Category: 4. ‘Algorithmic Biases’ Or ‘The male gaze’
The Male Gaze
One of the most important ideas in media theory and film is the “male gaze,” which Laura…
Zootopia: The Diversity of Female Character Creation and fighting with the Male Gaze
In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female….
The Male Gaze In Women’s Football
In 1975, Laura Mulvey coined the term “Male Gaze,” created to theorize and understand the idea that…
Understanding the Male Gaze, the Female Gaze
The concept of the ‘male gaze’ has been central to feminist film theory for decades. Feminist scholars…
Why Your Feed Looks the Way It Does: Data Colonialism in Action
Every time we scroll through our phones, we are participating in what Couldry and Mejias call “data…
Being Looked At: The Male Gaze from Cinema to Social Media
1. What Is the Male Gaze? The idea of the Male Gaze was introduced by Laura Mulvey…
Wo(men): The Male Gaze.
To be seen as a Female is to be seen as a conceptualization. Used as a tool…
How the male gaze is not just about a female figure
The male gaze is a feminist theory which describes how the media often portrays women in more…
Understanding the Male Gaze
The term “male gaze” comes from film theorist Laura Mulvey (1975). She argued that many films were…
The gender power game in Pirates of the Caribbean
We miss Elizabeth Swan in Pirates of the Caribbean, the “white moonlight” that fell out of the…
How the Male Gaze Shapes Men, Not Just Women
Laura Mulvey’s idea of the male gaze is often used to explain how films make women look…
Algorithmic Biases in AI Face Recognition
In this blog, I discuss the idea of algorithmic bias through the example of AI face recognition…
The Male Gaze in Sportswear
Theory The male gaze theory was originally formed by Laura Mulvey in 1975, and it describes how…
Male is female, female is male
There is a male gaze in feminist theory from John Berger in 1972, means from men’s sight…
