I never knew Taylor Swift also directed her own music videos. I am going to check them out now. Which music video from Taylor moved you the most, and why? Also, are there any that you have critiques for? Would love to hear your thoughts!

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Do you think there is any good with AI in the film industry? Would love to hear your thoughts!

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I find it fascinating how AI is evolving, but the push for deregulation isn’t surprising. Profit drives these decisions. The danger is companies will push AI to its limits while ignoring the damages. Imagine what could happen when AGI becomes a reality. YIKES! @cfuchstv.bsky.social #304F25

According to this article, final girl trope describes white women because everything is "normal" after defeating the monster. Robin R. Means Coleman's "Enduring Women" explains how black women in horror includes systemic racism and sexism that's on and off screen. Love to hear your thoughts!

Great work! The final girl can definitely be seen as empowering. I have done so more research on the final girl trope and I came across this article:

www.fangoria.com/enduring-wom...

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Great work! I learned a lot about Hinduism and Hindutva. I would love to see how movies in India portray Hinduism compared to the west, so I can see the differences in portrayals. Do you have any recommendations of movies from India I can watch to help compare?

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Great essay! Taking the time to break news articles and videos down allows us to have a more developed media literacy so that we can spot how an article is framing something. Relates to our assignment last week. Have you compared NBC coverage to other news stations?

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Sources for essay (2/2)

- wrlc-gm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...

- wrlc-gm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRdj...

- youtu.be/GW-sQbnCj6k?...

- Also looking through social media for film reviews and opinions

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(8/8)

Cheryl wasn't just trying to create a film. She was creating liberation. This is why it is important to learn these histories, as it allows us to see new perspectives that we have blind spots for; we become stronger speakers in any field we are pursuing. 😁

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(7/8)

It was not a commercial success and was erased by whiteness, but it still made a cultural impact among black and queer people. It continues to be 'discovered' in the media, but as Cheryl said in a 2023 slash film interview: "Boo, I never left."

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(6/8)

Fae Richards is a fictional character, but Cheryl highlights the power of imagination to regain control of the narrative and history of black queer women that whiteness has erased. As Cheryl stated in the film: "Sometimes you have to create your own history."

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(5/8)

Cheryl combines documentary with various genres, humor, and aesthetics, which she has coined "Dunyementary." She reframes the genres that originally centered whiteness and centers black queer women making it revolutionary and empowering.

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(4/8)

Friendship becomes a survival tool as whiteness controls and isolates black queer women. Cheryl and Tamara's bond helps support each other in carving out their own space within whiteness, allowing them to be heard, seen, grow, and belong.

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(3/8)

Not only does whiteness erase black queer women, but it also consumes them. Whiteness only sees the black body, never the person. Diana never sees Cheryl, but instead, sees her as a black body to fetishize and consume for her own personal desires.

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(2/8)

The intersections of race, gender, and sexuality make black queer women invisible in a society built around white supremacy. The Watermelon Woman highlights how they are erased through film, archives, libraries, and even among other queer and black people.

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This source discusses how The Watermelon Woman highlights the different ways black queer women are erased and controlled through film, archive, institutions, and even among black queer people. The film showcases how Whiteness not only erases black queer women in history but also consumes them.

I wish Allen brought more scene analysis and developed more on her analysis on why Cheryl's dunyementary style is radical.

Allen puts a spotlight on the active role white queer people play in the erasure of black queer women's history. Allen uses the word "gatekeeper" to emphasize how whiteness controls the narrative of the lived experience of queer people, but this generalization erases black queer women (Allen 127).

The Watermelon Woman redefines Black Queer Women's history and perspective through a dunyementary style, combining fiction and humor with documentary, to expose the erasure of Black queer women, challenges whiteness' control on narrative and history, and showcases how imagination is a radical act.