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Gender and Videogames: The political valency of Lara Croft
The Face: Is Lara a feminist icon or a sexist fantasy? Toby Gard: Neither and a bit of both. Lara was designed to be a tough, self-reliant, intelligent woman. She confounds all the sexist cliches apart from the fact that she’s got an unbelievable figure. Strong, independent women are the perfect fantasy girls—the untouchable is always the most desirable (Interview with Lara’s creator Toby Gard in The Face magazine, June 1997)
Jockeying for position: the construction of masculine identities
In this paper we examine the construction of masculine identities within a real-life social situation. Using data from an extensive series of interviews with small groups of sixth-form (17-18-year-old) students attending a UK-based, single-sex independent school, the analysis looks at the action orientation of different constructions of identity. More specifically, it focuses upon how the identity talk of one particular group of students were oriented towards managing their subordinate status within the school. In a number of instances the identity of the `new man' was adopted as a strategy of resistance. However, it was found that the more common strategy involved buying back into values embodied within a more traditional definition of masculinity
Lecture by Germaine Greer, given at Florida International University, Nov. 20, 1981
Germaine Greer discusses women\u27s roles, especially in art, with special emphasis on influencing the environment and the future of craftsmanship. Seeking to define a feminine artistic sensibility, Greer uses Gwen John and Leonora Carrington as examples
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Citation de Germaine Greer : La femme eunuque, Laffont
Greer Germaine. Citation de Germaine Greer : La femme eunuque, Laffont. In: Sorcières : les femmes vivent, n°9, 1977. Le sang. p. 39
Citation de Germaine Greer : La femme eunuque, Laffont
Greer Germaine. Citation de Germaine Greer : La femme eunuque, Laffont. In: Sorcières : les femmes vivent, n°9, 1977. Le sang. p. 39
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