thesis statement

Although Berger describes women as being depicted as passive and for the pleasure of the man, in both photos and oil paintings alike, this photograph of Donna defies gender norms of what an “acceptable woman” is with the use of her more traditionally masculine and aggressive tone she exudes from the photo.

Blog Post #4

Blog Post #4

I’ve chosen the photograph of Donna Gottschalk for my essay. Here’s the photo of Gottschalk with a sign saying “I am your worst fear. I am your best fantasy” during the LGBTQ rights movements during the 1970’s. For my essay I’ll be further more discussing the central point of this image and my own persecutive matching burgers key points. For example who is the photographer trying to capture during this picture. Of course men, especially during those times women didn’t have much say. Just as Berger’s speaks on his episodes women were only seen as objects during the European oil paintings. They would be naked but those who painted them were men fully dressed.

 

Inequality in America

In this picture we see Leshia Evans protesting for the brutal killing of an African Amerian. I chose this picture because it struck me the most as a violation of our rights to protest it seems that the young women being detained by officers with layers of armor to take her down. I find this picture very powerful because she is standing tall for what she believes in with no fear of the consequences. This is a great representation of the black lives matter movement as there is no violence associated with it and this is American fighting for the American people’s rights. The strongest point I take from this image is that despite those officers wearing all that armor she is the more powerful one in the image fighting for a better America who protects all its people rather than kills them because of race or religion. I’m sure this image will be in future generations’ textbooks when they are being taught about the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Baton Rouge Alton Sterling Protest

In fear of women getting powerful!

I decided to write my essay on this image after having our in-class discussion. this photo holds so much meaning than someone just looking at it for the first time. at first, without reading the description I used my previous knowledge from Bergers episode 2 on how women were perceived during those times. “I am your worst fear” is directed towards men and “I am your best fantasy” relates to how women are men’s desires. in actual reality, you can say men feared women to a point that they would hate to see any women having more power over a man and also the myth of how men are supposed to be the “dominant” ones. after doing some research I realized she protesting for LGBTQ rights. this made sense to me in the way that men love the idea of seeing two women sexually involved, but hate to see them in an actual relationship and not with them. many lesbian coupes get degraded in public when groups of men want to see two women sexually involved and they get aggressive when you oppose it. a lot of LGBTQ couples get targeted for being different from the rest of society. I feel that this is a very important topic and is recent in today’s society.

Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge

 

         The photo that I chose is about leshia Evan. In this image Evan is standing against police while protesting the shooting death of Alton Sterling, an African American man who was shot by two white policemen in Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Leshia Evan, a 35 year old nurse from Pennsylvania traveled to attend a protest in Baton Rouge on July 9,2016. The photo was taken by Jonathan Bachman in which she offers her hand to police. This photo stand up for one of the strongest images of the Human Rights movement. The  women stand alone and without any fear humanize the subject and the possible cause of black lives matter movement. The scene look like of violence but Evan seem calm, confident, and poised. The police dressed like they are up to war. Evan personality show the power of resistance. The tension in the photo is the result of deaths of many African Americans by U.S. police. In my paper I will elaborate how this image shows the status between black and white people which affects their lives. In addition, the background of the photo serves the major point that will help to understand the deepest meaning of the photo. This picture is different from Berger as he show in ways of seeing but in some point, it relate to berger thinking.

 

Baton Rouge Alton Sterling Protest

Equality

I decided to write about the image of Donna Gottschalk where she is in a parade holding a sign that says  “I am your worst fear, I am your best fantasy”. I find this image to be really interesting and it also holds a lot of meaning to it. I believe that the message that she is trying to convey is that women have been seen as objects used to satisfy men’s desires, as Berger argues in episode 2 of ways of seeing; but also, the contrast that she makes with the phrase  “I am your worst fear” is trying to say that men are aware of how able and powerful women can be and that might intimidate them a little. Another thing that really caught my attention was the confidence that Donna emits standing there with such bravery to defend her rights as a lesbian (this picture was taken at the beginnning of gay rights movements in the 1970s). Her semblance is a reflection of what many women nowadays try to communicate to society and i would like to talk more in detail about this in my paper along with John Berger’s ideas about how women were depicted in society.