Study Task 7- Reading Dissertations

"Intersectional fourth wave feminism; is technology and the internet beneficial or detrimental to current female zine culture?" 

Research methods:

• WIDE RANGE!!!! 
• books: look up "all the rebel women; rise of the fourth wave of feminism"
• first hand, interviews with people that make zines and other female creators
• journals and online

Tone of voice:

• overall, impassioned and personable
• clearly the subject matter means a lot and is personal to the writer, which I like
• feels not too scientific or overly scholarly
• however, some sentences are overly packed with sophisticated vocabulary so that it is hard to understand in places 

Clarity:

•  as mentioned before some words and phrases could be taken out to avoid over complicating it
• quite rambling in places which makes it hard to remember the point thats being made
• but thoroughly researched and well rationed

Flow:

• the general 'chapters' are easily divided up into a few smaller categories which is good
• however the interview sections towards the end is slightly harder to understand, doesn't totally fit the flow of the essay
• smaller chunks easier to understand

Beginning My Visual Journal

Starting Imagery:

• women themselves (too easy?)
• things typical of the punk subculture; the clothing, makeup, symbols (anarchy), jewellery
• famous and influential women of punk; Joan Jett, Cherie Curie, Patti Smith, Kathleen Hanna, Siouxsie Sioux

Possible colour palettes and materials:

• PINK, anything typically feminine
• black, the colour that epitomises the punk aesthetic
• tartan
• metal, chrome
• collage, photocopy
• ink