Isabella Makabali
Stories (3/0)
Fetish or Masked Violence?. Content Warning.
Abstract Asian fetishization in Western culture is a direct result of White sexual imperialism and the resultant media portrayals of Asian women as hypersexual and submissive beings. Hypersexual portrayals of Asian women persist in modern media depictions and pornography, causing these women both psychological and physical harm. Solutions to this issue should offer Asian women psychological support, empower Asian women to share their experiences, and press the education system to provide students with an all-encompassing retelling of imperialism and its consequences.
By Isabella Makabali3 days ago in Critique
The Reality TV Effect
The Bachelor is a reality television series in which twenty-five single women in one household compete for the love of their life. Everything on The Bachelor is meticulously crafted with the viewer’s judgement in mind. When introducing each bachelorette, the producers make clear which characters they want the audience to feel empathy for or to root against. The moment the show reveals 26-year-old contestant Renee, her elimination becomes inevitable. Whether she is kissing a dog or creating a vision board, the show makes clear that this erratic woman must be eliminated. After being eliminated, she stutters while claiming that her “vision boards are real and a lot of good things come from it’’(“Episode 1”). This example is illustrative of the command producers have over the viewers’ emotions. Of course, Renee is not the only reality TV show contestant to be negatively portrayed by producers. The reality is, casting agents want people like Renee to increase the entertainment value of their shows. Although not all viewers are aware of the manipulation in producing reality television, there is something about the predictability, the judgement, and the absurdity involved with characters like Renee that producers use to intrigue viewers.
By Isabella Makabali4 years ago in Geeks
Cheating In Schools: What Can Be Done?
In last year’s college admissions scandal, Rick Singer was accused of receiving twenty-five million dollars from rich parents to bribe coaches, create false athletic records, and doctor SAT scores (Westfall). The story underscores the win-at-all-costs measures taken by parents and students to get into highly competitive colleges at the expense of academic integrity regardless of the students’ qualifications. In recent years, there have been increasing numbers of cheating scandals. Approximately 75% of college students surveyed each year have admitted to having cheated at some point during their academic careers (Frank). This supports the notion that academic success is more important to students than learning the material. The question is why? Ideally, academic success is aligned to mastery of the material. However, when the pressure is on, students prioritize performing well even to the point of cheating over learning the material. This issue can be resolved if the education system changed to focus more on teaching for the sake of learning instead of teaching to the test.
By Isabella Makabali4 years ago in Education