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Blog 3: Pop Culture Influences

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Bria Quarles-Harris WMST 205      As a young girl, I will never forget the amount of love I had for Barbies and by love I mean all I ever did was talk, eat, sleep, and play with Barbies. Even annoying my parents enough to join me in my imaginary world of "Barbieland". Now as silly as Barbieland sounds now I will always remember the importance of it serving as an escape world from reality until I reached the 4th grade. Ever since I was in 1st grade I was always getting bullied or teased. I would be taunted for the way I dressed, my hair, looks, and my interests/hobbies which made it extremely difficult to make friends and would often go home crying because nobody would play with me during recess or talk to me in class. Looking back you could say that I was sort of an easy target considering that I was a crybaby. However, when I got home and saw all my Barbies everything that had ever happened at school suddenly drifted from my mind once I stepped into my made-up ...
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Blog 2: Gender Representation in Sports

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Bria Quarles-Harris Serena Williams Prompt 1: There is no doubt that Serena Williams is one of the greatest tennis players in the world. Notice that I didn’t say she is one of the greatest female tennis players because Serena is considered to be the best at professional tennis between men and women. While she is a highly respected and an inspiration for people all over the world her success does not come without public banter and belittlement. It is important to note that in the professional world of tennis approximately 95% of players, both men and women, are of Caucasian descent and often from Europe so for many people seeing Williams, a black woman, is different from what they expect even though she has been in the game for years.             Recently, Williams was fined $17,000 at the 2018 U.S Open after getting into a heated argument of cheating accusations during a match. The official had revoked a point from Wi...
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Blog 1: Gender

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Bria Quarles-Harris WMST 205 Prompt 1: For centuries women have worn dresses for a variety of reasons ranging from protection purposes to fashion statements, however, the early history of dresses primarily served as a protective garment for both men and women especially during the 15 th and 16 th centuries. Dresses are described as a skirt, long or short, that is attached to a bodice (the upper body portion of the dress). During the 16 th century, it was not uncommon to see little boys wearing dresses until they reached their adolescent/adult years under the tradition of "breeching". It was not until the 17 th century when dresses became less common with men and more common with women and as of today we have symbolized dresses to be an indicator of femininity. Prompt 2:             Society today has associated femininity with wearing dresses and is specifically aimed more towards women. However, there has been a ma...
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