Exigence: This image is responding to the whole idea that the length of a woman's skirt/shorts/whatever says something about them as a person. It's purpose is to make people think about how they view a person and the assumptions that they make about them based simply on their clothing or how they dress.
Audience: The audience is everyone. Originally, this photo was a high school art project from tumblr user roseaposey.tumblr.com, who posted it on tumblr. Since then, it's spread around the internet.
Constraints: One thing that could hinder this is that there's no way to tell if it could be spread around. It could have just been posted and then forgotten, with no one seeing it. Another could be keeping it "appropriate", however, even though it could be considered a 'provocative' picture, there is no sexualization, and in fact is actively fighting the idea that a women's body is just for that.
I really liked what you had to say about this picture, especially about the fact that this isn't a provocative picture, that it is trying to help fight common stereotypes about how women dress. Really well done!
ReplyDeleteI love this picture. You did a great job expanding on it, and nailed the exigence, audience, and constraints. What you wrote for exigence got me thinking about the role of the clothing that we wear. Everyone says to not judge a book by its cover, but we all do it subconsciously to everyone around us. This makes the image appeal to literally everyone. For constraints, its amazing to me that this was just an art project and that it was spread around for the world to see.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job analyzing this picture, and finding it as well!