Wednesday, January 27, 2021

On Wednesdays We Wear Purple

 



    On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, President Elect Joe Biden was sworn in as the next president of the United States. Sworn in next to him was his running mate and new Vice President, Kamala Harris. This election made history due to the turn of events that occurred. Donald Trump became the 10th president in history to lose a re-election, red states turned into blue states, and most importantly, the United States gained its first female VP. Women everywhere celebrated this huge victory of the "glass ceiling" being shattered, especially the women who attended the Inauguration. To pay homage to the women who laid the framework to allow a woman in office, many of the female attendees wore purple, the color of the women's suffrage movement. It has also been said that the color purple symbolizes bipartisanship because the colors red and blue combined makes purple. The photo above shows political figures Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Michelle Obama following the trend at the Inauguration. 

Friday, January 22, 2021

Mass Media, Politics, and the Portrayal of Women



Hi everyone! My name is Madison Cummings and I am a senior MENT major. When I first started college I was a political science major, however over time I changed it to Media and Entertainment to better suit my future career goals. I have always had a good foundation of politics, so studying media effects within my major showed me just how closely the two topics are related. My course work has heavily focused on gender and media effects, so this blog will be centered around how women are portrayed in politics. 






 

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