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HeForShe Unfair Gender Roles In Sport

The Reality of Female Roles in Superhero Movies

The Great Gatsby Book Review

The Dark Side of Disney

Malala Yousafzai The Girl who changed the World How the media treats men and women

Content Page: Letter from the Editor in Chief

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The Dark Side of Disney

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The Great Gatsby Book Review

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Malala Yousafzai Interview

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Gender Stereotypes

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How the media treats men and women

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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter Interview

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She’s the man Movie Review

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Unfair Gender Roles In Sport

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Titanic Movie Review

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Helen Mirran Interview

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Gender Stereotype Poem

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The Reality of Female Roles in Superhero Movies

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The Help Movie Review

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Milca’s Creative piece

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Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) Interview

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There are still slaves today in our world.

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Feminism in the working place

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Letter from the Editor in Chief: By: Rebecca Crous Welcome to our very first issue of HeForShe Magazine. I hope you will enjoy this issue as much as we have enjoyed creating it. We have been honored to interview Malala Yousafzai for this very special issue and uncovered very exclusive facts about this magnificent girl.

Our magazine’s main aim is to promote gender equality in all aspects of today's world. We have assembled an amazing team. Milca Sossah as the head of our creative department, Ambyr Bester the head of our research department and Sifudo Sopete our editor.

In today's issue, we will be showing you how gender roles are constructed, maintained and challenged in today's world. When it came to considering who would be an appropriate person to cover our very first issue of this magazine, there really was no other individual, then Malala. Not only is Malala an activist for women's education rights, she is combating the inequality through gender roles all around the world.

There is so much more I could say about our magazine, but I guess I will have to leave you, to discover it by yourself. I hope you will find it a fascinating and memorable issue.

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The Dark Side of Disney: Disney stereotyping Gender roles: By: Rebecca Crous

A tale as old as time. Fairy Tales have passed from generation to generation; they are the common threads throughout the fabric of childhoods. When we were younger, most girls wanted to grow up to be Cinderella, Belle or other Disney Princesses. They were our idols, but they let us down. Disney movies have controversial messages about stereotypes and gender roles.

The Disney movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarf’s is very stereotypical when it comes to gender roles. The gender roles in this movie are rather “black and white”.

Snow White is considered to be a homemaker, naïve and lacking common sense. The Seven Dwarfs are strongly placed in their gender roles, meaning they do not cook, clean, or take care of each other, or even themselves. They go to work and take advantage of Snow White’s ability to appear to be a homemaker. Prince Charming is a stereotype of masculinity. He saves the sleeping princess from the queen’s spell and takes her away from the evil she was forced to live in. This stereotype Disney portrays is men should be strong, handsome and willing to save women, no matter what. The women should be weak, beautiful and helpless in order for a man to love them.

In Sleeping Beauty, the title of the movie itself captures the biggest stereotype of all.

Princess Aurora’s first gift from the good fairies is beauty. This shows that Disney thinks it’s a priority for girls to be beautiful. Disney has created the appearance of a “perfect girl”.She has not been given the gift of bravery or even intelligence, only traits that would attract a prince so that she would marry and have children. The society of this 4

film is very much led by men. This is evident from the fact that King Stefan and King Hubert agree upon marrying their children, and the women do not have a say. They also stereotype gender roles when the Prince awakens the Princess and takes care of her.

This shows that women are dependent on men, which in fact they are not.

The Disney movie Cinderella. Cinderella is expected to do all the housework, which is a stereotype of women. It teaches girls that they should be homemakers. Cinderella merely wishes for things to change, rather than taking action herself. Thus, Cinderella’s behavior teaches women they should suffer in silence. The women in the story aim not to be independent, but to be beautiful. The story implies that Cinderella’s only way to break free the abuse in her life is to marry someone she has only known for a few hours.

Cinderella’s stepsisters are described as ugly and they have cruel personalities. Here, we are shown the consequences of stepping out of the prescribed gender roles.

Disney movies portray males as being physically strong, assertive and athletic, and females as being pretty, prone to overt emotion, including affection and collapsing into tears. These stories show the princesses as weak and need saving from a man. Disney should be teaching everyone to be brave, intelligent and independent, rather than teaching us to be weak and beautiful.

