Week 7

I probably would have never guessed where the origin of the word "bikini" had came from. It was named for the Bikini Atoll. It shocked me to know that the Bikinians had to leave their home in order for there to be nuclear bomb testing for the United States. Since Bikini Atoll did not have much of a large population and the people had a strong belief in Christianity, United States lured them to relocate by saying that it is "for the good of mankind and will end all worlds wars." The nuclear testings just ruined their homeland forever. The "bikini" in another sense is the bathing suit worn on women, which can portray them in different ways of how you view things. There is always an argument about the females' position in our history. For example, like in the image of the American woman wearing a bikini versus the woman wearing a burka was ironic because they both thought the same thing of the male dominated culture. Maybe in the past, the women were an ideal image for men and society, but that's not the case in our modern times. Females can choose freely of what they want to wear and how they present themselves in the world. Maybe the girl in the bikini and the girl in the burka chose to wear their outfit for their own personal benefits and not for society. The word "bikini" can lose its real first meaning. If I had not read the article, Bikinis and Other/ Pacific n/Oceans by Teresia K. Teaiwa, I would have never known the background of where the word "bikini" originally had came from and about the destruction of their homelands that the Bikinians had to face.

The official teaser of the Roxy Pro Biamitz 2013 had hit a home run attraction to people because it had burst into a discussion alarming the footage and purpose of the video. I felt that since the video was meant for a contest that it should have shown more of her skills in the water than the image of her body. It did not have much of an important or inspiring message to viewers. I would have liked to see her performance in surfing.

The film, Gidget, was a cute and good movie. However, as I was watching it I noticed that it presented stereotypes about women in those times. It showed that women back in those days mostly had a man hunt and that they only cared of their appearances to capture the attention of males. I did not like how they presented Gidget to be whiny a lot. I felt like she was not as whiny as they had showed her.

We as a society have progressed a lot in gender roles since the past. The discussion of the gender roles in our society is still a growing progression for the freedom of choice and expression.