[Senior Thesis] The Valkyries
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koujectHello gracious members of the internet!
Serey's in her final year of college as a studio art major. Serey wants to graduate with honors, very much. Help Serey out with her thesis please? :D;;;
My project is a series of dressforms that address gender identity and how we as people view ourselves in relation to gender. Do you see your gender stereotypes as a constant burden? Or do you overcome those somehow? Does your gender add to your identity, subtract from it, or is it just neutral? You don't have to answer these questions specifically. Just write whatever comes to mind. Use this as catharsis if necessary, or a personal exercise. BUT BE WARNED, IF THINGS HEAD IN A DIRECTION I DO NOT LIKE (i.e.: arguments that are derogatory towards another person's opinion, things that are just hurtful and not constructive), I WILL LOCK THE THREAD AND TURN ON SCREENED COMMENTS. DO NOT THINK I WON'T. That being said, if there is something you'd like to tell me, but don't feel comfortable posting it, please let me know and I can give you a place to email your piece. :3
Well, I'm not exactly looking for ranting per se, but more how you view yourself in relation to gender. :3 Like if you feel more empowered by being female/not being feminine/acting feminine or masculine/etc. These are just some ideas I thought up just now. XD; But that doesn't mean that negative things are undesirable! This is just supposed to be more scholarly and (to be honest) positive.
I was ranting to a friend the other day about how I was sick and tired of seeing negative contemporary art, screaming about how the world sucks. I'm tired of hearing the world sucks. I want to find something good somewhere and show people that through a subject that most consider ugly (gender separation, prejudice, gender bias, gender expectations), something bold and beautiful can come through by just expressing yourself and saying, 'hey world, this is me! Screw you if you don't like it, because I'm cool with it! ♥'
...that's the mission statement, at least. ._.;; Idealistic? Of course. Who do you think I am? XDDD
And that's that! With the theme and general outline in mind, go crazy! Post with your journal, RP journal, Anonymously, whatever! I'm really excited to see what you guys have to say!
Serey's in her final year of college as a studio art major. Serey wants to graduate with honors, very much. Help Serey out with her thesis please? :D;;;
My project is a series of dressforms that address gender identity and how we as people view ourselves in relation to gender. Do you see your gender stereotypes as a constant burden? Or do you overcome those somehow? Does your gender add to your identity, subtract from it, or is it just neutral? You don't have to answer these questions specifically. Just write whatever comes to mind. Use this as catharsis if necessary, or a personal exercise. BUT BE WARNED, IF THINGS HEAD IN A DIRECTION I DO NOT LIKE (i.e.: arguments that are derogatory towards another person's opinion, things that are just hurtful and not constructive), I WILL LOCK THE THREAD AND TURN ON SCREENED COMMENTS. DO NOT THINK I WON'T. That being said, if there is something you'd like to tell me, but don't feel comfortable posting it, please let me know and I can give you a place to email your piece. :3
Well, I'm not exactly looking for ranting per se, but more how you view yourself in relation to gender. :3 Like if you feel more empowered by being female/not being feminine/acting feminine or masculine/etc. These are just some ideas I thought up just now. XD; But that doesn't mean that negative things are undesirable! This is just supposed to be more scholarly and (to be honest) positive.
I was ranting to a friend the other day about how I was sick and tired of seeing negative contemporary art, screaming about how the world sucks. I'm tired of hearing the world sucks. I want to find something good somewhere and show people that through a subject that most consider ugly (gender separation, prejudice, gender bias, gender expectations), something bold and beautiful can come through by just expressing yourself and saying, 'hey world, this is me! Screw you if you don't like it, because I'm cool with it! ♥'
...that's the mission statement, at least. ._.;; Idealistic? Of course. Who do you think I am? XDDD
And that's that! With the theme and general outline in mind, go crazy! Post with your journal, RP journal, Anonymously, whatever! I'm really excited to see what you guys have to say!
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Date: 2008-09-10 06:06 am (UTC)Seriously, though, that's pretty much what it's like. I don't think of myself as any gender but I don't not think of myself as any gender...it doesn't enter my thoughts much at all until my attention is drawn to it, which unfortunately happens quite a bit.
Usually it's not anything directly critical that reminds me I'm a girl, but there's an element of exclusion to studying predominantly male fields. People either think I'm bad at math and science because I'm a girl, or, more frequently, think I must be REALLY SUPER good at it to have stuck with it despite being a girl. Either way, there's kind of an unspoken "how did she get here? SHIT hide the porn!!" that sometimes makes me feel a bit unwelcome.
I should point out that I'm talking from the perspective of an Asian girl, so I get a different set of "what you're supposed to be"s than I would if I were a different race. I find that being Asian's often used as an excuse to make up for my nerdly traits (and I make light of it myself to defuse uncomfortable situations, though I know I shouldn't and I chastise myself afterwards). "What the hell!? You're a girl! You're not supposed to be good at this!" "I'm Asian." "Ohh, right." etc etc etc.