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Powerful Media MomentI am a graduate student in Chicago working on a dissertation, and am in part brainstorming here: I was talking to someone via email about a recent issue of Out magazine that focused on transgender issues. He said that reading the issue really impacted his thinking; that it was a profound media moment, if you will. I myself had a profound media moment while watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer; I was already out, so it wasn't a coming out experience (that story involves the Indigo Girls), but seeing the relationship of Willow and Tara evolve was an important part of my media consumption. Because it made sense to me, I was able escape into the show in ways I can't always do with other shows. Do you all have any of your own "profound media moments" where something in the media really impacted you, or caused a shift in thinking, etc...? If you are willing to share your thoughts with a grad student, please do! And if you'd rather share off-forum, email me at: monica@cledwards.net Submitted by Monica (8 posts) on May 13, 2008 - 12:04pm. |
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buffy
my moment...
came when i watched this youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFxk7glmMbo
until i saw that i never would have guessed that it would have been possible for an elected government official to have this kind of hatred and bigotry in their hearts...and spread it around as if no one was listening. i know you shouldn't judge an entire state by their officials..but after that i really don't look at oklahoma in the same way.
~~Come With Me If You Want To Live: the forum
http://www.afterellen.com/node/31891
The Letter from Valerie in V for Vendetta
It was so beautiful I cried. I realized that my dignity as a women who loves women cannot be stripped. It gave me courage to be who I really am and not what others expect or want from me. I own me.
The clip:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0lYIBjCpco
I hear ya...
I totally agree with you. That part is one of those moments that helped me become more comfortable with who I am.
Other than that, I think it was the movie Memento with Guy Pierce that made me take a leap into cognative thinking. It was shortly after watching this movie (I was in middle school) when I first began to question my surroundings and became quite curious with the possibilities of the brain. It was kind of like the moment I started thinking beyond the surface level of what people say or do.