Namasté – Page 2 – Women, culture and society by Namasté

Are Women More Active On Social Media Than Men?

WHO’S MORE ACTIVE ON THE INTERNET? Here’s a quick question: if you are socially active online, is it mainly women or men that you see update their status 24/7? There are many factors that need to be considered when thinking about these questions. For example, are the majority of your Facebook friends male or female? And if you are socially active yourself? I made a status on Facebook and asked “ARE WOMEN MORE ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAN MEN?” Funnily enough, mainly women responded with a “Yes” on my status on my Facebook page, and men just liked, or reacting…

Woman ‘Foot Binding’ in Chinese Culture

marniepili November 21, 2016 3

Is Facebook trying to humiliate women with ‘lotus feet’?! Every day I check my social media on my phone or on my laptop. A video came up on my Facebook feed shared by a friend. The video showed Chinese women with ‘lotus feet’. At first, I had no idea why these women had feet like this, which made me curious. From my research, I saw that ‘foot binding was ‘the cruel practice of mutilating the feet of young girls. It was seen as a sign of wealth and marriage eligibility from the 10th to 20th centuries in Chinese society’ (Strochlic…

Women getting classed as “Hot Chick” on Facebook? Really?

marniepili November 14, 2016 No comment

“Hot Chick”!? Excuse me?! I was scrolling through my social media and I came across this post on my News Feed on Facebook. It was a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) of the Classical Disney princess film ‘Beauty and The Beast’. The top GIF shows Gustavo saying “It’s not right for a woman to read! Soon she starts getting ideas, and thinking”, and the bottom GIF was of Belle reading to the beast and the beast saying “could you read it again”, with an admiring look on his face. A friend popped into mind and I wanted to tag that person…

Why do women feel the ‘NEED’ to diet and are they ‘showing off’ on social media?

marniepili November 07, 2016 No comment

#HealthyEating #EatClean #FoodPorn For many years women have always felt the need to be very considerate of their appearance and have been living with the mindset of constantly trying to “look good”, whether it was for men or for themselves. From the era of corsets to diet-related hashtags on social media. This has been a remaining issue that has been around for quite a while now. It has been this constant need to have ‘the perfect body’. With the two lines on your stomach marking the abs, a perky butt, a thigh gap, and prominent collar bones. It has caused…

Namasté INTRODUCTION

marniepili October 31, 2016 2

An Introduction Namasté, everyone! Welcome to my first ever blog. Let me introduce myself. My name is Marnie. 20 years of age and born on the 14th September. I was born and raised in a small town called ‘Ipswich’, and am currently living here in Bournemouth for a reason. For many reasons, but that mainly being to study ‘Communication and Media’ in University. I am also full Filipino. My dad is from Bicol and my Mum is from Davao, with Ilocano blood. I can speak fluent Tagalog and understand both Bisaya and Rinconada Bikol Language, and only speak a little. “Namasté”…