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The Great Gatsby Book Review: By: Rebecca Crous

/ By: Rebecca Crous Main Characters: Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, Jordan Baker, Meyer Wolfsheim, George B. Wilson and Mr. Gatz Review: The Dramatic Novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a magnificent novel on every level and takes a traditional style of writing in this novel. Charles Scribner’s Sons published the novel on the 10 April 1925. The novel is set during the Roaring 20’s in America and is narrated by Nick Carraway. Fitzgerald seems to have had a brilliant understanding of the lives that are corrupted by greed and are incredibly sad and unfulfilled.

Gatsby is a man desperate for love. He started his life off as a poor boy, who believed he was destined for greatness. He built himself up to be a rich and successful man. Daisy is a beautiful young woman, who was extremely popular, especially with Gatsby.Nick, Daisy’s cousin, moves to East Egg, right opposite Gatsby’s mansion. Gatsby flaunts his riches by throwing over the top parties every weekend in hopes of Daisy noticing.

Although this is a magnificent novel, the roles of the women are portrayed very stereotypically. Evidence of this is shown from Tom’ relationship with Myrtle, his mistress, whom he clearly uses. Tom clearly shows that Myrtle is nothing more than an object to him, through his violence towards her. Therefore his sexism is clearly demonstrated in his relationship with Myrtle.

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A predominant theme in this novel is Gender roles. Fitzgerald writes about gender roles in a sort of conservative way. Throughout this novel, men are very dominant over the women, especially in Tom’s case. The women in the novel are quite an interesting group.

None of them are pure. In Daisy’s case, she is cheating on her husband with Gatsby.

Nick was the first to subtly admit the gender dierences in the novel.

Many consider The Great Gatsby to be depressing, because, in the end, those who dream do not achieve their aspirations. However, the main message that Fitzgerald sends is not that dreaming will lead to despair, but that chasing an unworthy dream will lead to tragedy.

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“Let us make our own future now, and let tomrrow’s dreams become a reality” -Malala Yousafzai

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This is not a real interview, but is based on real life events

Malala Yousafzai Interview: By: Rebecca Crous Background: Malala Yousafzai was born on 12 July 1997, in Mingora Pakistan. As a child, she became an advocate for girls’ education, which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On the 9 October 2012, a gunman shot Malala when she was going home from school.

Rebecca Crous (RC) interviews Malala Yousafzai (MY), an advocate for girls education.

RC: Good Day Malala, I am so happy you are able to join us today.

MY: I’m really happy to be here today, because it is such an important time for the Malala Foundation.

RC: Malala, why do you continue to speak out for women’s education rights, even though you know it put’s your safety at risk?

MY: That is a very good question. When I was in Swat Valley, there were more than 400 schools destroyed, because women weren’t allowed . . .

to go to school. At that time, I really had only two options; remain silent and wait to be killed or to speak up and then be killed. So I chose the second option, because I didn’t want to face terrorism forever.

RC: That is really brave of you! So, Malala, you mentioned the Malala .

Foundation, what would you like to do with this fund?

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MY: It’s always been a dream of mine to set up an organization, where I can build schools and educate those children, especially the young girls of my country.

RC: That is such an important thing you are doing! What role does your father play in your life?

MY: My father plays a very important role in my life, he gives me strength, security and love. He saw the education of girls as the key to our future. He always fought for us to receive our education rights. He has always supported me in everything I have done.

RC: That’s so sweet!

So, what do you do as a teenager for fun?

MY: Well in my free time, I play cricket and badminton. I also listen to music. I watch the news and read articles on my Ipad as well.

RC: Some Pakistanis believe you were not shot by the Taliban and you just made it up, how does this make you feel?

MY: There is extreme hopelessness in my country. The important thing to note is that it is not important to spread rumors, but to support the fight against women’s rights and girls’ education.

RC: Thank you so much for taking the time to come out here today, it has been a pleasure talking to you!

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Gender stereotypes: By: Rebecca Crous Out in the world, people always have assumptions about the opposite sex. The automatically give specific gender stereotypes, when they don’t understand.

These are just a few examples of the gender stereotypes given to men and women, that aren’t true. Men and women determine their own futures in life!

