{"id":717,"date":"2021-09-15T22:51:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T02:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/?p=717"},"modified":"2021-09-15T22:51:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T02:51:35","slug":"queer-mary-margaret-clouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/09\/15\/queer-mary-margaret-clouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Queer: Mary Margaret Clouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this keyword, queer media is mentioned frequently, particularly how it can often be connected to financial gain. The \u201cimpact\u201d of queer media is mentioned, especially \u201cin ways that equate profit and advertiser approval with political progress.\u201d Using this capitalistic lens to examine the production and consumption of queer media, we begin to question whether the intention is genuine on both sides of this media experience. When it comes to production, we then wonder about the intention behind producing \u201cqueer\u201d media. Is this production designed to be an accurate representation of the queer experience? Or does it exist to appeal to an audience that seeks such representation, or perhaps a watered-down version of it? The example that comes to mind here is a music video that recently faced backlash and criticism for \u201cqueerbaiting\u201d, Billie Eilish\u2019s music video for her song \u201cLost Cause.\u201d In the video, Billie is seen dancing and having fun with a group of girls, but the video seems to be sexualized, leading viewers to question both the singer\u2019s sexuality and whether or not she was using queerness as a way to market herself and her music. Consumers of media have a role in inspecting examples such as this and encouraging the creation of queer media that represents a wider range of the queer experience, rather than solely a glamorized version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billie Eilish - Lost Cause (Official Music Video)\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S2dRcipMCpw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/K2oYozzu9kU\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/K2oYozzu9kU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this keyword, queer media is mentioned frequently, particularly how it can often be connected to financial gain. The \u201cimpact\u201d of queer media is mentioned, especially \u201cin ways that equate profit and advertiser approval with political progress.\u201d Using this capitalistic lens to examine the production and consumption of queer media, we begin to question whether the intention is genuine on&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/09\/15\/queer-mary-margaret-clouse\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5404,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87686,68046],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-keywords","category-queer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}