Final Blogtastic Reflection (#4)

For my final blog reflection for 4th quarter, I chose "Blagojevich on 'Celebrity Apprentice'" as my favorite blog post. The reason I like this one so much is because I feel very strongly about the subject. This usually characterizes my favorite posts. When you're really passionate about what you're writing about, it just makes it a lot more fun to write. And when I saw that Blagojevich was on a reality t.v. show and not in jail, I was just outraged. I was also able to incorporate a bunch of sources in this post, which I think adds depth and more credibility to a post. And from those sources, I used direct quotes and dissected them to prove my point even more. It just had more substance than some of my other posts.
This year I have really developed as a blogger. Not that I blogged before this class, but my style has changed since the beginning of the year. I started my blogging career by mostly writing about certain issues that I encountered in my everyday life, but didn't necessarily connect to class. But as the year continued, my posts started to become extensions of class discussions, which is what I think Mr. Bolos and Mr. O'Connor intended them to be. And when I could not extend the discussion to my blogging, I wrote about prominent issues in the news. Not always, but I tried to.
I have really enjoyed blogging this year because I do like to write, but essays can often times be laborious and they take a long time to do. On the other hand, a blog post doesn't have to be long. You can write a little about a lot, and that's what I've really liked about blogging this year.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Little Black Dress: Remix

     A few months ago as I was flipping through my Teen Vogue magazine, a particular Marc Jacobs ad stuck out to me. I'm usually drawn to his ads because of their artistic value, but this one was different. It was a male model modeling women's clothes. He was wearing a mini skirt, a skimpy top, and holding a purse. I thought it was a little odd, but thought that Marc was just trying to be artsy. But as I thought about it more, I started to do a non-intentional "See, Think, Wonder" in my head. I wondered why Marc Jacobs would choose to have a man model what was obviously women's clothes. I don't think he's trying to say that his women's clothes can also be worn by men, because somehow I don't think men in dresses is really going to catch on. But perhaps he's trying to make a much bigger statement about gender roles.
     Cole Mohr, the model in the ad, modeled for both the men's and women's campaigns for that season. I think it's very interesting that Marc Jacobs would use the same model for both campaigns. I personally see the ad as more artistic than anything, but many people see Cole Mohr as a crossdresser in the ad. Jacobs is openly gay himself, so to me the ad can also be seen as Jacobs' way of telling the world that being gay is okay. But Marc Jacobs is known for crazy/weird ads and this is just another way to show the world his what he's got.
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