Sunshine Girl/Cloudy Womyn
If any of you read the Calgary Sun and take it seriously, quit reading my blog. Or, keep reading my blog and the blogs of several of the posters, and get your sorry excuse for a self EDUCATED.
The greatest point of simultaneous tragedy and comedy in the Calgary Sun is the Sunshine Girl. She's tragic because she represents misogyny, patriarchy, the commodification of women's bodies, and the perpetual expectation that women should 'dumb down' as much as possible in an attempt to make men feel comfortable. Furthermore, she represents the rewards--albeit transient, unfulfilling, and intellectualy vacuous rewards--available via exploitation and the acceptance of such 'dumbing down.' And, if one needs to think about this in somewhat lighter--although still sociological--terms, the Sunshine Girl is pretty fucking comedic. Do I really need to expand on this? Do I?????
What if we had the antithesis of the Sunshine Girl featured daily? What would we call her? The darkness girl? The rainy-day bitch? The cloudy womyn? Whatever the title, I think such an effort is viable, and could potentially reveal the dangerous implications of this longstanding practice; if that's acheived, we'll have addressed the 'tragic' quality of the Sunshine Girl. If that's not achieved, it'll just be funny, 'cause then all 3 of us could read it and have a laugh.
So, I'm offering myself as a 'model' 'Cloudy Womyn' in this effort. Based on this week's Sunshine Girl coverage, I've composed some juxtapositions for the purposes of illustration:
"Sunshine Girl Dana....Our blue-eyed Pisces wants to be the next Oprah. As well as spending time with her friends and bengal cat Kadia, this 5-foot-6 fashion stylist enjoys playing beach volleyball and ultimate Frisbee, as well as collecting Trident wrappers and doing wardrobe makeovers."
Cloudy Womyn: Our brown-eyed Pisces wants to be the next Dorothy Smith, Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, or Bruno Latour. In addition to spending time with her unobediant and chronically-flactulating beagle, Bella, this 5-foot-7 sociologist enjoys studying the Hegelian dialectic and its connections to Marxist thought, as well as offering constant and unwanted advice on idealogical makeovers to the bougies she seems to constantly come in contact with. She thinks it's fucked up that anyone who isn't mentally ill collects Trident wrappers, and thus thinks Dana and her physician should consult the DSM (although it should be noted that Cloudy Womyn thinks the DSM is an incubator of dangerous and widespread social control).
"Sunshine Girl Jolene ... This 25-year-old sports fanatic says she has the perfect job -- working as the promotions co-ordinator at all-sports radio station The Fan 960 (although she does have to put up with morning show host Mike Richards serenading her with a certain Dolly Parton song). A beautiful girl who loves sports? No wonder she has a boyfriend and he's a lucky lad, indeed. "
Cloudy Womyn....This 23-year-old inequality-eradication fanatic says she has the perfect job--studying how oppressed social groups experience barriers to health care via a lack of cultural competence amongst health care professionals, particularly on the part of physicians (although she does have to put up with hack academics from non-social science backgrounds attempting to offer poor advice on how to structure her methodology). A postmodernist who also loves discussing the inappropriate bifurcation between theory and method? How the fuck did SHE get a boyfriend?! Is this a typo?
"Sunshine Girl Macy... Suffice it to say Macey is sizzling, especially when she's dancing to reggae and salsa music. A 24-year-old criminology student, she can handle herself, thanks to some karate lessons. After she graduates, she plans on getting a law degree and quitting her job at Hooters."
Cloudy Womyn....Suffice it to say Cloudy Womyn is bitchy, particularly when she's listening to people talk about their bank balances, and/or completing ethics applications. Formerly a criminology student--until she realized that traditional criminological approaches emulated grand theory to such an extent that the localized experiences of victims were silenced in the academic literature--she can handle herself, thanks to a bout of potentially serious illness. After she graduates (a contraversial subject, for she may not graduate....ever!!!), she plans on conducting research that critiques both lawyers and the practices of Hooters managment and employees, and in doing so hypothesizes that she'll locate deep and disturbing interconnections amongst all of her target study groups.
The greatest point of simultaneous tragedy and comedy in the Calgary Sun is the Sunshine Girl. She's tragic because she represents misogyny, patriarchy, the commodification of women's bodies, and the perpetual expectation that women should 'dumb down' as much as possible in an attempt to make men feel comfortable. Furthermore, she represents the rewards--albeit transient, unfulfilling, and intellectualy vacuous rewards--available via exploitation and the acceptance of such 'dumbing down.' And, if one needs to think about this in somewhat lighter--although still sociological--terms, the Sunshine Girl is pretty fucking comedic. Do I really need to expand on this? Do I?????
What if we had the antithesis of the Sunshine Girl featured daily? What would we call her? The darkness girl? The rainy-day bitch? The cloudy womyn? Whatever the title, I think such an effort is viable, and could potentially reveal the dangerous implications of this longstanding practice; if that's acheived, we'll have addressed the 'tragic' quality of the Sunshine Girl. If that's not achieved, it'll just be funny, 'cause then all 3 of us could read it and have a laugh.