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The Media on us How the media treats men and women By: Ambyr Bester The image of women in the media have always been a concern. Women are not as popular in the media, as men. Men are always known to be superior as they are are always shown to be the businessmen in a family. Research shows that there are far fewer females than males in most mainstream media. When females are used they are often portrayed in very stereotypical ways. For example, in video games such as GTA, women are perceived as sex objects who are there to service men, they have large breasts and very revealing clothes. So because of this, they are stereotyped as a ‘needy woman’ who is seeking attention from a man, or are called other bad/rude names. Whereas, with men, it is the complete opposite. Men are shown to be strong and independent.

In many TV shows and movies, women are often perceived as the caregiver, homemaker, stay at home mom type of person raising the family while the man continues to work and support the family. Men are often in more superior roles in business than what women are and although there have been many women in politics in powerful roles (i.e Margaret Thatcher) this role is still very much male dominated. Men are usually portrayed as the aggressive type, who cause the beatings, harassment, sexual assault and murder.

The media nowadays affects the younger generation more, as they are seeing what happens on TV and think that it is right and they should follow the same.

They see Movies such as “The Notebook” and see how men and women act differently and how each gender is treated. The woman in “The Notebook” is very emotional, weak and does not really know what she wants. The man is strong willed, hard working and wants what he wants.

It is unfair how men and women are treated differently. We are all equal and so women should be aloud to do the same jobs as men, women should be aloud to be a pilot or a CEO of a large business company. And men should be aloud to do ballet if they want or stay at home and look after their children if they wish, while the mother is at work. Overall, the media has a bad influence on us as it gives us the perception of a world that does not have to be like this.

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“We need to reshape our own perception of how we see ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead�

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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter Interview: By: Ambyr Bester Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is a female singer and actress. She was born on September 4, 1981 (35 years old) in Houston, Texas. She is married to Shawn Corey Carter, also known in the music Industry as ‘Jay Z’ and they have a child together, named Blue Ivy Carter. Beyoncé believes in feminism and says how important it is to her that men and women should be treated equally.

Ambyr Bester (AB) interviews Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (BKC), a feminist icon.

AB: Hello Beyoncé, it is so nice to see you and for you to be here with us.

BKC: Hello, I am so happy to be here to do this interview.

AB: So, how does it feel to be such a successful business woman, running her own company?

BKC: It is very exciting and I am so grateful. Although, it can be very stressful having to make all the final decisions as I am the boss. To me, power means a lot. I think that power is making things happen, it is having the opportunity to help and guide others and so it is a wonderful thing.

AB: Yes! I agree completely. Power is something that women love to have. In your Mrs Carter show tour, the word feminist was written in bold, capital and pink letters across the screen. What were you trying to say by this?

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BKC: By this, I was not trying to highlight that I am a feminist, but I was trying to get the word out there and give the word some publicity as it is a very important word to me and many other females, i'm sure..

AB: And what can you say about the people that cannot accept you being a feminist?

BKC: I believe that if a man can do it, then a woman can do it aswell and it's as simple as that.

AB: It really is just as simple as that. Tell us about how you want to get the word ‘feminist’ out there even more?

BKC: Well, I would like to start a website, where people can come together and talk about why they are feminist, including men. I think that a man who has a daughter and a son, then he should believe that his daughter should have the same opportunities and rights as his son and if he does believe this, then he is a feminist.

AB: I agree. I think that is a great idea, many people would join in. Well thank you so much for joining us today, we really appreciate it!

BKC: It was a pleasure being here, thank you!

AB: We hope to see and hear from you again, have a safe flight home.

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“She’s the man” By: Ambyr Bester I just recently watched this movie and I enjoyed it so much, that I will definitely watch it again! This movie was released on March 17, 2006 and was directed by Andy Fickman and was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Twelfth night. “She's the man” is a Romance/Comedy that was published by Lakeshore Entertainment.

