Category: Media Literacy
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I Stand with Otis Carey
Ignorance and blindness are the foundations upon which racism is built. Plenty more houses are built upon ignorance and blindness, like sexism and homophobia. Perhaps one of the most misunderstood aspects of racism, sexism and homophobia is that cruel intentions are not a requirement for racist, sexist or homophobic acts to be perpetrated. In addition,…
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The Privilege of Following Your Dreams
I have found that in (nearly) every conversations about and within surfing, the hierarchy of power and privilege is the single most often overlooked underlying assumption to each of these conversations. But I also believe that this open door, this obvious omission, allows the exact rupture needed for intense analysis and change to permeate the…
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Eddie Would Go. Maya Ought to Think Twice?: How we are progressing past sexism in our culture.
Sexist sentiments that one might expect to find around Maya Gabeira’s surviving a botched rescue attempt after tackling one of the largest waves (if not the largest) ever attempted by a female in a tow-in scenario, I found written by a woman on Surfer Magazine’s website and in comments by industry stalwarts, viz. a couple…
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Selling Sex in Surfing: Opinion and Fact Collide
Beyond the opinions of whether sex sells or not, and all the attendant questions often overlooked in this simple cliché (e.g. What does sex sell, exactly? Does sex effectively sell every product/service? How does this marketing strategy impact society? Are men and women equally drawn to the sexualization of human bodies? Are men and women…
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Road to Roxy
Interspersed in this post are some amazing voices from those who are supporting a petition to ask Roxy to stop using “sexy” to sell their products, a request that I argue pertains to the entire surf industry. You can read about the video that started it all here. You can add your voice to…
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Protected: “Who is losing when sex is sold?” The future.
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Roxy, #whoamIjustguess: surf-sex w/o a face
The trend of sexualization of women in surfing has been steadily building. It has been building slowly enough that we have had plenty of time to argue back and forth about whether this is a trend that will or already has been, aggravated toward more sexualization of female surfers. Today, something has fundamentally shifted. The…
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How Surfing is a Rhetoric of Pro-Globalization and Surfer Girls in the New World Order (video)
…and how the female surfer is an icon for western globalization’s vision for the means of women’s liberation… Krista Comer’s Surfer Girls in the New World Order, published 2010.
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“Beyond Gidget” – Cooler Magazine: Issue #38
“Beyond Gidget” in the newest issue (Aug/Sept 2012) of Cooler Magazine Excerpts: “…women’s purchase intentions increase up to 300 percent when exposed to diverse body styles and types in advertising.” “The women in Ben Barry’s study commented that what inspires them most in representations of women is ‘glamour, artistry, and creativity.’ Rather than focusing on…
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Bearded Ladies of Surf
Sometimes, the utterly ridiculous offers the possibility of a profound clarity, despite the intentions of its origins and despite how it is initially read. As Surfer Magazine suggests: “Bearded Ladies Nick Rosza is all for equality. Women deserve beards too.” However, there is the opportunity here for a more subversive reading, one that Mr. Rosza…
