To be honest I'm not really sure where I want to go with this, but I've got a lot of ideas so I guess that's a good thing.
1.) My idea for this project is dealing with the ways famous women are portrayed in media, specifically the way their looks/fashion choices/bodies are more often reported on despite the amazing things they are doing. A few examples I'm thinking of include Emma Watson and the UN speech, Scarlett Johansen and almost every movie she's in, and Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables. All of these women were doing incredible films and playing challenging roles (or in the case of Emma, speaking out about gender equality), and all reporters wanted to know was what their diet is and what they're wearing.
2.) This interests me because I'm tired of it happening, and it doesn't stop at celebrities. It's frustrating to see what I would call artists being treated that way. Male actors don't get the same questions, they get the interesting ones. I feel like this makes people look at these women like they're just mannequins for clothes and not the interesting smart talented women they are. I feel this is happening to women everywhere.
3.) I'm not really sure what I want it to look like. One idea is to depict male actors put in the position these women are. Maybe a red-carpet scene with men in the dresses and answering the "rabit-food question". I like the idea of role-reversal. Like when artists on tumblr switched Black Widow and Hawkeye's positions on the covers of their comics. Black widow then got the heroic battle pose and Hawkeye got the boobs and butt pose. I'd like to do something humorous like that.
4.) I would use images in the public domain, and websites provided that house them. I think my idea is heading towards being parody of something, so it would be considered fair use.
5.) I'd say a lot of voices from the growing feminist community have helped shape my ideas. I'm a Frida Kahlo fan and I'm inspired by a lot of her work and the powerful feminist messages she puts in her art.
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