Word: posterize
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Furthermore, the strategically placed shamrock, serving as a target, left no question as to what “Get Lucky” really means. In order to make their advertisements for this party noticeable, the students who made the poster (and many others of all genders) have unintentionally crossed the line from objectification to using images and phrases that may encourage, normalize, and undermine the seriousness of sexual violence. This trend begs the questions: How can it be acceptable to use this kind of imagery? What are we saying about how we view and value each other...
Harvard students hold many social events on campus, and there is a lot of competition between us to organize fun and well-attended parties. We try to make the flashiest poster and the catchiest name. Every Monday and Thursday, we compete with other student-group representatives to promote our events, hoping to make our advertisement the most iconic image on campus for the week. However, it seems that, despite all the energy spent in event publicity, we put too little thought into the kinds of images and words that we use and how they affect the entire Harvard culture...
...recent case in point is the “Get Lucky” poster, advertising a party that was supposed to happen shortly before spring break. The image of a silhouette of a naked, curvaceous woman with a cowboy hat was shocking. We were surprised that our fellow students could portray women in such a demeaning, objectifying way. Who could this naked woman be but a party attendee, just another Harvard student...
...have an early front-runner for best poster (and also for best t-shirt). The timely political reference, the integration of the elephant, and a slogan that perfectly personifies the house...Eliot is definitely in the lead right...
This girl in Quincy at least lived up to her poster...