Urban dictionary defines pontification as “posturing… speaking to people that don’t care what you say one way or another,” and “a speech or written communication that is generally pointless except to cast a favorable light on the speaker or author, as if the message were a pronouncement from on high,” ending with “usually full of shit.”
Seriously, is there a better way to describe a blog?
I created this blog to share my thoughts on gender issues in pop culture, simply
because I have a lot to say. I graduated from college a year ago
and majored in theater. The main thing I learned with my degree was how
to
analyze things to death. Since graduation I have found myself working
two
retail jobs and (as anyone who’s worked retail can tell you) these jobs
leave
you with a lot of time to let your mind wander. Being the movie lover
and
self-proclaimed nerd I am, I tend think about pop culture A LOT.
During
these hours spent musing about the last movie I saw, I often get mad
about the gender roles I see in the media. I
was raised in a liberal home surrounded by socially conscious family and
friends. From a young age I began identifying discrimination and
attempting to do my part in fighting it. But as passionate as I have
always been about social justice I sometimes
feel that I talk the talk but don’t walk the walk. In other words, I
spend a
lot of time watching/discussing TV Shows and movies and less time
actually
making a difference in the world. However, I like to think that the time
I
spend on the latest pop culture craze is not completely pointless
because these
movies, songs and shows shape the world we live in whether we like it or
not.
Not to say that if you are a fan of a sexist piece of media that you are
automatically sexist, but I often worry that if we fail to identify
inequalities in the things we watch and listen to we run the risk of
failing to
see it in the real world.
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