FINAL PROJECT: Coloring Out of the Lines

                                     



                  Coloring Out of the Lines 
                                Blasting Stigmas. Redefining Gender Roles. Creating Movements.

“If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimize and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.” 
 -Bell Hooks, Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics 

Jodie Patterson: Chief Creative Officer of DooBop.com
Photo Curtesy of DooBop PR team

Ade Hassan, CEO of Nubian Skin
Photo Curtesy of Nubian Skin PR team

                                                                                                               

Tai Beauchomp, Entrepreneaur
Photo Curtesy of Tai Beauchomps Twitter page: @taibeau

Melanie Y. Martin, former Assistant Editor of Ebony Magazine
Photo Curtesy of urbanromanceonline.com 

                                                For centuries, women have been forced to live within the shadows of their male counterparts by law. Society has taught women to work comfortably inside of the confined spaces of their matrimonial homes; balancing many household chores during the day, while being forced to take full ownership of their husbands sex at night. The power of male dominance that's seen within various media landscapes creates a jarring clause in social class structures, especially when women are seen as representations of servitude. Below the steps of Washington's highest court are traces of women who have served as an active voice of reason over the course of several decades. From the early 1870's, women suffragists have disseminated the importance of creating equal opportunities for women in the pursuit of creating new possibilities outside the home. As a way to manifest my appreciation for their superior contributions to civil liberties, this blog celebrates them and their successors. The women that I have featured on this blog have inspired me in ways that I cannot express through words. Through each narrative piece that you'll read, I'm giving attribute to these women and most importantly, to my readers. I hope that they, too, will feel the power and gifts that live within them.

                                       Furthermore, pasted below is a link that will present todays new age of feminists: https://coloringoutofthelines.wordpress.com. Each article will be disseminated via Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to spark a conversation about the need to create more opportunities for women. I also plan to develop a strong readership by using hashtags that will symbolize the change that I'm trying to evoke. By going through these marketing processes, I hope that I get a job to write for a magazine. Until then, I'll keep posting narratives of women leaders on my blog. Please feel free to check it out.


       
                                                                    Works Cited:

1.     Bott, Shiree, Davidson, Paige, Davidson, Fernandes, Thais, Jensen, Brenton, Laitinen, Raimo, Wood, Stacy, Thomsen, Steven R. “Does it Matter if She’s Black or White? Using Eye Tracking to Explore the Effects of Race on Reader Reaction to Magazine Advertisements.” Southwestern Mass Communication Journal Vol. 25 (2010): p 1-13.

        Dagbovie-Mullins, Sika A. “Pigtails, Ponytails, and Getting Tail: The Infantilization and Hyper-Sexualization of African American Females in Popular Culture.” Journal of Popular Culture Vol 46 (2013): p745-771.

1.     Harris-Perry, Melissa V. “Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes and Black Women in America.” New Haven: Yale UP, 2011. Print.

2.     Millard, Jennifer E., Grant, Peter R. “The Stereotypes of Black and White Women in Fashion Magazine Photographs: The Pose of the Model and the Impression She Creates.” Sex Roles Vol. 54 (2006): p659-673.