"Dressy Girls" by Lena Eckert-Erdheim
Music: “Living, Breathing, Edit” by e*rock
This week, YouthCast is all about the body. Cute, hot, slutty–what do these words mean,
exactly, and what does clothing have to do with it? Tag along with Lena
Eckert-Erdheim as she talks with people about butts and cleavage in
various states of dress (or undress, so to speak).
About the producer:
Lena Eckert-Erdheim is a founding member of Youth Noise Network–a youth radio group that runs out of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. She also DJs on WXDU, Duke’s radio station. Below, Lena (back left) poses with fellow YNN-ers at Third Coast, an annual radio conference. You can listen to Lena talk about “Dressy Girls” in the “Teens with Mics” panel.
Sure, YouthCast is a good listen, but it’s also useful—like Velcro or the cotton gin.
If you’re thinking about using “Dressy Girls” as a teaching tool,
1) What works in “Dressy Girls”? What doesn’t work?
2) What was the goal of “Dressy Girls”? Did the producer accomplish what she set out to do?
3) Would you have used music in this piece? Where would you have put it?
4) What sounds are used in this story? What other sounds could have been used?
5) What questions do you wish the producer had asked the “dressy girls”?
6) How did the producer structure this piece? What are some other ways this piece could have been structured?
7) What characters are in this story? What other characters could have been in included?
What did the quotes from Seventeen accomplish? Do you agree or disagree with this production choice?
9) How do you think the producer handled her biases?
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