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Original Ideas
Fashion and Feminism,Is the fashion industry's interest in feminism genuine? History of fashion and feminism
-how clothes have been used to make a political statement Fashions houses recent pushes to make political statements in support of the feminist movement- are these genuine or to boost sales or just keeping with a trend (trying to stay relevant)
Channel 2014 fashion show staged fake protest (stick thin models) was their message genuine or just for sales
women leaders -
Original Ideas (research and development)
possibly conduct my own research, interviews, statistics
articles directly linked to my topic
articles in publications about political leaders or women in positions of influence/power but add a focus onto their clothing -
Essay?
Possibility of making a documentary depending on my final choice of topic -
Topic decision
Decided to focus on feminism as a commodity
Came to this after realising the need to be more specific on the topic of fashion and feminism also, general reading of articles
Not yet sure on the specific way I will phrase the question -
Advisor meeting
How to phrase question, want to avoid the title making a conclusion (such as to what extent do you agree with...), possibly something around feminism losing it's value the more it becomes mainstream look into zeitgeist, political aspects, audience reception analysis, holly mcnish, two step flow theory
SHEP- social, historical, economic and political celebrity feminism (lena dunham, emma watson)
beyonces need to have a persona and compartmentalise her personality to become who she truly is -
Advisor meeting continued
Need facts figures, Men v women identifying as feminist (stats collected by cosmo and formal research who says they are feminist to be cool)
media released reflect current climate(9/11 many zombie movies vs rn orange is the new black, bad moms)
look at texts greater context linking to theory then finding other texts
Follow the path find good author what else they’ve written, follow reference
contemporary over historical(Old theory link w current sit
Desensitised derogatory statement women -
Women's March
are there anyways to link the women's march with feminism as a commodity -
Celebrity feminism
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a8642654/celebrity-feminism-has-no-place-in-trumps-america/
interesting article possible link to commodity since the celebrity is basically a brand, selling themselves http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-brandline/celebrities-are-commodities/article1679643.ece
explains how celebrities are a commodity -
Chat with advisor and ordered a book
Breif chat with Mrs. Michael about my current progress.
Received my book order "We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement"