My topic is Postpartum depression in the media, specifically television and how Postpartum is never talked about. However on the rare occasion that it is discussed it is connected to murdering your children or having similar thoughts. Postpartum is a serious form of depression and should be treated as such, not all women want to hurt their children, that is usually not as common. Most feelings are about being overwhelmed, not a good mother, or lacking the energy to do the things you know should be done. I have chose a clip of Tom Cruise speaking about Postpartum with Matt Lauer, where he speaks about Brook Sheilds being treated with medication of this illness.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Week 7: Internet
I counted 178 "Social Networking Websites" for my search on wikipedia.org
I have heard of 11 of them. I don't know of any that aren't listed.
I am going to look at faces.com which is a social networking sight for teens in the UK. It began in March 2002 and has changed names a few times before landing on faces.com, it is mostly female users aged 16-22 years old. It is like most social sites allowing you to blog about yourself and friend/follow other users. I use social networking sites to keep in touch with friends from high school and before. Especially being a stay at home mom I stay in contact with most of my friends. I use Facebook, MySpace the most frequently.
An incident happened to me on Facebook about a year ago. I had a falling out with a friend/roommate. She owed me a large amount of money for rent that she had yet to pay me, but had since moved out after I asked her to leave, for not paying rent anymore. I posted a comment on her "wall" asking her if she had my money yet, after I did she never responded, HOWEVER her friends lashed out at me calling me many foul names and telling me to be patient and wait (even though she had owed me this money for over a year, and had gotten herself fired and failed to try getting another job). Needless to say I don't talk to her anymore and haven't dared post anything else on her wall.
I have heard of 11 of them. I don't know of any that aren't listed.
I am going to look at faces.com which is a social networking sight for teens in the UK. It began in March 2002 and has changed names a few times before landing on faces.com, it is mostly female users aged 16-22 years old. It is like most social sites allowing you to blog about yourself and friend/follow other users. I use social networking sites to keep in touch with friends from high school and before. Especially being a stay at home mom I stay in contact with most of my friends. I use Facebook, MySpace the most frequently.
An incident happened to me on Facebook about a year ago. I had a falling out with a friend/roommate. She owed me a large amount of money for rent that she had yet to pay me, but had since moved out after I asked her to leave, for not paying rent anymore. I posted a comment on her "wall" asking her if she had my money yet, after I did she never responded, HOWEVER her friends lashed out at me calling me many foul names and telling me to be patient and wait (even though she had owed me this money for over a year, and had gotten herself fired and failed to try getting another job). Needless to say I don't talk to her anymore and haven't dared post anything else on her wall.
Week 6: Television
Length: 9:11
Description: A collection of TV clips displaying many different gender stereotypes in America.
Chapter: 9: Television
Question: When was television's golden age, and why was it golden?
Answer: The golden age for Television was from 1948-1958, this is the period when TV was most popular, however it portrayed most ethnicities and the women gender in a poor light. Making the white male race and gender the superior to everyone else.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Week 6: Favorite Movie of 2009/ and all time
My favorite movie of 2009 is Invictus, with Morgan Freeman playing Nelson Mandela, and Matt Damon as the Team Captain of the 1995 South Africa Rugby team. I liked this movie because it was about South Africa after Apartheid and Nelson Mandela trying to reunite his country through a common interest, rugby. I am interested in the stories that came from South Africa during and after Apartheid so this caught my attention, I thought it was acted wonderfully and the story had a deep and serious message delivered through a fun activity and world championship. I watched this movie on the internet. Here is a trailer for Invictus:
My favorite movie of ALL TIME would have to be Cry-Baby (1990) with Johnny Depp (and no not just because he is hot!) I saw this movie for the first time when I was 11 I think, and I probably watched it 10 times in a row, on Laser Disk (like a record for movies) It is a comical musical about the 50's where a "Greaser" (bad boy) falls for a "Square" (good girl) and how all of their friends don't approve. And of course his ability to shed... just one tear. This movie I thought was just hilarious and it has stuck with me all these years as my all time favorite! Here is a trailer for Cry-Baby:
My favorite movie of ALL TIME would have to be Cry-Baby (1990) with Johnny Depp (and no not just because he is hot!) I saw this movie for the first time when I was 11 I think, and I probably watched it 10 times in a row, on Laser Disk (like a record for movies) It is a comical musical about the 50's where a "Greaser" (bad boy) falls for a "Square" (good girl) and how all of their friends don't approve. And of course his ability to shed... just one tear. This movie I thought was just hilarious and it has stuck with me all these years as my all time favorite! Here is a trailer for Cry-Baby:
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