We were merely asked to emulate the design principles of Barbara Kruger and Shepard Fairey and to choose a book from the syllabus to present. Nothing in those assignments suggested a particular topic nor required consistent examination of that topic throughout. But upon reflection, I find that all of my work did focus on a common theme: gender and sexuality.
In my Kruger-esque design, I reflect on women’s and gay men’s oppression by traditional masculinity. The Fairey-inspired piece explores Hillary Rodham Clinton’s embodiment of the march of progress for feminism and women — and the backlash this shift has provoked. Stone‘s text illuminates collisions between the virtual and corporeal, examining both new media’s potential for facilitating gender-bending and sexual experimentation and its implications for reforming workplace dynamics and community participation.