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<\/a><\/p>\nPinterest is a very fascinating tool for those studying post-feminist theory and provides a fabulous avenue for deconstructing some of the arguments made by Angela McRobbie.\u00a0 In McRobbie\u2019s article Post-Feminism and Popular Culture she utilizes Bridget Jones\u2019s Diary as an example to illustrate the self-monitoring subject.\u00a0 Self-monitoring refers to the tools in which in this context western women use to response to a new reflexive modernity in which they find themselves enjoying a new-found liberation from traditional gender roles, are left in a way to their own devices to create a new social structure for themselves.\u00a0 Women are now responsible for creating their own individualism regarding all aspects of their romantic, professional and social selves (260-261).<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s young women in their twenty-somethings or early thirties struggle to make the most of this reflexive modernity, much like Bridget Jones.\u00a0 They must be strong, independent and liberated and breakdown gender roles.\u00a0 The expectation to get an education, find a suitable respectable career and to delay partnering as well as parenthood is expected or else she is deemed ungrateful or ignorant of the strides made by the feminist movements of the 70s and 80s that saw women\u2019s progress in society hit its peak in the 90s.\u00a0 This progress is now under fire by feminists who believe that today\u2019s young generation of women who are compromising their efforts for gender equality, in an era of mass media infiltration.\u00a0 Young women today are constantly asked to walk the line between feeling liberated and empowered while not subjecting themselves to the wants of men and the evil of media messages.\u00a0 While all of these mixed messages are being navigated Pinterest rapid rise as a integral social media site throws a bone into the mix on how women are creating a space to secretly escape from the progressive lifestyles they\u2019re \u201cempowered\u201d to lead to an online reality of the \u201cgood ole days\u201d.<\/p>\n
Pinterest provides women and young women specifically an online platform to create categorical inspiration boards, of sorts.\u00a0 Its a space for individuals to \u2018pin\u2019 different images of all things that interest them.\u00a0 Popular categories include food, pastries, health, fashion, quotes, and of course weddings.\u00a0 These extremely stereotypically traditional feminine interests are highlighted on Pinterest, presented with a modern twist.\u00a0 Instead of classic chocolate cake recipes you have hip red velvet cake brownies and healthy paleo diet breakfast ideas.\u00a0 Like Bridget Jones Pinterest encourage self-monitoring and self-reflection with much content dedicated self improvement, specifically health and fitness.<\/p>\n
On Pinterest the individual can be their ideal self.\u00a0 A person who is fit and healthy, bakes intricate pastries, is dressed to the nines and is in the midst of planning their big wedding.\u00a0 The amount of wedding resources Pinterest provides images to its audience is astounding.\u00a0 Everything from wedding gowns, wedding hair, wedding decor, wedding flowers, wedding rings, wedding song playlists, wedding invitations, wedding photography, wedding videography and it goes on and on.\u00a0 One does not even need to be engaged and can have their entire wedding planned from the colour of the napkins to the song of the first dance.\u00a0 Pinterest is a secret oasis for young \u201cprogressive\u201d women to exercise a certain suppressed dream of traditional perfection that is shockingly similar to the values of the 50s.<\/p>\n
A young women can be sitting in a gender studies class while simultaneously pinning ideas for her bridesmaids dresses at the back of the class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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