Graduation Year

2025

Document Type

Campus Only Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Media Studies

Reader 1

Alessia Lupo Cecchet

Reader 2

Oscar Moralde

Reader 3

Laura Harris

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Abstract

Black Femmes Online!

Adobe Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop

Inspired by Qualesha Woods, Manic Pixie Magical Negro, and Dara Birnbaum's piece Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978-79), this two-channel video art piece uses Adobe Premiere, Illustrator, and Photoshop to discuss the historic hypersexualization of Black Femmes and how these beliefs translate into digital spaces. Through my use of found footage and research on this deeply prejudiced history, my piece highlights how prevalent this hypersexualization is in seemingly neutral online spaces.

Both channels solely possess found video and audio clips. The first channel investigates how this sexualization appears in modern-day internet spaces. My second video addresses the foundations of this objectification and its ties to the transatlantic slave trade. Within this piece, I also investigate the intentional and historic practice of reclaiming Black bodies.

Streaming Media

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