https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il en-us 2023-01-03 12:25:50 UTC 2025-09-30 12:04:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f965.png jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432383403 2023-01-03 12:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432383403 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432431679 2023-01-03 13:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432431679 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432447008 Obviously a blog post so not good for actual essay but discusses important themes and gives good examples with images of the sexualisation and objectification in popular, mainstream comic books --> come back to this for examples ?]]> 2023-01-03 13:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432447008 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432464471 Website created in the 90s compiling a list of times were women had been injured, raped, killed etc. as a plot device to move a male characters story arc forward. Definitely an interesting subject I would want to touch on in my essay if possible as it sort of links to Mulveys essay where in she talks about how essentially women are often used in narrative story lines only as something beneficial to men. Women are represented as sexual objects for mens desire or maimed/killed for mens anguish to further their development]]> 2023-01-03 14:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432464471 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432469695 Not really super useful in terms of my essay but a fun example of the different illustration techniques used for male and female characters in comic books. Tumblr page dedicated to drawing male characters in the same poses as female characters to highlight the over-sexualised, deformed and ridiculous way in which women are almost always drawn in comic books]]> 2023-01-03 14:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432469695 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432673490 2023-01-03 17:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432673490 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432713410 Book of essays about the portrayal of women in film and comic books. Particularly interested in Chapter Two at the moment which speaks about the Bad Girl trope of women which massively influenced films and comic books in the 90s - a trope in which women were portrayed to be just as self-assured and skillful as men whilst still being over-sexualised and objectified, "a hysterical mask of femininity" as Brown puts it]]> 2023-01-03 17:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2432713410 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441413769 2023-01-11 20:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441413769 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441414840 Initial essay title ]]> 2023-01-11 20:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441414840 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441419585 - I want Laura Mulveys essay to essentially be the basis of my essay, I think the majority of my points so far link back to her thesis and the idea of the male gaze
- I think I want my initial first paragraph to be centered around the physical depiction of women in graphic novels and comic books e.g hyper-sexualised and inhuman body proportions
 --> definitely mention the Hawkeye Initiative and find case studies highlighting clear differences in the way that women are physically depicted

]]> 2023-01-11 20:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441419585 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441427986 - In my second and third paragraphs I want to focus more on the narrative tropes that women often fall into 
- Either two separate paragraphs or one long one but I want to touch on the Women in Refridgerators trope and the Manic Pixie dream girl trope 
    --> MPDG falls under the quote "Erotic subject for the characters" whereas first paragraph is talking about "erotic subject for the spectator"
- essentially how women are used as narrative devices in order to further the male protagonists story arc further - no agency of their own and very little background or story given to them if any ]]> 2023-01-11 20:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441427986 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441431341 - "male gaze projects its phantasy onto the female figure"
- "womens desire is subjected to her image (as bearer of the bleeding wound"
- "woman is image, man as bearer of look"
- "the presence of women is an indispensable element of spectacle, yet her visual presence tends to work against the development of a story line; to freeze the flow of action in moments of erotic contemplation"
-“denies women agency, relegating them to the status of objects.”]]> 2023-01-11 20:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441431341 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441435925 - "woman then stands as a patriarchal signifier...in which man can live out his fantasies and obsessions"
- "image of woman still tied to her place of bearer of meaning, not maker of meaning" 
---> these are both part of the same longer quote but picking out key aspects 

