2. CAITLIN MORAN
• Moran is a journalist, author, broadcaster and a feminist. Born in Brighton Moran is the British
Press Columnist of the year for 2010, Critic of the year 2011 and interviewer of the year in 2011
as well. In 2012, she was named columnist of the year by the London Press club, this is a
society for Journalists it used to be a London’s gentleman club in 1882 but has since changed.
On the London Press club’s website it states ‘ The Club provides opportunities for journalists
and others interested in the media to meet and learn of new developments, debate the latest
issues and explore our collective past communicators’. She has also been awarded the Culture
Commentator at the Comment Awards in 2013. She refers to her early life as ‘The Hunger
games’, living in a three bed council house with 7 siblings with an Irish father who has been
described as a former ”drummer and psychedelic rock pioneer” later on he was imprisoned on
the sofa due to Osteoarthritic (a joint disease that results from breakdown of joint cartilage
and underlying bone). After attending a secondary school for three weeks she was then home
schooled at the age of 11, she and her siblings received no proper education from their
parents so most of the days were passed away with games. She moved out when she could, at
the age of 18. Even though she might not have received a proper education she was always
keen on writing, this is shown with the success at the age of 13 when she won the Dillions
young readers contest for her essay on Why I like books.
3. • She began her journalist career with a weekly music publication, Melody Maker. She wrote a novel
during this time called The Chronicles of Narmo, this was inspired by being home-schooled. In
1992, she launched her TV career hosting a channel 4 show which ran for two series. Her next
project was inspired by her upbringing, in 2013 her TV series began airing in the UK. Raised by
wolves is a television sitcom which follows a loose account of the siblings’ youth in
Wolverhampton. The first series attracted 1.3 million viewers which made it channel 4’s second
highest rating in 2015. After a second series channel 4 cancelled the show in 2016 due to
“commitments to new programmes”. In October 2016 the Moran siblings campaigned for a third
series, if the campaign received £320,000 by November they could put on a one-off special
episode, this campaign was unsuccessful.
• How to Build a Girl was her next project after the first series of Raised by wolves, then followed
How to Be Famous and to conclude How to Change The World. In 2011, Ebury Press published
Moran’s book How to Be a Woman. How to Be a Woman is a non-fiction memoir which
documents Moran’s early life, it includes her views on feminism. When she wrote this popular book
her goal was to make feminism more approachable for every woman by telling stories of her life
struggles. Feminists are often seen as radical man-haters but her viewpoint of feminists are they
are actually advocates for true equality. In this book Moran calls for fifth wave feminism to rise up,
“But if there is to be a fifth wave of feminism, I would hope that the main thing that distinguishes it
from all that came before is that women counter the awkwardness, disconnect and bullshit of
being a modern woman not by shouting at it, internalizing it, or squabbling about it- but by simply
pointing at it and going ‘HA!’ instead.”- Page 13-14. The book itself has won three awards, 2011
Book of the year, 2011 Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year and 2011 Listeners choice category.
In August 2013 she organised a 24 hour boycott of Twitter in protest against the organisations
failure to deal with offensive content posted.
CAITLIN MORAN
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6. FEM NEWSMAGAZINE
• Fem Newsmagazine is UCLA newsmagazine since 1973.The magazine focuses on social and political
issues as well as art and cinema. It contains news, poetry and short stories. The topics range from
anything, in the Fall 2017 issue there was articles with the topic of education, religion and goddesses.
The magazine is based in Mexico city where they aim to bring a broad feminist perspective to Latin,
America. This is in hope of inspiring feminist movements. After a few years they had to stop with the
print issue of this magazine due to how expensive it was to produce it. “At FEM, we dedicate
ourselves to furthering the application of intersectional feminism to dismantle structures of
oppression. We recognize that oppression operates along a multitude of intersecting axes, and we
strive to present perspectives that might be otherwise marginalized, erased, or silenced in the
mainstream media. We aim to offer perceptive critique of pop culture, report news and current events
that we believe are essential to the feminist cause, and provide a space for creative feminist work.”.
FEM, UCLA’s feminist newsmagazine, is dedicated to the empowerment of all women, the promotion
of human rights, the recognition of gender diversity, and the application of intersectional
feminism. FEM celebrates women’s right to equality in all aspects of life and appeals to an audience
that believes feminist ideology is still necessary to defeat sexism. I really like the design of FEM
magazine, I think it is something which attracts someone my age, this is something which I would like
to aim for. The photograph effect which FEM uses is very unique and attracts me as I believe it looks
aesthetic. I want to look into have a poem section in my fanzine, this is inspired my this product as I
think it will attract my audience as well as it fit in and inspire my audience.
