Category: Critique

Actress, writer, and producer Issa Rae captures the unique experiences and complexities of Black womanhood, allowing viewers to connect not only with her characters but also with her as an individual. To better understand Issa Rae’s star image, it is important to consider these four aspects: her career, her web series The Misadventures of Awkward…

In American media, there are countless films and television shows that promote and reinforce negative stereotypes. For Black people, in particular, there is a stronger presence of these harmful ideas throughout various media texts. One major area of concern is the visual representation of Black people, specifically the inaccurate portrayal of their bodies. As a…

In our daily lives, the media impacts us both positively and negatively. Nearly all types of media including films, television shows, and even documentaries influence us both consciously and subconsciously. In Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity, author and educator Jackson Katz argues that male violence contributes to American society’s definition of…

In our daily lives, the media impacts us both positively and negatively. Not only does it contain many dominant ideologies, but it also reinforces societal norms and ideas. According to Media/Society by David Croteau et al, an ideology is a “system of meaning that helps define and explain the world and that makes value judgments…

Oftentimes, love is romanticized as warm, sincere, kind, gentle, honest, and authentic. Love can have an infinite number of meanings depending on the context in which it’s used. A prominent theme throughout Brooklyn, written by Colm Tóibín and its film adaptation directed by John Crowley, is the recurrence of love, or lack thereof. Both the…