Research @ Flintridge Sacred Heart

Jenny Wang '20 (magazine) This article talks about how Asian Women are now breaking and challenging the conformity and social norms that the Asian society expects them for doing. The author of the article Imi Lo first points out the common misconceptions that people often have when they think of Asian Women, whether it is related to their occupation, marriage ages, stereotypes and body shapes. Women who do not fit into those criteria are categorized as the non-conforming Asian Women. She then explains how conformity has played a significant role in Asia, and “these cultures value conformity above individuality” . Many of the cultural norms and social expectations are ingrained into people’s minds, and women who challenge those will face many difficulties throughout their growth and are not recognized or perceived by society. Lo supports her argument by presenting multiple examples, One of the example of “ Tiger Parent”, who give many pressures on their daughters and force t...

Elizabeth Rosenberger '20 (book) Animal Rights & Human Morality was written by Bernard E. Rollin with the goal to promote animals rights and the fair treatment of them by humans in a legal manner. Within this book I focused on two sections, “Do Animals Need Rights? Their Legal Status Today” and “Legal Rights of Animals Today”. Bernard E. Rollin is a Professor at Colorado State University in “philosophy, biomedical science, and animal science”. Rollins has written many influential books focused on “animal rights and the philosophy of consciousness”. Rollin’s intended audience is for researchers, students, philosophers, veterinarians, scientists, and any person who is challenging their perspective on animals rights in legal terms. While reading the section, “Do Animals Need Rights? Their Legal Status Today”, Rollins explains that animals “rights” today are for “people who own or use animals as primary objects of moral concern, rather than the animals themselves. Rollins e...

by Georgia Kisob '20 (journal) “Playing Princess: Preschool Girls’ Interpretations of Gender Stereotypes in Disney Princess Media” by Julia Golden and Jennifer Wallace speaks to the messages involving gender portrayed among the Disney princess media sector. The purpose of the study was to examine the recurring behavior and demeanor of young girls to fully assess their assimilation to the gender norms presented in media. The main four themes or focuses of the study are “beauty, focus on clothing and accessories, princess body movements, and exclusion of boys.” (Golden and Wallace 1)  This study relates to my research because it takes a deeper look at the social cognitive theory of gender development, which is my main point of research. It details how specifically these stereotypes form the female brain at such a young age. It specifically concentrates on the idea of “one-dimensional femininity” which can be harmful in the early stages of forming one’s gender i...

by Dominique Godinez '20 (academic journal) Gomillion and Giuliano used both surveyed and interviewed approaches to best understand and collect data of the influence of media on the formation of queer identity. The survey process of 126 people occurred at a Texas Pride Festival, so they accounted for the possible rushing of the survey, however, it proved majorly successful in detailing how crucial role models and positive representation was for high self-esteem as a queer person. To further the findings, longer, personal interviews were conducted of 15 queer individuals living in Texas. This source fully highlighted the influence of media on an everyday person in the 21st century, positive and negative. While mostly focusing on the positive effects, Gumillion and Giuliano state “the media can also exert a harmful influence on children and adolescents by providing negative role models and by exposing children to traumatic content. In general, Matthews concluded th...

by Riley DeJardin '20 (exhibition catalogue) The other articles focused on very specific parts of my research: fashion’s effect on the portrayal of Catholic imagery and the fashion which is involved in the church. This is the official book from The Metropolitan Museum of Art about the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Met Gala in 2018. This article specifically talks about why this theme was chosen and how it was executed. It has a lot of pictures and information about the pieces that were given to the Heavenly Bodies exhibit from the Vatican, which helps give me an idea which pieces were significant and why. According to the article, this partnership was monumental, saying that “Heavenly Bodies, the first collaboration between t he Vatican and The Costume Institute, follows in the footsteps of a number of landmark exhibitions featuring treasures from the Vatican,” (9). The cooperation of the Vatican was vital in making this theme a possibility ...