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NEWSMAGAZINE
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9. FANZINES- TEAL TRIGGS
• The book itself features 750 illustrations and covers the history of zines. his book is a high-impact
visual presentation of the most interesting fanzines ever produced. From the earliest examples,
now incredibly rare, created by sci-fi fans in the 1930s, it takes us on a journey of subcultures
through the decades. Superhero comics inspired a flush of zines in the 1950s and 60s. In the
1970s, the DIY aesthetic of punk was forged in fanzines such as Sniffing Glue and Search and
Destroy, while the 80s saw a flourishing of political protest zines as well as fanzines devoted to the
rave scene and street style. The riot grrrl movement of the 90s gave voice to a defiant new
generation of feminists, while the arrival of the internet saw many fanzines make the transition to
online. From Triggs LinkedIn page it states ‘Professional experience: design researcher with
funding from UK Funding councils and industry sources; have led developments of Master's level
courses in typography/graphic design, design writing criticism; experienced PhD supervisor.
Specialties: Design Research, Graphic Design History and Theory, teaching at postgraduate level,
PhD supervision in the areas of design, history, methods, information environments’. I think the
design of the fanzines aren’t the style which I would like but it is a good learning curve as I know
that I don’t want this 80’s style of fanzine. This resource includes more homemade fanzines where
as I still want my fanzine to look homemade but homemade by computer. As you can see on the
next slide with the images it doesn’t look like the graphics which will attract my audience hence
not wanting to do this design.
11. BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FEM
NEWSMAGAZINE
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12. • The princess saves herself in this one is a autobiographic poetry book written by Amanda Lovelace. Amanda
Lovelace is a American poet who was named Goodreads Poet of the year in 2016 with her book ‘The princess
saves herself in this one’. She used her followings on social media to showcase her work and build a fanbase.
The author of five books previously retained a bachelors degree in English Literature. ‘The princess saves
herself in this one’ was self published in 2016 (when she was 25 years old) it was then republished by Andrews
McMeel publishing n 2017. She has written five books all together.
• The Princess saves herself in this one- this book was the first book to be published. Its about writing your own
ending. It includes a poetry collection in four parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen and you. This book
explores love, loss, grief, empowerment and inspiration.
• The witch doesn’t burn in this one- this book is the sequel to The Princess Saves Herself in This One. It has
been reviewed as “ A feminist celebration of the magic of womanhood”. This is a tale of empowerment and
encouragement.
• To make monsters out of girls- In this book Lovelace explores the memory of being in an abusive relationship.
She poses the eternal question: Can you heal once you’ve been marked by a monster, or will the sun always
sting?
• The mermaids voice returns in this one- Lovelace weaves throughout this empowering collection, they have
tried to silence the mermaid but Lovelace voice returns in this one. This book is not published yet so there isn't
much information about this book but its expected publication date is 5th March 2019.
• Slay those dragons- this book is served as a self care book and a gift for her readers. This book is for anyone
who needs a place to heal, reflect and take control. The book is meant to inspire the readers, to slay any
dragons who try to burn their castle down.
AMANDA LOVELACE
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14. BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR AMANDA LOVELACE
1. .. (.). Amanda Lovelace. Available: https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/amanda-lovelace.html.
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15. MALE GAZE
• What is the ‘male gaze?’
• The male gaze suggests a sexualised way of looking that empowers men and objectifies women.
The concept of the male gaze was first introduced by Laura Mulvey. The male gaze takes many
forms, but can be identified by situations where female characters are controlled by the hero. For
feminists it can be thought of in three ways; How men look at women, how women look at
themselves and how women look at other women. Often in films the camera lingers on the curves
of the female body. Some theorists also have noticed the sexualising of the female body even in
situations where female sexiness has nothing to do with the product being advertised. This theory
has gone without criticism it has been said that some women enjoy being looked at- an example of
this are beauty pageants. In the book ‘Feminist film theory’ it states in chapter 5- ‘Visual Pleasure
and narrative cinema’, it says ‘Woman’s desire is subjugated to her image as bearer of the bleeding
wound; she can exist only in relation to castration and cannot transcend it’. This theory is
something which I will keep in mind when producing my research and creating my production.
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1. Andy Simmons. (2016). Explainer: what does the ‘male gaze’ mean, and what about a female
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what-about-a-female-gaze-52486. Last accessed 27th Jan 2019.
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