Bad Girls: Postfemnism and Popular Culture
Class List of Bad Girls
(compiled January 4)
Who is a Bad Girl?
Madonna
Hilary Clinton
Roseanne
Xena
Madame Bovary
Doctor Ruth
Linda Hamilton
Monica Lewinsky
Sailor Moon
Girls from Foxfire especially Lips
Anna Karenina
Ani DiFranco
The Spice Girls
Joan of Arc
Gillian Anderson
Valerie Solanis
Janet Jackson
Sharon Stone
Marilyn Munroe
Bit Naked
A Bad Girl is:
has attiude
not sterotypical
does not fit in societal roles
not the norm
crazy
trendsetter
rebellious
challenges the system
takes on the system
challenges by appearance, way represents self
uses sexuality
stands up for self
lack of shame
stands out
"good"
has voice
expresses self
leadership
a little bit in all of us
if males did those things would be thought positive
most of these things expressed as negatives: positives–takes power
challenges sterotypes of woman as: passive, submissive, quiet, demure, not intelligent,
male/female dichotomy
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