Christopher Bell: Bring on the female superheroes!
كريستوفر بيل: أخرجوا الإناث الخارقات!
Dr. Christopher Bell specializes in the study of popular culture, focusing on the ways in which race, class and gender intersect in different forms of media. Full bio
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for a grown man in our society to say.
بالغ في مجتمعنا.
thinking about little girls,
because I have one.
you would really like her.
the word I find myself saying most
أجد كلمة واحدة تتردد علي كثيرا
and good body control.
و تحكما بدنيا جيدا.
back-to-back-to-back state champion
تتابع
halfway to a black belt.
نصف الطريق للحصول على الحزام الأسود.
and 265 pounds stands in front of you
و يزن 265 باوندا أمامكم
that's a reflection of him.
was a two-time all-state soccer player
بطلة كرة القدم على مستوى الولاية
volleyball player,
الولاية،
أحبه.
in a cloak of flames
seen "Game of Thrones,"
"صراع العروش" مطلقا من قبل،
the worst parents who ever lived.
called the Mother of Dragons,
بأم التنانين،
and she loves it.
وهي تحب هذا.
character is Groot.
that I have to ask.
my daughter dresses up,
she dresses up as a boy?
of female superheroes.
where is all the female superhero stuff?
الإناث الخارقات؟
Where are the toys?
أين هي الألعاب؟
plays when she dresses up,
وتقمص شخصية،
in my own line of work,
في مجال عملي،
are taught ideologies.
to be a man or a woman,
رجلا أو امرأة،
yourself in public,
and have good manners.
والتحلي بالصفات الجيدة.
that make us up as a people.
التي تجعل منا أفرادا.
what we know about other people
الأناس الآخرين
media-saturated society.
aspect of your human existence
كفرد بشري
to the food that you eat
إلى الطعام الذي تأكله
your relationships
you use to formulate thought --
لصياغة الأفكار--
about other people and about the world
حول الأشخاص وحول العالم
distribution technologies and devices.
إعلام و إتصال.
is tied to financial gain,
were owned by 50 companies.
الإعلام الأمريكي كانت تملكه 50 شركة.
doing something is a lot of companies.
يعتبر عددا مهما من الشركات.
ستة فقط،
AOL Time Warner,
AOL Time Warner،
Viacom and the CBS Corporation.
Viacom و CBS Corporation
nine out of every 10 movies you watch,
من كل 10 أفلام تشاهدها،
nine out of every 10 songs,
تسعة من كل 10 أغاني تسمعها،
90 percent of American media,
90 بالمائة من الإعلام الأمريكي،
over what you're allowed to see every day?
ما هو مسموح لك برؤيته كل يوم؟
that media can't tell us what to think,
لا يمكنه أن يخبرنا ماذا نفكر،
بهذا.
to think what they want you to think.
فيما يريدونك أن تفكر به.
the things they want you to think about,
التي يودونك أن تفكر بها،
the things they don't you to think about.
التي لا يريدونك التفكير بها.
Company for a second.
the Walt Disney Company is this.
والت ديزني دائما هو.
لم يسبق له مشاهد فيلم من ديزني؟
who has never seen a Disney movie?
what we call 100 percent penetration
توغلا تاما
has been exposed to Disney,
of its money selling princesses to girls.
عن طريق بيع دمى الأميرات للفتيات.
your daughter is interested in,
for the sum of four billion dollars,
the Disney stores with Han Solo
بمبلغ أربعة مليارات دولار،
and Luke Skywalker and Yoda
ديزني بهان صولو
لوك سكاي والكر و يودا
messes up the public pedagogy
merchandise in the store,
في المحلات،
the Princess Leia stuff?"
merchandise in the store."
and they took to Twitter
"Wait, that's not what we meant.
"لحظة، هذا ليس ما قصدناه.
merchandise yet, but we will."
لكننا سنفعل."
as I recently have,
ولقد فعلت مؤخرا،
items there are in the Disney Store?
of putting Princess Leia in the store.
الأميرة ليا في محل ديزني؟
because we found out that was their policy
لوضع الأميرة ليا في المحلات.
أن هذه هي سياستهم
selling princesses to girls,
to make money from boys.
بيع الأميرات للفتيات،
than superheroes?
to Captain America and to Thor,
من الأبطال الخارقين؟
وإلى ثور،
no one had ever even heard of.
at selling superheroes.
لم يسمع بهم أحد قط من قبل.
called "Guardians of the Galaxy."
في بيع الأبطال الخارقين.
should not work.
بعنوان "حماة المجرة."
except for comic book nerds like me.
تماما.
مهووسي كتب الرسوم مثلي.
is an anthropomorphic raccoon.
off of "Guardians of the Galaxy."
her name is Gamora.
إسمها غامورا.
and fights like a ninja,
by a beautiful black woman,
وتقاتل كالنينجا،
I went to buy my daughter Gamora stuff,
I learned a very interesting thing.
