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Aesthetics

qualities that make a photo look good, are pleasing to the eye

representation

The extent to which certain bodies are allowed/not allowed to have certain meanings attached to them

cultural studies

exploration in the dynamics of culture and its social + historical foundations

diction

Specific word choice

policing

can be aggressively vocal/can also be unspoken (attitude change)

hysteria

(Etymology (latin): Hysteria - Uterus) explosive excess of emotion, removal of uterus(?) (context: being a woman is undesirable)

agency/object

determine action for self (?)

passive/subject

things happen to you, pushover (?)

pathologizing

 identify non-normative behaviors as “sick.”

Imagery

when the author uses complementary sensorial description/images. (descriptive words to create an image for the reader.)

Global organization

overall organization and logic of an essay

normativity

a system in the U.S/culture by which we organize behaviors/bodies that are desirable (categorizing certain bodies)

demographic

relating to the structure of a population (our society has a division of social differences)

symbolic order

system of meanings and symbols in culture

denotation

Dictionary Definition of a word

connotation

Meaning associated with the word

metaphors/simile

a comparison or substitution of one dissimilar object for another (and the compassion draws out their shared qualities/meanings)

Narrative Plentitude

certain bodies in our culture that have lots of stories + meanings + possibilities attached to them.

Narrative Scarcity

certain bodies have limited stories + roles + meanings (narrative scarcity forces us to view certain people through certain viewpoints)

Trauma

a wound that doesn’t heal

Trope

a pattern in storytelling that viewers can fit into a scheme

roles of women in media:

damsel in distress (victim), final girl (heroine), women as monsters (adolescents, mother)