So, I'm offering myself as a 'model' 'Cloudy Womyn' in this effort. Based on this week's Sunshine Girl coverage, I've composed some juxtapositions for the purposes of illustration:
"Sunshine Girl Dana....Our blue-eyed Pisces wants to be the next Oprah. As well as spending time with her friends and bengal cat Kadia, this 5-foot-6 fashion stylist enjoys playing beach volleyball and ultimate Frisbee, as well as collecting Trident wrappers and doing wardrobe makeovers."
Cloudy Womyn: Our brown-eyed Pisces wants to be the next Dorothy Smith, Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, or Bruno Latour. In addition to spending time with her unobediant and chronically-flactulating beagle, Bella, this 5-foot-7 sociologist enjoys studying the Hegelian dialectic and its connections to Marxist thought, as well as offering constant and unwanted advice on idealogical makeovers to the bougies she seems to constantly come in contact with. She thinks it's fucked up that anyone who isn't mentally ill collects Trident wrappers, and thus thinks Dana and her physician should consult the DSM (although it should be noted that Cloudy Womyn thinks the DSM is an incubator of dangerous and widespread social control).
"Sunshine Girl Jolene ... This 25-year-old sports fanatic says she has the perfect job -- working as the promotions co-ordinator at all-sports radio station The Fan 960 (although she does have to put up with morning show host Mike Richards serenading her with a certain Dolly Parton song). A beautiful girl who loves sports? No wonder she has a boyfriend and he's a lucky lad, indeed. "
Cloudy Womyn....This 23-year-old inequality-eradication fanatic says she has the perfect job--studying how oppressed social groups experience barriers to health care via a lack of cultural competence amongst health care professionals, particularly on the part of physicians (although she does have to put up with hack academics from non-social science backgrounds attempting to offer poor advice on how to structure her methodology). A postmodernist who also loves discussing the inappropriate bifurcation between theory and method? How the fuck did SHE get a boyfriend?! Is this a typo?
"Sunshine Girl Macy... Suffice it to say Macey is sizzling, especially when she's dancing to reggae and salsa music. A 24-year-old criminology student, she can handle herself, thanks to some karate lessons. After she graduates, she plans on getting a law degree and quitting her job at Hooters."
Cloudy Womyn....Suffice it to say Cloudy Womyn is bitchy, particularly when she's listening to people talk about their bank balances, and/or completing ethics applications. Formerly a criminology student--until she realized that traditional criminological approaches emulated grand theory to such an extent that the localized experiences of victims were silenced in the academic literature--she can handle herself, thanks to a bout of potentially serious illness. After she graduates (a contraversial subject, for she may not graduate....ever!!!), she plans on conducting research that critiques both lawyers and the practices of Hooters managment and employees, and in doing so hypothesizes that she'll locate deep and disturbing interconnections amongst all of her target study groups.
posted by Soci Womyn at 9:36 PM
9 Comments:
I like the Cloudy Womyn idea and it made me think of Fiona Apple's song Sullen Girl. She would definitely make a nice juxtaposition to the Sunshine Girl.
"Sullen Girl Fiona is a recovering anorexic as she often chooses to eat foods of only one colour. Often criticized for being too 'angsty', her deep emotions emerge from the fact that she was raped as a teenager. Her ambitions do not involve being a role model or a media darling - she just wants to be left alone. Oh, and she loves long walks and puppies."
And for a little Cloudy Womyn inspiration:
Days like this, I dont know what to do with myself.
All day - and all night.
I wander the halls along the walls and under my breath.
I say to myself.
I need fuel - to take flight -
And theres too much going on.
But its calm under the waves, in the blue of my oblivion.
Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.
Is that why they call me a sullen girl - sullen girl.
The dont know I used to sail the deep and tranquil sea.
But he washed me shore and he took my pearl -
And left an empty shell of me.
And theres too much going on.
But its calm under the waves, in the blue of my oblivion.
Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.
Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.
Its calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.
and I think clowdy womyn should dress accordingly...parkas, touques, sorels the whole kit and kaboodle.
is the "Macy" blurb a joke? Cuz if it is, it's fucking funny!
No--none of them are a joke (literally speaking, of course). Go to the Sun's web-page if you want to see their pictures!
So....much....anger
will cloudy womyn make an appearance on sociwomyngonewildinmexico.blogspot.com?
Edmund! Nice to see (?) you on here! Cloudy Womyn will certainly make an appearance, but she'll be clothed in heavy sweaters rather than bikinis, and the only thing she'll bare for the camera is her critical, dark soul......
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I thought you might find it interesting that these women actually pay to be in the Calgary Sun as the Sunshine Girls. Oh yes, blue eyed Dana pays money to be dumbed down. Thought you'd like to know...
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