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Sexism is bliss

Last year I took a class called Philosophy of Gender. May sound a bit like nonsense, but I learned a lot in this class. Going into it, I found my opinions differed substantially from those of the professor and other philosophy students. "These ugly virgins are over-concerning themselves here," I thought, sparing no haughtiness. Yet by the end, I had indeed turned into a miserable feminist.

The term paper that turned me feminist is on sexuality and objectification in the service industry. This is a subject that I as a bartender felt I could easily exploit into turning out some conclusion that the professor would find coincided well with the class material. To my surprise, my own research opened my eyes so that my opinions actually began to change to coincide with the class material.

External link to Objectification of Restaurant Employees and Its Moral Implications

Preview:

blindness in sight

This film project is a depiction of Elkin's chapter on Blindness in his book The Object Stares Back. In the chapter, Elkins explains how blindness is intertwined with everyday vision. Of all the things we see, blindness is the counterpart of what we actually retain in our memory.

My team and I made this film for a class called Experimental Film, FMA 4001 at LSU. The class is designed to explore filmmaking in the avant-garde genre.

The film was shot in 1080p. So if you're not struggling with your internet connection, enjoy viewing it as such.