From chapter 3 of The Will to Change (join the book club!) while she's discussing how mass media reinforces partriarchal norms onto boys and young men
From chapter 3 of The Will to Change (join the book club!) while she's discussing how mass media reinforces partriarchal norms onto boys and young men
very interesting. ive also mostly seen Percy Jackson talked about in girl spaces. i wonder if there is a generational or a cultural shift at some point
i mean what ages are we talking about? i think thats the thing. it was pushed on boys in elementary school and then the ones where are into fandom spaces were in middle and high school and those were mostly girls because boys aren't into fandom. what do you mean by "girl spaces" genuinely confused? also im under 25. so i don't think this is a generational thing. like most elementary schoolers are not on Tumblr or fan forums. is that what you mean by "girl spaces". where are these girls under ten years old hanging out?
sorry for the questions this convo is deeply deeply baffling to me. are you guys all talking about middle and highschoolers and adults. to be clear i read harry potter in middle school and being "into" it was not normal i got many of my books destroyed over it but there were some other nerd girls i found solace with. listen i did go to an extremely ghetto ass middle school so maybe my experiences are diffrent.
i don't know I'm just interested in different people's experiences with popular media. by girl spaces I do mean fandom but also middle/high school cliques.
ok well bell hooks is talking about children here, the harry potter books were made to mature as the books go on sure, but if you look at what bell hooks is saying and recall the discussion around boys falling behind in reading we are talking about younger children here. and yes it was pushed on younger boys. there was a whole media narrative about it.