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Here's my magazine!

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So its finally over,

PROGRESS B)

Hi I have completed the table of contents using some of the names of the models, considering they are all artists who either draw, paint, write or any other form of art. I chose the background of the table of contents to be black to contrast the white of the other side that holds the mission statement and an editor's note. The titles are inspired by poems or pieces of art they have produced, one of the aims of my magazine is to serve as an outlet for feminist perspectives through the usage of multimedia content, as stated in my mission statement. Instead of referring to the magazine as my own, I chose to use a "we," in an effort to assimilate real-world magazines that are produced as a team, rather than solely. 

Arugula

HIIIIIII i finished my editor's note and mission statement that I really wanted to do, I believe its important for my magazine considering its aims may be ambiguous! Also I will be finishing the table of contents shortly!!!!!

COVER PHOTO

Hi I was messing around with my friend's drawing pad and using Photoshop.

I created a photo that can be used for my cover picture!!!!!!! I'm not sure if I want to use this drawing or one of my photos from the shoots. The photo goes well with the overall theme of my magazine and I think I will keep it considering I'm on a limited time frame......

Change of Plans

Hi everyone as you know, I still have to take pictures of my earth model, however Bianca can't until Monday, so I decided that it would be better to find another model.
My friend Corina has agreed to do it, so I'll be doing her makeup and taking some pictures of her today. wish me luck!!!!!!


Corina is a genuine, grounded girl that represents earth very well, her nurture instincts and delicacy, resound an earth-like charisma. She has fought like hell to stay true to her beliefs, she is inspiring and unique.

HM the photos!

My pictures are here!!!! I've decided that I should do a mini interview for each girl, they're each so empowering and interesting which is why I chose them. Everyday they inspire me to be more confident and self-assured, they're my own personal heroes, and I think I should let others know why. 

Sol: Air 

I've known Sol since forever, she's always been someone close to my heart. She's extremely genuine and true to herself, but she's also free-spirted and independent. Her soft face juxtaposes her resilient personality, if anyone would ever do me wrong, Sol would inspire me to stand up for myself and not let anyone treat me as unworthy. Sol is extremely outspoken about women's right to choose. She also encourages women to be in tune with their sexuality and not to feel as if they need to act, dress, speak a certain way in order to be considered "ladylike." Sol wishes to be a writer, she spends her time writing poetry and reading John Keats. 
 

Ana: Water 
Ana I met very recently, however the first day I met her I was left completely in awe her personality is like no other. Her confidence is radiating, she truly embraces all her flaws and treats them as her strengthens. It's inspiring to other people around her!!! after being with her I felt moved to stop putting myself down because of my insecurities. 




Sara: Fire
Sara and I have been through a lot, she was always there for me, like a fire that never extinguished...
She's been through a lot and each time she overcame something she came back stronger, I always looked up to her for that. Her ability to be okay when everything around her was falling apart. Sara is powerful and passionate, she feels so deeply every emotion. Sara loves to paint, sculpt, and draw she loves making people uncomfortable. 



Earth is Bianca and her photo shoot will be on Tuesday YAY!

Things are coming along?

Hi everyone I FINALLY TOOK SOME PICTURES AND THEY CAME OUT AWESOME! The setting ended up changing and it was done very sporadically.
My makeup looks:

The pictures are currently being uploaded and will posted on my next blog post I'm so happy it's all coming along, Earth will be shot on Monday considering my model was unavailable on Saturday :)

Finally

This whole week I have been brainstorming over the theme of the photo series, asking various creative individuals such as teachers and friends. Maybe it was a compilation of all their thoughts, but I was enlightened with an idea that entails numerous societal aspects, including nature, femininity, and personas. My photo series will be called Lady Earth, there will be four models each representing an element, water, earth, air, and fire. I will choose each model according to personalities. The elements represent different aspects of those people whom identify as a woman, it is also an analogy for women's crucial role in society. The woman creates life in the same manner of the elements. 

FIRE

SARA LINDE 

PERSONALITY: DARING, PASSIONATE, OUTSPOKEN, COURAGE, IMMODERATE

SETTING: PARKING LOT, ROOFTOP

AIR

SOL WEMAN

PERSONALITY: INDEPENDENCE, DILIGENCE, JOY, CLARITY

SETTING:BRIDGE/MOUNTAIN                             

EARTH 

BIANCA BUTLER 

PERSONALITY: PERSERVERANCE, RESISTANCE, AMBITIOUS,RELIABILITY

SETTING: EVERGLADES 

WATER

ANA CARDENAS 

PERSONALITY:UNDERSTANDING, PLACIDITY, MODEST, INDIFFERENCE 
SETTING: BEACH, LAKE, POND 

Www.poznanie.sk. "Fire, Water, Air, Earth." Fire, Water, Air, Earth. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2017.

INDECISIVE AND CONFUSED

"Feminism has done a lot for women, right? And it’s changed a lot too. After three waves of bickering over what is and isn’t appropriate patriarchy-dismantling conduct, the movement has now adopted a more laissez-faire attitude towards women’s behaviour: Fuck the Madonna/whore complex, the fourth wave declares, and put it in a NutriBullet. Fuck the housewife/CEO binary and the girly girl/tomboy dichotomy. Women can be sexual or puritanical or maternal or spawn-phobic or heavily made-up or #nomakeup or waxed or shaved or any number and mixture of things once categorised as either patriarchy-sanctioned or patriarchy-condemned. It’s all OK! You can be cheer captain and on the bleachers! Radical softness! Woo!"


