Who are you wearing?

"Who are you wearing?"
One of the most frequently asked questions at all award shows. Reporters flock the red carpet chasing down celebrities to ask them what name brand designer they're wearing.
 George Clooney recently wed the famous and extremely successful human rights activist Amal Ramzi. Amal was working on her first big case of 2015 arguing against the Armenian genocide of 1915, when a reporter approached her and asked her who she's wearing. Without hesitation she responded, “Ede and Ravenscroft."
Ede and Ravenscroft is a brand of clothing exclusively for robes for graduation, judges and lawyers.
As such a successful woman, it was surprising for her to hear that question in such an intense and professional environment outside of the red carpet.

It isn't often that you hear about men getting asked about their clothes but when seems be asked that quite a lot, which is understandable when you wear such elaborate clothes, but in a professional environment  such as a courtroom its not appropriate.

Women are still striving to be recognized as more than just an object or simply a walking mannequin for a brand

Why You Should Love Marina and the Diamonds

Why To Love Marina

 She's amazingly talented. She has an amazing voice that never sounds auto-tuned. Her voice adds character to the songs she sings and makes them enjoyable. She also writes all of her songs and plays the piano when she performs acoustically.

 Her songs themselves are awesome. Her songs vary from lighthearted and feminine  to dark.

She's a feminist. Her feminine style and songs are often geared toward feminine issues. Her song "Sex Yeah" talks about the sexualization of the media and women in the media throughout history. (You should give it a listen)

 Her second album "Electra Heart" focused on womanly archetypes: Housewife, Beauty Queen, Home wrecker, Idle teen. She celebrates each archetype in the songs of that album.

Overall she is a good role model who owns who she is and encourages women to be strong and be who you are. She doesn't put down women who are 'dependent' on men or who like to serve them. She encourages women to own their sexuality and doesn't shame anyone. She's great.

Eastern and Western Feminism

Western Feminism is something that is local to us. Issues in the media and things such as dress codes and unequal pay are common ideals in western Feminism.

Eastern Feminism involves matters outside of our country. Matters involving female genital mutilation, strict oppression, and lack of education for women are issues that continue to plague a large region of the world.

Feminism differs depending upon the culture and general religion in an area. In America, many people fight on behalf of "white feminism" White feminism is creating an issue because feminism should be open to everyone but women of color and transgender women are often excluded from the mix.

In areas such as the middle east and some areas of Africa still practice the beliefs that women are inferior and their only jobs are to cook, clean, and produce children. Sure both Western and Eastern feminism is important, but we need to focus on the women who are losing their lives fighting for their rights to education.

Meninism

Meninism seems to be a new fad. Meninism is an online trend of men " fighting for their rights" against women in society. A lot of their complaints surround topic such as friend-zoning, slut shaming, unrealistic expectations, and the "annoying habits" of girls.

Whether you are a feminist or not,  the post on the leninist twitter accounts are insanely offensive and are literally perfect reasons to hate men. But then again, feminism isn't about hating men. Misandry is hating men which differs from feminism. Many meninists and anti-feminists argue that they don't approve of feminism because they do not hate men. Feminism is a concept that promotes equality of the genders and not simply the power of women over men doing whatever they want.

But back to meninism, it is a principle that promotes the misogyny that is geared towards women. Some of the things said on these counts goes as far as to literally target individual women and make fun of them for their appearance which is dumb and mean.

In the Media

A common theme that has been apparent in the media for decades is pinning women against each other. Columns that read "who wore it best?" are just minor comparisons of women.  When women's talents are compared is when it gets serious.

Women in the industry who have never even met before are pinned against each other. For example, Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande both have very similar pitch voices and are often compared to one another. This is a common trend that we never see amongst men in the media.

The media itself has a great influence on people's lives and view on the world and can easily persuade the beliefs of a person. The media objectifies women and often uses them as props and objects to sell products and ideas, but rarely portrays who they actually are

Photoshop is often a culprit in the crime of false advertising and self-esteem issues amongst the youth girl population. Many men argue that false expectation of men in the media are also given, but I sort of agree. Men are expected to be manly or whatever but if they aren't it's not a big deal. Men are not objectified or are over sexualized  in society which is where the sexism shows