Hannah McGregor
English
The 1993 Steven Spielberg blockbuster Jurassic Park might seem like an unlikely candidate for a queer, feminist, and anticolonial reading.
Films and advertising construct female identities by engineering and circulating particular feminine ‘types’. These representations can be reinforcing or emancipatory, but they can also fuel racialized forms of femininity. In this two-part series, we explore how to (re)read these familiar pop culture narratives.
Lenore Todd
English
How are Black and mixed-race women represented in contemporary advertising? And what histories and stereotypes are hidden behind these images?