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Questions, Questions, Questions

What is a commodity? (Any thing? Any thing that can be bought and sold?)
What does it mean to commodify? (To convert from non-thing to a thing that can be bought and sold?)
Why is the commodification of women so important? (Because when you have beautiful women in advertisements, you are not selling a product, you are selling a woman, and everything that she represents? Because what the world of buyers really wants is a woman, and everything that she represents, and not your stupid product? [what does a woman represent?] Is that why there are more ‘real’ women in advertisements targeted at other women - washing machines, detergent, tea?)
Who is commodifying women? (Businesses that peddle products? Media houses that depend on these businesses? Photographers and filmmakers who depend on the media?)

In a post titled I, object (It isn’t clear what exactly she’s objecting to), Annie Zaidi raises several intriguing questions on women, feminism, perceptions of beauty, “curviliciousness” and many other things.

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hetal
December 20th, 2006, 1:11 pm | #

She is not objecting to anything - in the title atleast. Its like in the dictionary - I, Object,…I, pronoun…

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:)
December 20th, 2006, 9:52 pm | #

What is the point?

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Vulturo
December 21st, 2006, 12:54 am | #

Ah.. So she was referring to herself as an object and not objecting to anything. The telltale comma should have been my guide.

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