Posts Tagged ‘girls’
Girls Grow Into Womanhood The Body
November 27th, 2013, posted in GiRLs, Ink On PAPER, Scarface'S DIARY
As girls grow into womanhood, the body becomes the central medium through which these unwritten codes of behavior are transmitted and memorized. The demure lowered gaze fixed at some point on the floor, the acquiescent nod of the head, the feminine swing of the hips, the closely held thighs and the modestly drawn-in shoulders are all written into our bodies by invisible hands and inaudible words so that we start believing that this is the way we are supposed to be.
The containment of a woman’s body is demonstrated by the very tightness with which she holds herself and moves The notion that such gendered body language is ‘natural’ is reinforced by observing other women we encounter. For example, observing men and women in public transportation and on the streets of Mumbai, one notices the tentative and watchful manner in which women occupy public space. In BEST buses, the average women will occupy the least possible space, rendering herself as inconspicuous as she can…on the other hand, the average man will spread his legs out, occupy more than half of a two-seater in a bus and appear to disregard the people around him.
—Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan, Shilpa Ranade,Why Loiter?: Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets
Observing the occupation of space(s) by women is critical praxis for me when I watch films, particularly because there’s always some surprise (and satisfaction) in catching glimpses of scenes where filmmakers break away from the traditionally gendered frame. The screencaps above illustrate that sentiment best. While Indian women at leisure in public spaces has never been a plausible reality for the filmmaker to pursue, this uninhibited, un-sexualized, un-victimized image of women in private, domestic spaces has usually been shied away from as well, because film has been expected to make its female protagonists hyper-aware of their bodies in the form of traditional gender roles for the benefit of a cis, heteronormative, North Indian Hindu male audience. Obviously the harrowing majority of filmmakers from parallel cinema to the so-called mainstream are male and their own sexist expectations of women have been translated into the narratives of their films along with the way they frame their female protagonists, never affording viewers with the realities (or criticisms) of women and their occupancy of private/domestic space.
The women in these films however, are able to lie faceless and thoughtless in crumpled sarees and nightgowns, no male gaze to bind their bodies to a decreed acceptable amount of space. They spill out from the frame, with hidden limbs, faces, thoughts—a luxury the traditionally gendered frame would not dream of providing.
Link : http://azaadi.tumblr.com/post/61204139780/dhrupad-as-girls-grow-into-womanhood-the-body
Lame Girls
September 13th, 2013, posted in GiRLs, MESSAGEs
I should probably start criticizing guys before I get warring for gender against type thing, but lame girls are everywhere and they don’t seem to be getting better. Here’s a list of things that lame girls will never stop doing:
1. Fishing for compliments: there will always be lame girls who fish for compliments all the time, I think its okay to do it sometimes if your self confidence is falling apart, and by sometimes I mean maybe once every couple of months, but to continue doing it all the time is just pathetic. Take girls with ever-changing Facebook profile pictures for example, pictures that show nothing else but the girl, I mean come on! Who has 365 photos is her profile pictures album? We already know what you look like from every angle.
2. Gossiping about other girls behind their backs: ok not just lame girls, we all do it, we talk about each other, we even talk about girls that we actually like, but we dont spend as much time talking about them as girls that we dont like.
3. Falling for guys that treat them horribly: which is the reason some really nice guys pretend they’re badass (thats lame too but you cant really blame them). Its becoming guys’ rule when approaching a girl.
4. Faking sadness: just to draw attention, and they probably have a certain person in mind whose attention needs to be drawn, that guy is usually following the rule in point 3. Just look at girls with 🙁 or 🙁 on their status updates, if this girl ever replies to your “whats wroooooooongggggg??” comment its either going to be a broken nail or the fact that she has to wake up early tomorrow morning so stop commenting you loser you’re only giving her what she wants and you’re probably the reason these girls still exist.
5. Realizing they like a guy only after someone else comes and takes him: they dont actually like him, but they were hoping he liked them, and when he’s with someone else that either means he doesnt anymore or that he never did in the first place. You’d think that one member less in their “imaginary fans” club (which has a hundred members by the way) wouldnt make that much of a difference. Well it does.
6. Jealousy: its just the way things are; guys show off in front of each other, girls are jealous of each other, you cant change that. Like those two girls in every company that are not even ashamed of being jealous of each other.
7. Faking affection: so much that you would think they’re best friends, they fake smiles, they fake hugs, they fake “sweeties”, “babes” and “honeys”, they even go out together, but they cannot stand each other. Take for example some distant relatives or cousins that pretend they’re really happy to see you at weddings and other social gatherings but start trashing you the minute you turn your back. (These usually come in groups).
8. Faking stupidity: because they think its “cool” to be clueless. Seriously ??
Any other girl lameness I missed ??
