Author: Regina Pranin Guillen

PART I: Jordan Peele’s clones in his latest movie Us are failed experiments from the U.S. Government cloning project that wanted to generate subjugated humans as means of crowd control. They are tethered clones of the population, but since the project was abandoned they are merely living shadows who are forced to mimic their double’s… Continue reading Freewrite #12

If I could back and take this class all over again, I would definitely utilize my time better. I am someone who does my work better when I’m under pressure, but sometimes I forget that everything cumulates. If I could talk to the version of myself on the first day of class, I’d tell her… Continue reading Final Freewrite: Veni-Vedi-Vici!

1. Where are you now? At this very moment, I have all the materials and ideas for proposing and supporting a focused argument, I just need to put it all together. So far I have roughly almost five pages, and four paragraphs. As far as organization goes, I’m getting there. It’s not quite a smooth… Continue reading Freewrite #13: Where are you going; where have you been?

From Mannequins to Animation: The Evolution of Women in Media “Our ideas of what appears most real to us vary with the times, the technology available, and our recollections of realism….it is precisely the imperfections of realism and its relativism that make it a compelling aesthetic” (Schneider 5). For this project, I wanted to capture… Continue reading Multimodal Alternative Media/Genre Argument Project + Presentation

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