Week 11 blog

Lind's article, Media Misogyny: Demonizing ‘Violent’ Girls and Women was all about women criminals in the media and how it differs. Lind explored and analyzed the ways in which women are portrayed differently in crime media. The author argues that women criminals are "demonized" in the media. That they are judged more harshly for violent crimes because they are deviating from the norms of femininity with their crimes. Furthermore the they are judged and measured based on their femininity, looks/appearance, and on their performance as wives, or mothers. Any of these things often work against them in court or in the media.
The article Coverage of Domestic Violence Fatalities by Newspapers in Washington State, as the title might suggest covered just that. The authors explored domestic violence cases in Washington state that have resulted in fatalities. The authors then analyzed deeper how these cases were portrayed in the papers. Its sad to say the many of the victims in these cases were further blamed and victimized by the media.
I watched the movie Enough expecting it to be terrible as everyone made it sound and actually because of my very low expectations, I was pleasantly surprised. It really wasn't bad. It was also nice that the main character J-Lo was not treated as she would have been in the news media (according to our readings.) In this film the victim was glorified in her taking action and taking matters into her own hands and solving her problems with violence. But she almost just beat him up and didnt finish the job, only to let him chase her forever, but then she did and Im glad she killed his ass.
In the Black Donnellys there are two female criminals that come to mind. The first is Mrs. McCreedy a pitiful old lady who gets the gang to beat up some street toughs. As it turns out they were drugdealers stealing Mrs. McCreedys business. It's funny because she fits many of the trends we read about. They even refer to her as a witch a few times. The other female criminal is Jenny who's plot is actually very similar to J-Lo's in Enough. She straight up kills her violent stalker with a pipe. Awesome.