She’s the man is based on a girl who poses as her twin brother, Sebastian, as he goes to London with his band and so Viola (Amanda Bynes) takes his place at a new boarding school that Sebastian was suppose to enroll in, but Viola goes instead so that she can go and play for the boys soccer as the girls soccer’s team at her school was cut. Amanda Bynes plays Viola(Main character), James Kirk plays Sebastian(Viola’s twin brother), Channing Tatum plays Duke(Viola’s crush- and on the soccer team at boarding school), Laura Ramsey plays Olivia Lennox(Crushes on the fake Sebastian e.g. Viola), Alexandra Breckenridge plays Monique (Sebastian’s crazy ex girlfriend) I think that the main Actress, Amanda Bynes(Viola) played a very good role and she played it well as she highlighted that girls can do the exactly the same things as boy’s, e.g. girls can play soccer just as well as boys can and so she joined a boys soccer team and played extremely well, considering she was against all boys.

The scene I enjoyed the most was when they all went to a steam fair, and Viola kept having to go and change to a boy then a girl, back to a boy etc.. and she was getting very frustrated, but in the end it all worked out as she went onto the kissing booth(being a girl) and kissed Duke, who she then starts having feelings for and they end up dating.

From this movie, I learnt that young women and girls shouldn’t be scared of doing anything and that they should strive for what they want and think of different solutions and how to overcome challenges like Viola did as her school cut the girls soccer team but because she really wanted to play soccer very badly, she found a way.

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This movie is a PG-13, this is because there are a few sexual references. Romantic people who love a story/comedy will enjoy this movie. I would highly recommend it to teenagers between the age of 13-16, it is a very enjoyable movie for young teenagers. Although, I would not recommend it to older grandparents as they would not enjoyed the storyline and the graphic scenes with boys with their shirts o.

Scale of 1-10(10 being the best) = 8/10 About Ambyr: Ambyr Bester is a 17 year old female in Grade 11, who attends a college in South Africa. She enjoys playing Netball and Softball, as she says she enjoys being in a team and making new friends. She likes shopping, making Youtube videos about Makeup and Fashion and spending time with her family and friends.

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Unfair Gender Roles In Sport: By: Sifundo Sopete In the sports industry there are plenty ways in which are being looked down on or worse made fun off because they are doing something that “is not lady like “or ”something that doesn’t suit them”. I’m one who doesn’t believe in gender roles. So I’m going to challenge how these roles are portrayed in the media.

Sport is my favorite hobby by far, I love all kinds of sport and my favorite sports are rugby, cricket, golf, soccer, American football and athletics. I love all these sports and it makes me sad that the women who participate in these sports are not treated equally. Lets look at rugby as whole did you know that women play rugby too? Well if you didn’t know they do now you do. I don’t blame you for not knowing.

Schools don’t allow girls to play rugby and when they eventually get the chance to play rugby they don’t any exposure because women rugby doesn’t get televised accept every four years when the Olympics come into play.

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Even then they don’t get the exposure and credit they do. In most cases people say “women can’t play it’s too rough” or “women that play rugby are butch”. I think that is nonsense, why can't women do what makes them happy. I had an opportunity to play against WP women's rugby team, which you probably didn’t know even, exists. It was the best experience ever to play against them. They never made it easy for us, it was challenging.

I could see she meant every word she said. I then asked her how much she get’s paid. She said, “ We don’t get paid because there is no interest in women’s rugby.”

I was truly saddened by this because those girls gave everything at practice.

In cricket as well, women are really discriminated against. They play same number of game as men do a year on international level but they don’t get any recognition.

“Laura Wolvaardt is a South African women's cricketer, who has represented her country in Women's One Day International cricket. She is an opening batsman, and in domestic cricket, she plays for Western Province women” . She also happens to be my friend and she is an amazing cricket player the best in our school and she’s not allowed to play in our team because she is female. She is better than all of us but can’t enjoy what she loves doing because she is female.

Here is something I found and I hope it will change the people look at women in sports: “A new South African record was created when their eves took the field in the third ODI against Ireland Women yesterday at Dublin. When Laura Wolvaardt struck a match winning 105 while opening the batting for South Africa, she became the youngest cricketer from her nation – male or female – to score a hundred in international cricket.” http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/wolvaardt-claims-record-of-youngest-southafrican This Surely has to say something. Don’t be a stereotype, give everyone equal chances in life.

