:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577647641 minikenr https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577649631 In most reality TV shows aimed at finding love, women are beautiful, emotional, small-bodied and feminine. Reality shows play up drama and emotions that women have throughout the show. Men are usually athletic, strong, intimidating, more masculine traits.]]> 2021-06-01 21:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lokeefe7/6815eomfclma266e/wish/1577649631