Course Description

This course explores the ways in which objects and material culture embody personal narrative. Moving back and forth from ephemeral traces of events and experiences to the culturally invested luxury goods that create legacy to the objects that facilitate daily life, this class will use, as its primary references, examples that draw from queer and African American cultures to underscore the potential of objects to tell the stories that not only reflect majority traditions and experiences but those of the disenfranchised, the details of whose lives are often obscured. In addition to readings that will provide background for class discussion, student will be asked to play the roles of detectives, archeologists, and curators at various sites around New York City. Each student will also be asked to create an annotated material record that reveals the public and private lives of one individual of their choosing as a final project. That record may consist of texts, objects or any variety of media chosen or designed by the student.

Thursday, September 13, 2018

For today's post, I decided to use Serena's broken racket as Evidence.

During the US Open, Serena played against Naomi Osaka, a younger player playing for Japan. Right before Serena's turn to serve, the Umpire gave her a code violation for cheating by getting signals by Patrick Mouratoglou, her coach from the sideline. This accusation made Serena fairly upset, she then proceeded to berate the umpire for his choice in calling her out. Her argument with the Umpire then resulted in her losing points after the Umpire gave her a game penalty her further for calling him a thief. This angered her so much that she ended up breaking her racket. Which she also got a point penalty.

When speaking at the press conference Serena states that male tennis players have been able to get away with a lot more than what she had said. 
"He's never taken a game from a man because they said 'thief.' For me it blows my mind. But I'm going to continue to fight for women," Williams said.
-Nicole Chavez, CNN

Photo of the broken racket for me represents her own anger towards the US Open, but not just the umpire. During her rant at the US Open, she states that something always happens to her whenever she plays. She also goes on to note that  One can assume that there can possibly be some form of sexism towards Serena.

 It was not even a month ago when Serena was playing for the French Open, the board committee ruled that her tight leotard was further banned from being worn during a match. 

Overall I think this event had nothing much to Naomi's victory over Serena but rather Serena's anger over double standards found within the tennis community. 

Source: Chavez, Nicole. "Serena Williams Is Calling out Sexism in Tennis. Here's Why." CNN. September 10, 2018. Accessed September 13, 2018. https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/09/us/serena-williams-sexism-tennis-controversy/index.html.

ESPN.  2018 US Open Highlights: Serena Williams' dispute overshadows Naomi Osaka's final win, Youtube Video. September 13, 2018


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