tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532246634243909592.post6777662269087349958..comments2023-10-09T04:09:22.226-05:00Comments on Female "Stardom" Presented by the Media: Anna Nicole in the MediaKatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16287308892908086077noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532246634243909592.post-61305706556410944832007-05-13T09:18:00.000-05:002007-05-13T09:18:00.000-05:00Katelyn-I think you have a lot of really relevant ...Katelyn-<BR/>I think you have a lot of really relevant issues in this post. It might have helped to focus your post less of them so that you could really get into one or two of these examples in a more in-depth manner. <BR/>I think that your own positionality in this issue (your articulation of finding images on google, not knowing certain facts and pieces of information on the non-sexualized, non-money, etc parts of her life) would make a great focus for analysis due to your reliance on the dominant/"mainstream" media for news--and what your findings are as a result. <BR/>To clarify a specific issue- her son first make news (quite a bit) for having died on the same day her daughter was born in the Bahamas...mainly because of the irony of death/birth on the same day, Anna Nicole-Smith's non-maternal fame status, and her daughter's birth happened seemingly out of nowhere, because she was "hiding out" in the Bahamas.<BR/>The only other issue that was really jumping off the screen as I read your post was that your conclusion isn't exactly a conclusion for the post...in fact, it seems like you're just ending the post arbitrarily. <BR/>With a paragraph like your conclusion (well, the last paragraph of your post...) it would have been helpful to use that as your intro to keep it focused on the most dominant issue in your post and because that issue is also the most relevant to course material. Therefore if you had:<BR/><BR/>Recently discussed in class was Courtney Love’s portrayal as a mother in media and how the world views her. One quote that coincides with Smith’s situation was “Love’s flaunting of her sexual nature rails against normative definitions of mothers’ sexuality” (Ladd-Taylor, 329). I am more than convinced that this very same characteristic, along with others, has condemned Anna Nicole as a mother for years simply due to her depiction through media.<BR/><BR/>You would then be able to write a very focused piece on the issue of sexuality, celebrity, motherhood, and Smith. The source's citation in the conclusion stands out because it needs more explaination (which is why I suggested putting the last paragraph in the place of the first) than you've given it here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00882202558089495129noreply@blogger.com