]]> 2023-01-11 20:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2441435925 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2443059803 I think want to include Tank Girl as a case study in my essay as I think it's an interesting and divisive subject, from what I can see from my research into it so far. It's split pretty 50/50 in terms of praise and criticism for Tank Girl, after all, she isn't the typical over-sexualised, hyper-feminine female character like so many others and is often praised as a feminist icon in the graphic novel world. This article was interesting to me as it brings about the question of whether a female character written, drawn and constructed by men can ever really be separate from the male gaze. Whilst Tank Girl is so different from so many other female characters, as this article points out, she was created by two heterosexual men and therefore essentially still bends to their will. 
--> I think if possible to bring this question up it would be an interesting discussion about the male gaze and positive representation for female characters - either PTwo or P3]]> 2023-01-13 02:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2443059803 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2443060512 2023-01-13 02:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2443060512 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2443063908 From what I know so far about Tank Girl (must do more research!) Ive always thought one of the reasons she was so appealing to men is that she has a very masculine demeanor whilst still presenting physically as a conventionally attractive "sexy" woman. This to me seems like it links back to the idea of the male gaze and men pushing their fantasies onto a female character. Shes a cool girl who drinks and swears just as much as men whilst still providing that idea of the "erotic" subject for the spectator ]]> 2023-01-13 02:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2443063908 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2443777787 Whilst I probably won't include this in my essay I thought it was an interesting link to the MPDG and Not Like Other Girls Tropes I'd mentioned. This monologue highlights the notion, and ridiculousness, of a "Cool Girl" and how it falls under the male gaze and again links back to Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure" and the idea of men pushing their fantasies onto women. I think this is why Tank Girl interests me so much as she is perceived as the ultimate "Cool Girl", one of the "boys" and is therefore seen as some kind of feminist icon because she isn't overly feminine whilst still being this sort of unreachable stereotype. I think the idea of "not like other girls" or a "Cool Girl" seems inherently misogynistic to me and creates a divide between women due to internalised misogyny. Women can only be seen as cool and interesting when rejecting femininity and acting more masculine, however at the end of the day they're still women and men will only really create and perceive them as such. I think this is interesting relating back to the "Dangerous Curves" essay I read where he talks about female characters having a "hysterical mask of femininity" as this is the complete opposite -> LOOK INTO THIS SORT OF THING MORE]]> 2023-01-13 16:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2443777787 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2461689763 Brings up the interesting point that the reason the Hawkeye Initiative is so popular and has such a visceral reaction is because men are involved and seeing them in such sexualised positions is jarring for the viewer, however just seeing women like that doesnt evoke the same reaction as it has become so normalised in our society especially in comic books, it is not abnormal 
--> quote I liked from this article - Objectification of women is a serious issue, and plays a huge role in perpetuating rape culture, but it is only when a man is objectified that the world sits up and takes notice.]]> 2023-01-30 16:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2461689763 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2463234528 I think I need to go into more depth with this but its interesting as she talks about how gendered behaviours are not natural and are learned --> interesting in relation to comic books as these are often read at a young age and are heavily gender binaried (?) which can have an effect on the way the audience views women vs men]]> 2023-01-31 15:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2463234528 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2463262283 2023-01-31 16:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2463262283 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2463299532 My padlet board is not working properly so am just uploading all my images onto this google doc until it works again :((]]> 2023-01-31 16:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2463299532 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2463434901 2023-01-31 17:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2463434901 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2464625582 2023-02-01 14:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2464625582 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2464653411 2023-02-01 14:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2464653411 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2464835863 some good examples of fridging i could use as case studies in my essay 
- identity crisis comic book in which elongated mans wife is raped and murdered for shock value ]]> 2023-02-01 16:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2464835863 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466246707 - interesting to talk about in first paragraph maybe and how over-sexualisation and objectification of women in comic books contributes to rape culture]]> 2023-02-02 14:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466246707 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466368491 I found this essay today (second of Feb) and it essentially covers everything i want to cover in my essay ]]> 2023-02-02 16:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466368491 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466416678 - As described by Jones and Jacobs (2005): “Females, perpetually bending over, arching their backs, and heaving their anti-gravity breasts into readers’ faces, defied all laws of physics… the Victoria’s Secret catalogue became the Bible of every super-hero artist, an endless source of stilted poses ripe for swiping by boys who wanted their fantasies of women far removed from any human reality.”
- Michael Lavin, “powerful super-heroines like DC’s Wonder Woman or Marvel’s She-Hulk may easily overcome the most overwhelming threats and obstacles, but they are invariably depicted as alluring objects of desire, wearing the scantiest of costumes.
- One study conducted by Jessica H. Zellers shows an examination of how women are depicted in eighteen graphic novels. She finds that “of the suggestively clad, partially clad, or naked individuals, about three times as many were women (296) than men (107).” From the graphic novel sample where there were 1,768 male characters and 786 female characters, only 6% of all males were suggestively clad, partially clad, or naked; while of all the females, 38% were suggestively clad, partially clad, or naked. Additionally, of all males, 2% were naked, while of all females, 24% were naked. Zellers writes: “It is incredible that almost one out of every four females was, at some point, depicted in the nude” (2005).]]> 2023-02-02 16:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466416678 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466447644 2023-02-02 16:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466447644 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466467749 - try and find a pdf online of this as it explores what i want to speak about in my essay and contains good quotes and examples]]> 2023-02-02 17:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2466467749 jesslangan14 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2503514206

]]> 2023-03-04 15:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2503514206 https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2507537701 womens suffering and abuse being used as cliche tropes]]> 2023-03-07 20:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jesslangan14/cprouuap34djl6il/wish/2507537701