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“Femininity for me means happiness and freedom... freedom of being who you are in whatever shape or size you come in.�

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-Kate Winslet

Titanic Movie Review:

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f I had to get into a conversation with someone and they ask me what my “favorite movie” is I will have to say “Titanic”. A romance movie based on a true as well as tragic story. The “Titanic” was the most luxurious ship ever built to travel from England to America. It has a I’ll fated twist to it though. Thank you to NetFlix for publishing the movie and giving me the opportunity to see such great movie. The movie starts off with people trying to find a diamond called the “Heart Of The Ocean”.

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They find something else that leads them to an old who will tell act as the narrator of the movie. The rest of the movie takes place on the “Titanic”. A first class citizen on the boat falls in love with a third class class citizen but that can’t show their love for each other because of the girls mom and fiancé.

The main characters are “Leonardo DiCaprio” who plays “Jack Dawson” in the movie and” Kate Winslet” who plays “Rose DeWitt Bukater”.

All the characters did an amazing job to make this movie a great success. Special mention to “Leonardo DiCaprio” and “Kate Winslet” who did an extraordinary job by playing their roles like they meant every line they said and everything they did in the movie.

What i liked the most about this movie is that it revealed what love really is. In the scene where “Jack” get accused for stealing the diamond he then gets locked up and “Rose” thinks he did it at first and then she realizes that he wouldn’t do that to her because he really loves and cares about her.

What i didn’t like about the movie was how women were expected to a certain way or they are not fit to be called a lady.

“Rose” challenges that when she hangs out with “Jack” and he doesn’t expect her to be a certain way he likes her for who she is and i think that’s how it should be in life take someone as they are don’t try to change them for your selfish needs and wants.

I learn’t that you shouldn’t force someone to love you. You should let things work themselves out. I also learn’t that i shouldn’t go on any cruise liner ships. I think what people will learn from this is that you shouldn’t pick someone’s spouse for them let people make their own choices. You let women have a say in their lives young or old. Don’t be driven by money you won’t be happy.

I would recommend this movie to people who like romance movies and people who don’t ever want to go overseas on a ship.I would also recommend it teens who want to how a real relationship is meant to be like. PG-13 but overall a awesome movie brought a few tear to my eyes but hands down the best movie i’ve watched.

About Sifundo: Sifundo Sopete is rugby player who likes romance movies.He lives in Cape Town and is currently studying at Parklands College. Sifundo love his family and religion. He is quite a handful but all in all a nice person.

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Helen Mirren A Role Model To Many By:Sifundo Sopete Sifundo Sopete (SS) interviews Helen Mirren ( HM )

SS: Sifundo Sopete HM:Helen Mirren SS: Hello Helen,wow i so privileged and honored to welcome you today.

HM: Hi Sifundo, It’s a honor to be on your show today and of course i hope i get my message across to the viewers,readers and listeners.

SS: Well of course, a lot of women look up to you. Helen please tell me what’s your take on Feminism.

HM: Sifundo, Every women is actually a feminist. They might not realize it now mainly because we live in a world where feminism is created for them.

SS: That’s spot on…

HM: What I would like to do is to change that image people have for women.

SS: The world is very mean and nasty place, how would you do such a thing because people get taught from little already that they are meant to act this way and not that. If you look at the media then you will also see the women are perceived in certain way.

HM: Sifundo, I can’t change what gets put on television or the way in which people are taught to see things or peoples thought process. But what i can do is ask women to stand up and actually take control of their lives you can’t let a man rule you. Another thing i can do is ask people to treat women equally because at the end of the day we all form part of the human race.

SS: Wise word from a wise woman,well thank you very much I hope people out there heard your message. I wish you well for the future and i hope you have a great day fur-

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Poem: My Gender Stereotype Poem: By: Sifundo Sopete

Gender is not black, Gender is not white, There is a grey scale between gender stereotypes, There is something else,Between guys and girls, Some guys are weak Some girls are strong Nothing is wrong so don’t judge them.

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The Dates for LFW will be as followed:

London Fashion Week for September 2016: 16th - 20th September 2016

London Fashion Week February 2017: 17th - 21st February 2017

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The Reality of Female Roles in Superhero Movies By: Milca Sossah

Gender roles in superhero movies are quite unequal, and unnoticed by almost all of the viewers because the media blindfolds the human kind. Gender roles in superhero movies or in any movies at all has become so important because we start to realise how women are being portrayed by the roles they are given and their actions.

