For my final project I decided to talk about my experience working as a server through a public Instagram account that I made.
(A) Fantasy Waitress, 2018 |
(B) Reality Waitress aka ME, 2018. |
An interesting aspect of my project is that I was allowed to speak my mind without any limitations. At first, this was a challenge for me because my job requires that I filter myself. Basically, I’ve been conditioned to be silent and have gotten used to it which is a concern.
Upon creating my Instagram, I had to think like an advertiser because I wanted to attract audiences to my account. I chose a mix of unique cartoons and realistic images that I found on the internet and underneath wrote a little story or opinion piece about sexism, racism, class, etc. that I see on the clock.
Insta Bio, 2018. |
Looking back at my account now it might sound like I’m ranting but that’s only because I was really passionate about the topic I chose to focus on, which was a surprise to me. I didn’t realize how much I kept in and still keep in being a server and all.
The rules in the restaurant biz is #1 the customer comes first. So obviously, rule #2 is servers don’t mean shit (the irony in that being rule #2 haha). Anyways back to the point, I have no choice but to listen to customers and their constant complaints so it’s wayyyy overdue that I get to say something for a change. My final project is literally turning the tables and recentering the conversation of the dining experience on those actually serving.
Instagram Account Icon, 2018. |
Even though the stories I posted are personal, I tried to word it in a way that others in the same or similar positions as me could relate to. For instance, a small detail I intentionally made was making all of the “i’s” lowercase because even though these are stories taken from my experience, they are not the only ones out there.
Example of a post using the lowercase "i" 2018. |
Resources (aka Inspirations):
- Bell Hooks - Understanding Patriarchy
- Berger - Ways of Seeing
- Laura Mulvey - Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema
- Bell Hooks - Feminist Manhood
- Kimmel - Misframing Men
- Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón - Graffiti Grrlz
- Kilbourne - Cutting Girls Down
- Wolf - Culture
- Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman - Gender Outlaws
- Judith Butler - Subjects of Sex/ Gender/ Desire
- Gloria Steinem - Sex, Lies & Advertising
- Danae Clark - Commodity Lesbianism
- Jean Kilbourne - beauty and the Beast of Advertising
- Bordo - Hunger as Ideology
- Wykes Gunther - Conclusion: Body Messages and Body Meanings
- Harris Perry - Crooked Room
- Lorde - The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action
- Peggy McIntosh - White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack
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