Month: March 2018

Good morning!

Overall, I am very pleased with how Kathryn and I’s project site looks. I love our header picture as it is a black and white image from the 50’s, I believe. It reveals men and women walking to class in their attire fit for the decade. It is so funny to see since I walk that same route depicted in the image, but I see hoodies and sweatpants instead of dresses and scarves. This image represents our entire site and goal which is to see how Truman’s dress code has evolved.

Secondly, I am pleased with our links to different pages on the blog. Each is a decade in which makes it super easy for the reader to dive in our content. I wish there was a way that the links could go underneath the header that way the links are very central rather than at the top where they might be missed.

I also like our black and white vibe on the site. The color scheme allows for the viewer to understand that this project is based on the past. It also allows for the content to be in the spotlight as this will be colorful and differentiated from the black and white scheme. There is a violet accent color occasionally on links as it represents Truman’s color.

Overall, I am very content with our project site. We will probably do a little tweaking here and there, but I feel we have an organized, aesthetic, and representational site in which will benefit the audience.

Till next time!

Good morning! Happy Spring Break to us from Truman State!

In terms of Kathryn and I’s group site, we have much to do! Not necessarily because it looks bad, but we definitely can amp it up with some fun images relating to our group project goal.

I think our header could have an image and caption that we will scan from Special Collections. Maybe this one?

I feel that a witty header would set the tone for our feminist rants and reflections on all the sexist remarks regarding dress code and women, in general, in these Truman documents.

We also could probably change up the theme to be a little more exciting. If we wanted to focus more on images like thumbnails for our posts, I have a layout in mind.

We even could set our blog up with automatic music when people are reading our blogs on our page? Maybe a new one for each decade? Or maybe just fun feminist songs that are women empowered. Possibly.

Much to think. Much to tinker. All of it is fun!

 

Till next time!

Good afternoon!

I plan on using lots of images on this blog post as well at Kathryn and I’s shared group page for the project. Since our project is so focussed on the evolution of expectations for dress (parties, going to classes, etc), we have been looking through Truman State’s handbooks which are fairly visual as well as yearbooks from the past. This yearbook has stopped production after 2007.

Kathryn and I both have been thrilled with looking through these yearbooks in Special Collections. I mean look at this one from the 50’s!

However, we have stumbled on the large bouts of sexism that is seen in captions of photos in these yearbooks. I have numerous pictures of this evidence, but I have attached one of the photos that led me to cringe.

On a positive note, I am so happy that Truman is no longer like this sexism depicted in the photo’s caption. Our campus is very progressive and liberal in nature; for that, I am so glad. Yay equality!

Till next time!