This table, a Gallup Poll, reveals the attitudes (positive, neutral, negative) or various religions and atheism (click table to enlarge). What pops as most interesting to me is the fact that, on average, even after 911 and the demonization of Islam, Americans hate athiests more than Muslims. What's most interesting to you?
Found at Total Drek.
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American Evaluation of Various religions and atheism
Gender Politics In Life And Time
This famous Life Magazine cover from 1971 trumpeted the feminist movement:
Six years later, in 1977, Time Magazine reminded us that gender difference (and inequality?) was genetic and, thus, out of our control:
And don't miss the famous 1978 Hustler cover that appeared the very next year!
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More Sexualized Burqa-Clad Women
These are what I found when I was trying to find more information about the Lil' Kim-in-a-burqa photo I posted earlier. These were tagged "burqa nudes" and I found them here. Sigh.
Note: I know these women aren't actually wearing burqas, and that a veil across the face most definitely isn't a burqa, that's just what the person who put them up on flirkr labeled them as.
Also, this photoshopped image of Scarlett Johannson was found here.
Lil' Kim in a Sexualized Burqa
This image was on the cover of the January 2003 issue of One World magazine, a music magazine founded by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Lil' Kim is quoted in the article saying "Fuck Afghanistan."
I found this photo here. It creeps me out.
Lookin' Good for Jesus Beauty Products
I don't really know what to make of these, but I looked them up after hearing they've been banned in Singapore. Surely they have some sociological value. I found them here.
Muslims in Europe
Click here and scroll down for a map showing the number and % of Muslims in various European countries. From NPR.
Teen Magazine for Muslim Girls
Muslim Girl is a teen magazine aimed at Muslim Americans. The idea is to provide a magazine that still has the fashion and advice columns of normal teen mags but addresses the special concerns of Muslim girls--where to find more modest clothing, whether it's okay to go on a date without supervision, and so on. From looking at the article titles on the left, it appears they also include much more political content than any mainstream teen mag every thought about.
This could go along with a discussion of the websites selling modest clothing or the video humanizing Muslims.
Racist And Anti-Immigrant Signs
These signs, photographed for posterity by their author, have each had their day outside of Casa D'Ici in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. There are more signs on the website.
Humanizing American Muslims
While this video is more activist-y than scholarly, I think it might be useful as a way to demonstrate that our taken-for-granted categories (whether they be based on religion, race, ethnicity, gender or otherwise) are falsely homogeneous.
Modest Clothing Websites (All for Women)
Funky Frum: Aimed at conservative Jews
Marabo: For Muslim women
Modest by Design: Formal wear; tagline is "Clothing your father would approve of."
Shade: Aimed at Mormons
These could be useful in all kinds of ways--for instance, is it necessarily oppressive to dress "modestly"? Is there a difference in the tone of these websites (i.e., providing choice vs. "clothing your father would approve of")? Do we view the website aimed at Muslim women differently than the others?
Iowa Voter Breakdown
Click here for a breakdown of who voted for who in the Iowa Caucus by all sorts of variables. And don't miss this excellent analysis of the numbers by sociologist Virginia Rutter.
Jewess Jeans Sketch from SNL
Might be good for discussing the idea of Jewish women as spoiled and obsessed with consumption and money. Gilda Radner created the sketch in 1980.
BYU Dress Code
Yan sent me this link to the Brigham Young University dress code. Here are some examples:
One of the things I think is really interesting is how aggressively multicultural the posters are. The Mormon church did not allow black men to be priests (and therefore they could not ascend to the highest level of heaven) until 1978.
Thanks Yan!
Appropriation of the Other
This was sold on the website for "The O.C." On the show one character had a Jewish dad and a shiksa mom. He created a holiday called Chrismukkah to combine the two heritages and in one episode a friend sews a "Chrismukkah Yarmuclaus." Then they started selling them online for $16 to fans of the show.
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