Firstly, obviously I managed my time with the visual journal very badly. I hated the forced format of the A5 concertina book, but my motivation issues were really stopping me from starting it. I was overwhelmed by the restrictions, and confused about what I should actually do in it. I also didn't really want to start it without having finished my essay, which I also finished very late! With very little time left I was quite limited in what I could do.
I talked to a friend who suggested collage - it's not what I usually like to do, but with limited time left I thought it was actually a good idea.
I decided to focus on portraying women in realistic and natural environments, with other women, to contradict current media's portrayal of women through the male gaze, as I discussed in my essay.
I got some TV magazines, home magazines, women's magazines and catalogues. I started to cut out any women and settings I thought could contribute. I tried to get pictures of women and girls without men, who weren't necessarily smiling, as women don't smile all the time. I definitely didn't want obviously fake and posed pictures, especially where the women were looking into the camera.
So, after cutting out a LOT of images, I set to work creating different scenes.
When I'd finished one side of the journal though, I felt it looked too bare. So I started writing about my perspective on female relationships and how important they are.
It actually kinda turned into a poem, weirdly!
I titled the journal/lengthy zine/poem 'Everyday Superheroes: mums, friends, daughters, women.'
Kinda pretentious maybe.
But I wanted to encapsulate the importance of female relationships, and, extending from my essay, the fact that women need and want these relationships to be featured more in media, and realistically!
Because women are the unsung everyday superheroes of eachother's lives.
You can tell this is a topic I'm passionate about. I love the women in my life.
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