This excerpt from a magazine article on Dazed magazine has inspired one of my photo series ideas which is depicting different stereotypes of women viewed in society, specifically media. It would explore female archetypes  such as housewife, CEO, etc.


I also have another idea of depicting working class women in Miami, mainly Latinx and Black women that transcend struggle. The photos will comment on society's treatment of working class women and their hardships. 


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NEW IDEAS!

So I've been researching feminist photography!!!! 

I have found much of inspiration in photograhers such as Bettye Lane, she is responsible for documenting much of the 1960s-70s protests such as the Stonewall protests which is where the gay liberation movement began! 

Lane also, however, was strongly interested in the women's movement, and would document everything from marches and placards to the first female bus driver in New York and portraits of Gloria Steinem. If there was one documenter of the history of first and second-wave feminism in America, it was Lane.





Another great inspiration is Abigail Heyman, she was known best for her 1974 book, 'Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal,' a sort of illustrated encyclopedia of women performing self-limiting roles. The collection was filled with images of suffocating domesticity, from women in curlers to suffering mothers to Heyman herself having an abortion. The series gave Heyman her lifelong reputation as a feminist talent, and Growing Up Female remains a classic that every American woman should see at least once.





My research has inspired me to make a decision... I will no longer be doing an opinion piece, instead I will be producing a photo series that will transcend a message of feminism and female empowerment!!!


Thorpe, JR. "9 Powerful Feminist Photo Series You Need To Know About." Bustle. Bustle, 12 July 2016. Web. 27 Mar. 2017.

Bunch of bAD nEWS

I am feeling unmotivated and uninspired. 

My teacher told me I can not publish my friend's work on my magazine :( 

Therefore, no more poetry or art. Curse these guidelines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANYWHO, I will be doing an opinion piece instead, it will be titled "Feminism in Trump's America"

that will explore how to stay empowered under Trump's administration. I wish to explore current issues in feminism such as equal pay and planned parenthood.  

Here are some things to take into account: 

• One of Trump’s first executive orders prohibits the granting of federal US funds to organizations that perform abortions or provide abortion-related counseling abroad. This measure was widely condemned in the United States and worldwide.
• Trump’s administration has already ordered the defunding of organizations that support women’s right to choose, his Vice President led the anti-abortion march and the Republican majority in the House of Representatives voted against funding Planned Parenthood 

I am also planning on aiding the piece with a photo shoot that will ooze female empowerment, I will be taking the pictures of my friends the photoshoot will be inclusive of all body shapes, races, and ethnicities!!!!! 

:/ 



Murillo, Celeste. "The Failure of Liberal Feminism in the Trump Era." Left Voice. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.

sup...

Hi I played around with joomag which is the magazine creator platform i'll be using, and jesus it is not as easy as it seems.

I wanted to take the time to develop an outline.


COVER

• illustration 
• will have no coverlines nor selling lines 
• will only have a masthead 
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• most of the magazines that have inspired mine do not have coverlines, i believe it follows my aesthetic better 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• two page spread, there will be an about page that will contain information on the magazine sort of explaining its philosophy and aims 
• the about page will be on the left side of the table of contents 
• about page will include how the magazine came to be 
• table of contents will be a simple page outlining the features of the magazine
• poetry by sol weman 
• art by sara linde 
• art by maria morales 
• essay by karla zurita 
• photograph series 
• women in Trump's America
• outlines several political issues and how it affects women 
• 

EDITOR'S NOTE

• I want to include an editor's note that will be my personal thoughts about the magazine and why I decided to do it.

TWO-PAGE SPREAD?

• After the editor's note i'd want the next thing to be the poem by sol accompanied by a drawing on the left hand side that will represent the poem 
• 

i MAY be adding too many things however I'd like it to end with a double pagespread sheet of a photoshoot of my girl friends

YAY!!!

Hi guys, I have talked to my friend Veronica Bello who is an artist and she gave me permission use her illustrations in my magazine.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!

I will be using one of her illustrations for my cover page :)

The illustrations embrace femininity, which is why the complement my magazine so well.


I am going to play around with joomag and will see which illustration fits the cover the best.
 

Talkin Business

Ok its time to get serious.

Thus far I've been brainstorming and getting my thoughts together, so now I want to sort of try to organize my thoughts?


If possible...

I just subscribed to Dissent magazine so I can see more of their work! Hopefully that will inspire me into developing a plan for my layout.

Basically, so far I have two ideas for the cover of my magazine it could be an illustration or an aesthetically pleasing picture of a girl(s).

I have also talked to my friend who writes poetry and she sent me a poem that perfectly goes with my magazine, and it will be featured in the magazine.
 

The poem reflects burdens women inherit, speaking out against gender roles and what it means to be a woman. The layout design for the poem will look something like this 




ILLUSTRATION INSPIRATIONS
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PHOTOGRAPHS INSPIRATIONS

Fisher, Lauren Alexis. "The Rising Feminist Magazines You Need to Start Reading." Harper's BAZAAR. Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Nov. 2016. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.