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Follow the Bouncing Red Ball - Don't Act on that Crush!

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Thursday, 25 June 2009 00:00
With only two classes remaining, my students are likely feeling the crunch as they try to stay on top of their blogs and assemble their final projects. Thankfully we move into a universal topic for the final week: sex. Or more specifically teen sexuality. It's been a pervasive theme throughout the course, although one we haven't touched on directly. Tonight we're focusing on male sexuality, tracing the recent changes in culture and advertising that has created the "new man" who gentle, emotional and has washboard abs. Instead of watching American Pie or some other randy sex comedy, we're focusing on Larry Clark's contribution to teen films and watching two queer shorts: one Dutch (To Play or To Die), one American independent (Bugcrush) - and nary a happy ending in sight. Ideally I want my students to make the connection between these films and themes/topics from other weeks, including instances of bullying, violence, cliques and teen delinquency. Come back Thursday as we turn our attention to female sexuality.

Sample blogs:
http://iwastherebel.wordpress.com/
http://michellesblogisamazingmostdef.blogspot.com/
http://editsuite99.wordpress.com/
http://chadjico.blogspot.com/
http://stam2-stam2.blogspot.com/

- Posted by Joe

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