Blog Buddy 2

My blog buddy from 13D is Harpreet. The link here is that both of our independent studies look at alternative representations and also Big Brother has featured cross-dressing in the past (Pete Burns, Kamal etc.)

From Harpreet's Blog: "How are women represented in the media? Big Brother has become the most popular reality TV show broadcasted on channel 4 and exclusive programmes on channel 4 and E4...

The main focus of this topic is to research in depth of how women are insulted by the term 'bimbo' but are the female housemates showing the streotypical comments to be right?"

Areas of Overlap:

• Gender and female roles. This is important to my study as female roles may apply to cross-dressing males
• Male gaze. May also apply to cross-dressers.
• Theorist Laura Mulvey.

What I've Learnt from Harpreet's Blog:

As the main link between the two texts and studies is the representation of gender of some kind, the most useful information from the blog to my study is about theorist Laura Mulvey and the male gaze. This could apply to cross-dressing males and is one of many theories applying to female representation that could cross over in this way.