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Summer courses...
Sep. 8th, 2013 07:47 pmA relatively (?) brief update... I got my marks back for my summer courses. I got a C- in my 3rd year feminism class on eating disorders (I described the personal doom surrounding said mark a couple of posts ago if you are inclined... the mark reflects that I was only able to finish half of the final exam, so that sliced 25% of my grade right off the top as the exam was worth 50% of my mark). This is fine though in my mind under the circumstances as I got a credit in the course (0.5 credits since it was a half-summer one), woot! The big news is that for my full-summer course (the 1st year Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies seminar course that I had to take to qualify for a B.A. in the subject), I got my second ever (in my life) A+... woooooooot! Beer and pizza all around (or suitable replacements for those that cannot consume either or both, heh)!
For the 3rd year course, the exam had two components: a theoretical component (two options) and a practical component (two options). I wrote the theoretical part, and had chosen the prompt to write about a music video that featured objectification and sexualization of women (not hard to find at all, eh?). I obviously didn't do it, but I did consider a number of videos that I will share with you now for posterity's sake. Now, you may or may not realize that I'm a huge music video fan (depending on how big the rock you are living under is, heh), so I had a wide array of choices to choose from just off the top of my head. I also didn't want to choose something quite as blatant as the Thicke video that everyone is (rightfully) dissin'. No, I wanted something a little more... nuanced. Or at least really whacked out and atypical (and non-traditionally jarring if possible). In the end, I chose this video to write about (if I had). Amongst other things, it's terrifyingly catchy... but imagine writing a feminist critique of this particular "oevre"... no worse than the group I was in having to present Tokyo Gore Police to my 3rd year feminism class last summer I guess (complete with cosplay and homemade sushi, lol).
(not to be confused with The Aquabat's Fashion Zombies!, which is something entirely different and awesome)
The runners up are presented (as embedded videos)... ( ...under the cut )
Mitsou's "Bye Bye Mon Cowboy" was considered... but she does have agency in it, so it didn't really fit the mold of what the professor wanted. I think Whale's "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" (although "Babe" sounds suspiciously like "Bitch" to me in the actual song) deserves an "honourable" mention as well... just for its audaciousness... although a critique of it would be more suited to another course perhaps. It kinds of reminds me of a video I saw recently for Árstíðir's "Shades" (from Iceland)... a truly terrifying piece of cinema (brilliant, but scaaaary). Oh, and just so that doesn't put you off of Árstíðir, they are beautiful and amazing musicians, perhaps check out the following of them performing a live cover of Simon & Garfunkel's version of "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"... truly sublime! And if that catches your attention, then here are a couple more breathtakingly beautiful tracks: "Lost In You" (a fan-made video... gorgeous), and "Kill Us (Live In Moscow)" (the music just plucks the ol' heart strings... has a downtempo Carolinas sort of feel to it I find, wow, goose pimples every time, fuck that's good shit!).
For the 3rd year course, the exam had two components: a theoretical component (two options) and a practical component (two options). I wrote the theoretical part, and had chosen the prompt to write about a music video that featured objectification and sexualization of women (not hard to find at all, eh?). I obviously didn't do it, but I did consider a number of videos that I will share with you now for posterity's sake. Now, you may or may not realize that I'm a huge music video fan (depending on how big the rock you are living under is, heh), so I had a wide array of choices to choose from just off the top of my head. I also didn't want to choose something quite as blatant as the Thicke video that everyone is (rightfully) dissin'. No, I wanted something a little more... nuanced. Or at least really whacked out and atypical (and non-traditionally jarring if possible). In the end, I chose this video to write about (if I had). Amongst other things, it's terrifyingly catchy... but imagine writing a feminist critique of this particular "oevre"... no worse than the group I was in having to present Tokyo Gore Police to my 3rd year feminism class last summer I guess (complete with cosplay and homemade sushi, lol).
(not to be confused with The Aquabat's Fashion Zombies!, which is something entirely different and awesome)
The runners up are presented (as embedded videos)... ( ...under the cut )
Mitsou's "Bye Bye Mon Cowboy" was considered... but she does have agency in it, so it didn't really fit the mold of what the professor wanted. I think Whale's "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" (although "Babe" sounds suspiciously like "Bitch" to me in the actual song) deserves an "honourable" mention as well... just for its audaciousness... although a critique of it would be more suited to another course perhaps. It kinds of reminds me of a video I saw recently for Árstíðir's "Shades" (from Iceland)... a truly terrifying piece of cinema (brilliant, but scaaaary). Oh, and just so that doesn't put you off of Árstíðir, they are beautiful and amazing musicians, perhaps check out the following of them performing a live cover of Simon & Garfunkel's version of "Scarborough Fair/Canticle"... truly sublime! And if that catches your attention, then here are a couple more breathtakingly beautiful tracks: "Lost In You" (a fan-made video... gorgeous), and "Kill Us (Live In Moscow)" (the music just plucks the ol' heart strings... has a downtempo Carolinas sort of feel to it I find, wow, goose pimples every time, fuck that's good shit!).
