Blog Post 6

From what I have seen from the documentary, "Miss Representation"it shows how women are depicted in media in a very unfulfilling manner. It also goes deeper into what women would like to happen in order for them to be represented better than they have been throughout the years. However, it usually becomes the opposite whenever someone comes along and does what women have been wanting for them. Like for example when the author of Twilight wrote a novel that help empower women and it represented them very well, it didn't do well in sales at all and instead Twilight got a lot more sales after finishing that novel. Which is very perplexing to think that what women want for better representation is discarded or ignored for something that goes against what they want. For me, what i say about this documentary is that it helps identify the many issues women have with their representation in media. Also due to the fact that while yes women still aren't being represented well in any form of media, but it definitely is better now then it has been in the past. Like nowadays we have more movies focusing on females as the main protagonist or have strong female characters in general. For example, in movies like Frozen, Hunger Games, and a television show like Once Upon a Time the female characters are given very strong characterization in their given mediums and helps represent women well. It also helps give women a role model to look up to depending on the age group the show or movie tries to depict it to. Also another thing to shortly go into is that the documentary does go into is that women aren't being treated well either because of how media abuses them of stuff like products or the news. In this case, yes it is true and honestly as a whole for this documentary, keep spreading the message of misrepresentation in the media. its gotten better over the years, but it is clear women are still misrepresented in other areas.