ذهبت لأشتري لابنتي أشياء غامورا،
تعلمت شيئا مثيرا للإهتمام.
as "some" of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
"بعض حماة المجرة".
she wasn't on it,
لم تكن عليها أيضا،
of Gamora right here,
of the actual merchandise on that shelf,
with the hashtag #WheresGamora,
across the world,
تحت وسم #أين_غامورا،
I wasn't even really that surprised,
when Disney had released "The Avengers."
a new Avengers movie, the "Age of Ultron,"
"المنتقمون."
بعنوان "عصر ألترون،"
but two female superheroes,
خارقتين،
actresses in America, plays Black Widow,
لعبت درو بلاك ويدوو،
but five different Marvel movies,
of Black Widow merchandise available.
خمسة أفلام مارفيل،
متواجدة.
and look for a Black Widow costume,
Captain America and The Incredible Hulk.
عن زي بلاك ويدوو،
وهالك العظيم.
in the movie that long.
الفيلم مدة طويلة.
with the hashtag, as many people did,
مثلما فعل الكثير من الناس،
with the Cycle Blast Quinjet play set,
rides a motorcycle out of a moving jet
Cycle Blast Quinjet
نفاثة ليقود دراجة نارية
it happened in the movie,
هذه اللقطة في الفيلم،
with a male figure.
and a bunch of movie studios
over 30 feature-length films
وبعض استوديوهات انتاج الأفلام
فيلما روائيا طويلا،
will have female solo leads.
من بطولة امرأة.
in the rest of these movies,
they will be love interests,
شخصيات محببة،
we learn through media,
my daughter that even if she is strong
عن طريق الإعلام،
and fights like a ninja,
أنه حتى ولو كانت قوية
to your sons and daughters either.
لأولادكم وبناتكم أيضا.
and she has a little tomboy in her,
a terrible thing to call a girl.
وهي مسترجلة بعض الشيء،
those traits that define you,
for a little while from boys.
she's going to take in her life
لبعض الوقت من الصبيان.
التي سوف تتلقاها في حياتها
because in our society,
لأنه في مجتمعنا،
He's 11 years old,
most in the world
عمره 11 سنة،
Friendship is Magic,"
across America.
الصداقة سحر،"
ages five to nine,
بين سن الخامسة والتاسعة،
Friendship is Magic."
الصداقة سحر."
learning in this feminine,
and to work hard and to party hard
الأنثوي،
نعمل بجد ونحتفل بصخب
these wussified concepts to boys.
pick on Mike and they beat him up
المخنثة للصبيان.
بمايك وبضربه
from the top bunk of his bed.
than thought of as liking stuff for girls.
That is our fault.
على أن تحب أشياء للفتيات.
هذا خطأنا.
so that the only female superheroes
and cut for girls.
people said to me,
And I said, "Oh really?"
قال الناس لي،
gendering their toy aisles.
patting Target on the back,
iconic scenes in "Star Wars: A New Hope"
to the Dark Lord of the Sith,
"حرب النجوم: أمل جديد"
replaced by Luke.
ملك الظلام،
on the back too much.
going to gender its Halloween costumes,
are of male superheroes,
أزياء الهالوين مجددا،
who you have wearing them?"
هي لأبطال خارقين ذكور،
a line of DC superhero girls.
باربي.
من الفتيات الخارقات.
wanted to see in dolls,
so they can do superhero stuff.
for your daughters,
play with and as female superheroes
with and as male superheroes.
كالإناث الخارقات و بألعابهن
who goes to the store
كالأبطال الخارقين و بألعابهم.
this toy for a boy or a girl,
because it only has one question on it.
operated with you genitals?"
سؤالا واحدا.
أعضائك الجنسية ؟"
of the future, and in my future,
equally represented.
وفي مستقبلي أنا،
ممثلون بنفس الدرجة.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christopher Bell - Media studies scholarDr. Christopher Bell specializes in the study of popular culture, focusing on the ways in which race, class and gender intersect in different forms of media.
Why you should listen
Dr. Christopher Bell is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS).
At UCCS, Bell teaches both theory and methodology courses in critical analysis of popular culture, rhetorical theory, representation theory and mass media. His academic books include American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television (McFarland 2010), Hermione Granger Saves the World! (McFarland 2012), Legilimens! Perspectives in Harry Potter Studies (Cambridge Scholars 2013), From Here to Hogwarts (McFarland 2015) and Wizards vs. Muggles (McFarland 2016).
For more than ten years, Bell has been a featured professional speaker on a variety of college campuses, both large and small, nationally touring on issues of race, class and gender in the media. In what little spare time is left over, Bell is the author of the children's books Do Not Open the Door! and Do Not Look Under the Rug!, a competitive gamer (competing on regional and international circuits), and he travels with his wife and daughter.
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