I was going to write a post today about how I am starting a middle school sex ed class up this year and see if anyone was interested in joining us (Why do a big comprehensive sex ed unit in middle school? See yesterday’s post for answers!) … but then I found the following. And [...]
Archives for Sexuality in the Media
Being yourself, even in the media
Today is the last in this semester’s series of my college students’ Sexuality in the Media projects. We’ve had three so far (body shapes, teen parents, and LGBTQQIA). But today’s project is easily my favorite of the semester. The beauty of both the image and the message are both stunning. Melissa Hernandez created this image [...]
Body shapes in the media
Today we are continuing on the fabulous media images my students created this semester. Earlier this week I posted images about teen parents about LGBTQQIA in media.
Today’s student, Faith Jaschke, was looking at representations of body shapes and sizes in advertising. She found over the semester that there is a substantial amount of unhealthy uniformity [...]
Media messages about teen parents
Yesterday I showed you the first of this semester’s Sex in the Media projects - and now here is the second!
As part of their Sex in the Media project, my students often investigate how teen parents are represented in the media. It’s a mixed bag, frankly, with sometimes glassy-eyed-approval of the beauty and sweetness of [...]
LGBTQQIA and Advertising
For those of you who have been reading my blog for some time, you may remember that about this time last year I posted three projects from my college students that were positive representations of sexuality in the media (Avant Garde Bodies, condom/bubble gum print ads, and True Beauty). I have four more student projects [...]
On the Glamour parade
I wrote a reaction over on The Belly Project about Glamour magazine’s article and accompanying photo spread with “plus-sized” models. Glamour’s rather self-righteous tone and the plethora of too-excited, supposed-society-exploding headlines were all getting to me.
The one really good thing to come out of Glamour’s photo shoot? This really beautiful picture:
(Please ignore the [...]
Sexuality in the Media - part 3
On Wednesday I described an assignment I give to my college Human Sexuality students where they create a media image that incorporates positive sexuality. I am posting three best projects from my class this semester. On Wednesday, I posted about the blog Avant Garde Bodies, yesterday I put up sexy advertisements that showed real women’s [...]
Sexuality in the Media - part 2
Yesterday I introduced a project I use in my college level human sexuality classes where students learn how to analyze media images for their sexual content (and the quality of that content) and then create a media image of their own.
The second project is from Heather Haygood. She created sexy advertisements for gum and condoms [...]
Sexuality in the Media - part 1
I also, as many of you know, teach human sexuality at the college level. Many of these students come into my classroom with vast misunderstandings of the reproductive system (”Isn’t it true that every time you jump or sit down hard you kill one of the eggs in your ovaries?”) and barely any experience with [...]