For that matter, DC Comics and Marvel Universe has always had a difficulty of putting female characters in the front line of a movie, or to create a female superhero movie without putting another man has a main character. Let’s talk about how women are portrayed in superhero movies, for the most part, men and women are both made to be “sexy” in their characters because we all know that sex in a movie sells, a lot. But males are mostly used to hyper-sexualized the female characters which makes the media see females negatively.

In everyday superhero movies we view females are either the love interest, girlfriend or wife of the main character. Female whose character is a superhero, their costume unbelievably shows more skin and more cleavage than a male

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character, for example Hayley Quinn from ‘ The suicide Squad’ 2016 DC Comics movie. In the movie she is portrayed as a villain but later a super-heroine, the girlfriend of The Joker, her costume is way too provocative as she wears a crop top, boxer and lace stockings. And again she is one of the two women part of the real squad, the rest of the squad consists of men.

According to “everydayfeminism.com” the other problem also resolves around the fact that men tell stories and women but they do not know what it is like to be a women or to feel like a women.

In every single movie you might have seen about female superhero movie has been directed and filmed by men.

Superhero movies are known to be a “ male centric nature”. But here is the problem, they use females as their toy. Because they value women for their attractiveness and not their skills.

In the film industry, women are paid less than a men even if they do exactly the same job or if the female does more than the male which is mind blowing to believe but it is because of the sexism still happening in the world. The fact that men still think and act as if women are incapable of being better than them gives them the power to do whatever they wish to do.

In conclusion, the more women are hyper-sexualize, the more we reduce women everywhere. The female voice into superhero movies is still as challenging as ever and we must keep on speaking out to be heard.

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The Help Movie Review:

| Milca Sossah 09 September 2016 Main Characters: Jessica Chastain , Celia Rae Foote, Viola Davis, Aibileen Clark

Bryce Dallas Howard, Hilly Walters Holbrook, Allison Janney,

Charlotte Phelan, Octavia Spencer, Minny Jackson

Emma Stone, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan

Review: “The help” which reunites a middle aged writer and African American maids to write a book on what happens in their work. Skeeter, a white lady who was born in Mississippi recently graduated from studying journalism is looking for a job. She gets the idea to write a book as she later notices how her married treat their colored domestics. Writing her book with the help of Aibileen and Minny.

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Aibileen has spent all her life raising white little girls. She had a son who was continuing his studies in a university where he was later killed because of police oppression. Minny, a maid who was fired by a white lady because she used their bathroom but later hired by a unlike white blonde.

The maids were scared to help Skeeter write the book at first because of risks they take by speaking to a white person but they were later convinced by Skeeter.

The book developed Skeeter’s insight and anger and decided to ask her mother what happened to the maid she grew up with.

When the movie was published, all the stories steered trouble in Jacksonville because some white people recognized themselves in the book but could not do anything about it because the book was written anonymously. The three ladies were praised for exposing what really happens behind white people’s closed doors.

By: Milca Sossah A writer living in Cape Town. Originally from Gabon. Graduated from Monash university with a masters in journalism. She is very passionate about her job and life.

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Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) Interview By: Milca Sossah

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carlett Johansson is an American

actress, singer and model born on the 22nd of November 1984 (31 years old).

Scarlett subsequently starred her career in Manny & Lo in 1996 and grew from there getting more and more roles. In 2010, she was chosen to play Natasha Romano ( Black widow) for Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Milca Sossah (MS) interviews Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romano AKA Black Widow) (SJ), one of the few female protagonists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

MS: Good day Scarlett, how is everything going?

SJ: Good morning everything is good and i am very happy to be here this morning.

MS: And we are absolutely thrilled to have you here with us this morning. I am a very big fan of your movies, I mean how do you do all this fighting has The Black Widow?

SJ: It is all planned for haha believe me.

MS: So tell me Scarlett, how does it feel to be one of the few female badass ladies in The Marvel Cinematic Universe? I would not put it in general because you are not employed by DC Comics.

SJ: No I do not work for DC Comics, I feel very special and honored at the same time believe me because I have so many people and fans out there that appreciate me but it is unfortunate at the same time because it could be bigger, it would be better if there are as many female in this industry that there is with male super hero characters you know.

