Research from my colleague in the UK, Daniel Miller – and a quick look at my Australian friends' social media profiles – shows that selfies are only posted by a "type" of person, not personality-wise but looks-wise: young, attractive, feminine, model-thin or glamour model-curvy, the types of women whose images dominate our media.
In the 1950's, a leftover masculine model still prevailed; in the 1970's feminine models clearly defined themselves.
In the fashion industry, black feminine models are a dime a dozen, but the most feminine are the lightest, and the darker skin models tend to be held up as props, eroticized, and racially sexualized.
Rather, individuals possess a complicated array of masculine and feminine characteristics, that can not be captured by a uni-dimensional (masculinity-femininity) or a bi-dimensional (masculinity x femininity) model (for review see [ 48- 50]).
Madsen does not only tell a story of sacred intimacy, a term that is becoming more popular among sex-positive circles, but portrays and embodies a feminine role model that is not seen as much in today's society.
The ghosts of the two dominant women of that decade – Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana – haunt the edges of these images, locating Perry's feminine role models between a rock and a soft place.
It's unsurprising that those parents who initially praised Disney for its creation of a princess who looked like a real girl are dismayed, to the point where A Mighty Girl, a resource site that helps parents find books and toys that encourage positive feminine role models, has launched a petition.
Helmut Lang fragrances were introduced in May with ads free of descriptive copy or metaphorical imagery -- no hint that one fragrance is masculine, one feminine; no models writhing in heat or walking on the beach -- nothing to distract from the naked power of The Name.
"The other waitresses were my feminine role models," Pond said.
