Hiiiiii lads! It has been awhile since i started writing again and it feels good to be back! 🙂 I promise this read will be more interesting and exciting! There will be two parts to today’s read:
Firstly, my personal take on i)feminism and my group’s ii)subvertisement.
Secondly, is about an online video sharing platform, iii) Tiktok and how it has created such a societal debate on mediated public spheres.
i) Feminism
I firmly believe that gender should not be the ultimate factor that determines the role an individual play in society.
Yes, there are indeed differences in the way men and women handles a situation. Women are known to be more empathetic, intuitive and focuses on building relationships whereas men are known to be more assertive, task-oriented and competitive. Certain jobs might look out for particular traits that are more common in a specific gender however I feel that we should not omit a specific gender completely so that it will be fair for everyone to fight for the position based on skills that they developed and trained for rather than relying on privileges given.
ii) Subvertisement
My group members are Chessa, Chelsea and Darren! We decided to go against a popular fast food chain Nandos over their ”buns and breasts” remark where women’s private body parts are being objectified.
My group’s stand on feminism is that there should be political, economic and social equality of the sexes. The time has come where I present you my group’s subvertisement:
The message
From our subvertisement, we would like to demonstrate that there is an equality between the sexes by showing that women are capable of holding high position jobs, contributing to the society as well as doing the things that men do. The caption “Hey Nando’s we are not just hot chicks!” means that there are valuable qualities, talents and skills hidden behind a pretty face that people should explore more into. Hence we shouldn’t just degrade women by portraying them as objects to satisfy men’s pleasures.
iii) TIK TOK
Tiktok has taken over social media. It is an application where it allows individuals to be creative and to film short lip-sync, dancing, comedy and cute animal videos. You are also able to gain popularity on tiktok via the number of followers you have for the content that you post. People these days spend so much time on tiktok that if you were to stop a teenager on the street today, almost 80% know the dance moves to popular tiktok video. This hype and obsession has gone out of control, where problems of inappropriate content such as vaping tricks arising from this platform. Also, due to peer pressure people adopt extreme methods just to create a good video so that they will look “cool”.
Many problems are brought to societal attention and the following are some discussion topics found in a mediated public sphere:
Have you all tried creating a tiktok video?
To end off, here’s a reminder to spend time with your loved ones this weekend!
Thank you for reading! 🙂
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Hi Angel!! I really like the concept of your poster that your team has done as it is very interesting! The figures of powerful women behind the “curtain” of different types of chicken really brings out the message that women are not just “chicks”. The caption that called out Nando’s for labelling women as mere pieces of chicken really shows that part of feminism is to speak up and not let other people define you as a women.
The example of TikTok is really interesting as well as it is one of the most popular apps currently. I do agree that the younger generation are being obsessed with gaining popularity on the internet that they are willing to do just about anything to prove that they deserve to be popular. And yes, I did re-create some of the dance moves featured on the app but only because it’s very fun to do with my friends so don’t judge ok HAHAHAH
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Hola Angel, my fellow group member!
I love your short message for our subvertisement that capable and beautiful women should be valued based on their character and aptitudes rather than looking at their outer appearances. This is especially relevant in today’s context when there is a boom in the beauty and cosmetic industry due to the societal expectation of woman being presentable by wearing makeup for work and sometimes outside of our home.
Though I am not a user of Tiktok, the critics of Tiktok makes me think that Tiktok is dangerous. But I believe that Tiktok can help to create good memories and foster strong connections between people as seen from the Tiktok with your dance crew.
Have a great weekend ahead too!
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Hello Angel! Love the take you and groupmates had at the Nando’s advertisement. I have to say the Nando’s advertisement is rather revolting in my opinion. What is sad to say is that this is also how females are being sexualise in India, where the advertisements are created. I certainly do hope that it will change! I like how the powerful women placed in the poster really enhance the message that women are not just “chicks” and we are able to be much better than we can think of!
Ahh Tiktok the app that has been taken in storm by this current generation, I do have to agree that people are doing all sorts of video just to be famous, I have seen teens doing videos with heavy sexual innuendos, and these teens are probably younger than us. Well I do really use Tik Tok, but I use the chinese version called Douyin, it is like Tik Tok but better!
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Hey there Angel, I see you have started using the terms lads as well! It is cool, but I highly doubt that level of coolness can rub off on you! Hahahah! Anyway, I wanted to say, a wonderful message you guys came up with during the presentation. It is shocking to see the amount of sexual innuendo placed into the marketing of Nando’s. I was like mate, that ain’t right, like what about for gays their life aint complete without a hot chick on a pole? Furthermore, I agree with you that tiktok has become an addiction for numerous teenagers. I won’t so much so go on to say that it is a national crisis, but I do agree that a huge amount of time is wasted in using that app. And honestly, as far as I have noticed it is the best looking people that has plenty of subscribers, what is talent got to do with that? Anyway, wonderfully written post, hope to see more next time!
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