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MS: Yes of course and the unfortunate part is also how the media portrays female celebrities. How do you feel about what you have to wear as a female heroine or other females in that sense?

SJ: Ooh this is one of the things that angers me you know, we has female heroines may it be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe or DC Comics Universe are given almost ill-suited outfits to wear, in my case I had to argue to get more coverage because it was just horrible to wear, and to know that children from the age of 10 years old watch the movies.

MS: And is it not tiring to get told the same sexist comments over and over again has a female in such a ‘male centric industry’ like “do you cope with all the working out, i mean it seems hard for a woman!”

SJ: YES!! It is tiring a lot of people ask the that same question actually and i reply with a sarcastic answer.

MS: Well thank you very much Scarlett for joining us today it was a pleasure to interview you.

SJ: Thank you very much Milca.

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YEEZY SEASON 4 50

There are still slaves today in our world.

By: Daniel Shafi

Today, in the 21st century, there are still slaves in our world. Those slaves aren’t allowed to leave their house without supervision; aren’t allowed to get a driver’s license; aren’t allowed to vote; aren’t allowed to wear what they want and they aren’t allowed to express what they want.

Yes, I’m talking about the women in Saudi Arabia, the country who is one of USA’s major allies. The women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to go to the mall like normal people do because they are forced to have a male “guardian” otherwise, the Saudia Arabian police will interfere as if they are doing something very treacherous.

For example, women weren’t allowed to vote at all in Saudi Arabia until 2011. Since then, things have evolved, now they are only allowed to vote locally. Unlike the men who have all the rights in the world in Saudi Arabia. They aren’t even really following Islamic traditions, they are wahabists (wahabism promotes terrorism (jihad)), a cult with their own ideology merely hiding under the cover of Islamic traditions. Saudi Arabia even supports and funds terrorist schools.

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This, of course, is not just happening in Saudi Arabia but also in many other countries, but to a lesser extent. Actually, if you think about it, every country on earth today have gender inequality, even Sweden, which is considered by many people, as a place where the least amount of sexism happens.

For an example, you want to go to the gym like every other natural human being have the right to? Think again, women aren’t allowed to go there.

Take for an example if you want to sell anything, for example, your property? Think again, because you’ll have to bring two male witnesses to testify your identity.

Do you want to start working somewhere? Well, you need a male guardian to accept that you are going to work outside and not at the home which and I quote Saudi Arabia again “women’s best-serving place is at her home..” Why? Just because they were born female.

This Article was written by a student in Sweden

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Feminism in the working place By: Malte Törnqvist

Feminism. We’ve all probably heard the word by now. The new way of thinking that has made the debates over heat. When I read all these news articles or when I sit in front of my tv, watching the news about these feminist riots, that's taking place all around the world. I ask myself. Why? Why has the society become like this. Why is men seen to many as more “domestic”? In this article we are going to dig deeper into this subject.

We can start by giving an example. In the United States, a woman earns 79 cents for every dollar that a man earns. And that is for the same job.

No wonder, women are going crazy over this. So when I looked around on the Internet, seeking for the causes to this, I found something interesting.

In an interview with professor Mary brington, who’s very involved in the subject, She spoke about how females of young age are being pushed by society to adapt the role of being care taking of the children and the household. When females have to for instance, take time off work to take care of the children, they are not being very effective at the working place. The boss then has to pay out money as contribution for the woman to be able to take care of the kids. That means less work and more expenditures. in that way women are considered more expensive at the working place and of that matter don't earn the same amount of money.

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But to dig even deeper into this, we can ask ourselves, then what is the reason to the big kontrast when it comes to taking care of the children?

Why is it only the wife of the family that adapts these roles? To find the answer we have to go back in time. To the age when we lived like cavemen. Back then, it was important to be strong and well-built to catch food to be able to survive. The male kind has always been the physically strongest gender. Females did not have the same body strength. That made it easy to specialise. Men were out hunting to provide the family while females stayed back where they lived to take care of everything else. We can metaphorically say that the same thing is going on today.

Men are out “hunting”, In this case, hunting dollars, and females are being at home. Not in the same way as before when they weren’t allowed to have a job but there still is a marked difference. In the modern society of today, we know that female and men have the same conditions to be successful in the working business and that's why this has to change.

This Article was written by a student in Sweden

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