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1. 1. A GENDERED ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-AI RELATIONSHIPS AI - entities in Her and Ex Machina

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Nisrin Ahmad Sheikh Sleiman; [2023-09-12]
   Keywords : Gender norms; Human-AI relationships; Male Gaze; posthuman; Anthropomorphism; equitable representations;

   Abstract : AI representations in contemporary media provide interesting illustrative examples that show wider perspectives on the complex relationship between humans and AI. This study aims to analyze the portrayal of female AI entities in the following movies: Her and Ex Machina. READ MORE

3. 2. BODY NORMATIVITY AND THE HYPER(IN)VISIBILITY OF ABJECT BODIES Living with Oppression in the Body Liberation Movement

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Kristin Binder; [2023-04-06]
   Keywords : Hyper in visibility; body normativity; oppression; intersectionality; transgender; disability; fatness; body liberation movement; resistance;

   Abstract : In feminist studies that attempt to theorize embodiment, fat bodies have largely been ignored and excluded from research even though scientific knowledge on weight-based stigma and discrimination shows the importance of studying fatphobia as a system of oppression. Hence, this thesis provides an analysis on the lived experience of fat bodies in relation to body normativity and visibility politics. READ MORE

4. 3. The Game Of Nudity on Instagram: Four case studies about art and censorship

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sabine Svensson; [2023]
   Keywords : Agency; actor-network theory; art history; censorship; feminist studies; Instagram; the male gaze; nudity; pornography; Agens; aktör-nätverksteori; konstvetenskap; censur; feministiska studier; Instagram; den manliga blicken; nakenhet; pornografi;

   Abstract : The aim for this essay is, along with the four included case studies, is to examine the social media platform, Instagram's strict guidelines when it comes to showing nudity.  On the platform there is a certain double standard, artists as well as art institutions are censored, that is, they get pictures removed or their accounts blocked when they try to show works that have nudity depicted, but at the same time nudity exists on the platform, this essay wants to highlight the double standard by setting the example that images from accounts of celebrities, which show as much nudity as a work of art, if not more, are allowed to be available on the social platform. READ MORE

5. 4. Mirror, Mirror : Embodying the sexed posthuman body of becoming in Sion Sono’s Antiporno (アンチポルノ, 2016) and Mika Ninagawa’s Helter Skelter (ヘルタースケルター, 2012)

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Zara Luna Hjelm; [2021]
   Keywords : internalized gaze of oppression; Sion Sono; Mika Ninagawa; Antiporno; Helter Skelter; Japanese cinema; film analysis; gender; plastic surgery; beauty standards; body commodification; self-objectification; Japan; becoming; cyborg feminism; the charmed circle; masculine domination; j-horror; pinku egia; ego guro nansensu; shojo manga; BDSM;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the embodiment of the sexed body and the struggle of fitting into the narrow frames of what a woman is supposed to behave and look like in Japanese cinema. Using the medium of film, I, therefore, seek to produce knowledge regarding the internalized gaze of the oppressor, and self-objectification, caused by the capitalist heteropatriarchy. READ MORE

6. 5. Goals, Goals, Goals! A critical discourse analysis of female empowerment in Bianca Ingrosso's YouTube vlogs

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Vera Mohlin; [2021]
   Keywords : female empowerment; postfeminism; influencers; femvertising; media visibility; youtube;

   Abstract : This qualitative study investigates the incorporation of female empowerment discourses in Swedish lifestyle influencer Bianca Ingrosso’s YouTube vlogs. The aim of the study is to gain a better understanding of what it means to be a feminist in the current Swedish media moment, where the influencer industry is a commonly found subject for debates concerning the tensions between feminism and postfeminism. READ MORE