{"id":773,"date":"2021-09-22T15:22:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T19:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/?p=773"},"modified":"2021-10-24T17:08:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:08:56","slug":"intersectionality-bella-kjellen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/09\/22\/intersectionality-bella-kjellen\/","title":{"rendered":"Intersectionality: Bella Kjellen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intersectionality is the identification of multiple factors of advantage and disadvantage in our society as a whole. Historically, media has been a very shortcoming in its ability to produce an \u201cideal\u201d look that is applicable to more than one demographic. The classic physique of a \u201cwhite, physically and psychologically able, perceived to be heterosexual and middle-upper class\u201d persona that has been plastered across media for decades has ultimately fabricated an illusion this is what we are all striving for, and if it\u2019s not, we <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be. Intersectionality, however, diffuses this problematic mindset into one that can understand and decode the complexities within oppression and power in our society. One example I\u2019ve seen of intersectionality in media is in the television series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Army. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although television series can never truly depict realistic life representations, the show does a good job incorporating topics such as sexuality, race, addiction, class, ability throughout the singular community of students. Incorporating and prioritizing representation in media not only increases the complexity and quality of the production itself, but also brings awareness to the truths of society: the numerous advantages and disadvantages of individuals that must simultaneously reside in our society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BNTAwNTc1YTQtNjg5OS00OWUzLWFkMmUtMDk0ZmNmMWI2NTQyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODQyNDI4ODg@._V1_.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Army (TV Series 2020) - IMDb\" width=\"237\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intersectionality is the identification of multiple factors of advantage and disadvantage in our society as a whole. Historically, media has been a very shortcoming in its ability to produce an \u201cideal\u201d look that is applicable to more than one demographic. The classic physique of a \u201cwhite, physically and psychologically able, perceived to be heterosexual and middle-upper class\u201d persona that has&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/09\/22\/intersectionality-bella-kjellen\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5394,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87721],"tags":[87721],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intersectionality","tag-intersectionality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773","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\/5394"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}