Month: November 2022

The following quote is from an article by artincontext.org analyzing the meaning behind Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas (1939). The Two Fridas (1939) painting has different meanings, but it was painted when Kahlo was going through a divorce with her husband Diego Rivera, depicting her heartbreak and sadness. It also symbolizes Kahlo’s different identities, namely… Continue reading The Two Fridas (1939)

With the latest release of her album, “Midnights,” Taylor Swift has once again got me in a chokehold. However, I find myself relating to the lyrics of this new album more than her previous ones. Perhaps it’s because the central idea behind the songs on “Midnights” is about maturing and finding oneself; At least that’s… Continue reading Midnights: A Review

Part 1: Writing/Revision as Inquiry 1. How is this Conference Draft in a conversation with Unit 2 Issues – Focuses – Themes – Concerns AND the Essay 2 prompt? How do I know? How can I tell? This conference draft focuses on mannequins as uncanny body doubles. It frames a stance on the objectification of… Continue reading Freewrite #11

In 1937 Walt Disney’s Snow White premiered in theaters. 22 years later, in 1959, Barbie was launched into the toy market. Both releases set in stone the idealized body image of women; a small waist, long legs, slim arms, perfect face symmetry, and so on. For nearly a century, little girls have grown up with… Continue reading Movie Pitch for Research Topic: Barbie & Fantasy: The Mold of Women’s Bodies

Michael Crichton’s film Looker dives into the uncanniness of human replication. However, what captured my attention was the fact that the replicating was done digitally, rather than physically. Mannequins, dolls, and automatons are more popular examples of uncanny body doubles. Yet I found that the digital double is by far more uncanny than others. Looker… Continue reading Unit 2 EC Blog Post: Looker

Both “Mannequin” and “Standing Female Nude” relate to the notion of body doubles through their character’s awareness of their body’s use in the fashion/art industry. In “Mannequin” Rhys writes, “She was fragile, like a delicate child, her arms pathetically thin. It was to her legs that she owed this dazzling, this incredible opportunity” (Rhys 2).… Continue reading Freewrite #10

Mannequins relate to Freud’s “The Uncanny” because its eerie to think that an inanimate object is indistinguishable from a real, living human. Shaping wax mannequins to fit certain articles or trends reflects the set idea that society has of women; the proportions of women’s bodies, how they should look when they wear certain articles of… Continue reading Freewrite #9

One of my favorite examples of the uncanny from the etymological examples in Part 1 is the examples of the protestant rulers and catholic subjects. Religion, especially when you’re unfamiliar to it, can be interpreted as something “uncanny.” The belief of a higher being or supernatural being can be frightening to some. I myself am… Continue reading Freewrite #8

I think what produced the most unsettling feeling for me was the description of Coppelius A.K.A “The Sandman” breaking and twisting young Nathaniel’s bones and joints. In a sense, it made me feel helpless, since Nathaniel was only a little boy and couldn’t do anything to defend himself, and since his father couldn’t do anything… Continue reading Freewrite #7: Reader Response to E.T.A. Hoffman’s Story “The Sandman”