Ageing and Youth

here are some links giving evidence to support the strands of the arguments in the exam question

school dress codes

 young facebookers

 journalist sacked for being too old 

 thirty and still acting like a child 

 clothing inappropriate 

children forced to grow up too soon. 

A2 - don't forget your wider reading!

Now we're 'finished' the critical approach booklets, you need to keep up with the wider reading - all of the articles below appeared in The Guardian this week, and all of them will provide you with examples to illustrate your understanding of the approaches - this is EXACTLY what the examination requires you to do...

I'll post stuff regularly here, so keep checking back, and don;t forget to go back through the earlier posts as there's lots of interesting, useful stuff there from previous years. 

Feminist demonstrations

Anomie, disaffection and loneliness in a postmodern world.

‘Blacked-up’ morris dancers

Lesbian kissing frowned upon.

The end Western  civilisation?

Is my child ‘black’?

A2 - some links about feminism and pop

here are some links about feminism and its role in pop music from the guardian and you tube.

what pop stars say about feminism

lady gaga on feminism

'slut' in pop music discourse

blurred lines feminist version

a playlist of 'songs to smash patriarchy'

feminist pop stars today

gender in pop music

blurred lines controversy

bbc documentary on 'blurred lines' and feminism in pop 

A2 - some wider links to postcolonialism

Here are some clips, ranging in length and level of sophistication, about postcolonialism, westernisation, globalisation.

BBC globalisation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzxGyKyzfP8

Globalisation: friend or foe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQZW1v6Lm0A

Causes – Globalisation animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeXvtz0_Ex0

First as tragedy then as farce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g&list=PL2A9E93CE64706770

Nike sweatshop: behind the swoosh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5uYCWVfuPQ

Apple Chinese factory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1_XAuJ8qCc

Spongebob Squarepants and Global Warming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UOCmMYINkI

Actually the world isn’t flat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfPSrdISUwk

Would you still buy that dress…?

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=would+you+still+buy+that+dress+after+watching+this

A2 - some wider viewing linked to marxism and market liberalism

here are some links to some engaging, politically-motivated documentaries which illustrate a variety of different standpoints on capitalism today.

(there is no expectation that you should watch everything here - watch what seems engaging, and take notes accordinglyu in order to supplement the reading and discussions we have done in class.)

How Class Works

The Paradox of Choice

Consumed - Is our Culture Leading to Disaster?

Capitalism is the Crisis

Four Horsemen

The Story of Stuff