"iPhone Apps for Girls"

This list of iPhone apps highlights "Apps for Girls." Interestingly enough, these apps play into gendered stereotypes perfectly. They include MASH, a game that helps you figure out who you are going to marry, how many children you will live, what kind of house you will have etc... and of course because all girls are bad at math, it has an app of Math Flash Cards. This list really just reiterates how gender is constructed through the consumption and and representation of gendered ideals. The media presents these gendered stereotypes, and companies target their products based on these stereotypes, which furthers the assumption that these gendered differences are inherent and not created.

female cartoonist's work challenges Saudi gender norms

I chose this article, because it corresponds to some of the recent readings. The article explains how an Saudi woman by the name of Hana Hajjar, is publishing somewhat controversial cartoons. The cartoons are about the men in society and how they've put women in oppresive situations. Hajjar drawings are pushing the limits, on what women can draw and advertise publicly. In the article Hajjar is taking part of the so "called" masculine activity, as in drawing cartoons. The article goes to give some insight on her past and how she encourages women to draw. Check out the article at cnn.com

Below is the URL for the article described above: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/27/hajjar.female.cartoonist/index.html