Gender Performance Project Paper 1

Women’s Studies

Gender Performance Project Paper I

Objects & Communications/Behaviors Performed Every Day for One Week

Objects

1. Backpack

• North face brand
• Outside is all black and inside is grey
• 3 separate compartments
• Contains: laptop, books, binders, pens, pencils, I-clicker remote

1. Purse

• Coach brand
• All black leather cross-body with square gold metal studs on bottom
• Contains: keys, wallet, chapstick, hand sanitizer, tampons, small perfume, nail file, glasses wipes, aspirin, anxiety medication

1. Wallet

• Coach brand
• Light pink, leather, envelope style
• Zipper change compartment on back outside of wallet
• Two separate compartments: one used for bills, one used for receipts and coupons
• 8 card holders:

• Drivers License
• Ball State ID
• Chase Debit Card
• Reward cards

• Starbucks
• Marsh
• Speedway
• TIS bookstore
• ULTA
• Walgreens

1. Laptop

• Macbook pro 13 inch
• See through green protector case
• Desktop background is a picture of my cat, Louise
• Applications always open:

• Sticky Notes: contains all my homework for every class for the week
• Mail: two email accounts – one for school, one for personal use
• Google Chrome: used for school and personal activities
• FaceTime: used to talk to friends/family

1. Cell phone

• Iphone 5s
• White
• Hard black case
• Apps:

• Yahoo Weather, Instagram, Waze, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Pandora, Timehop, Starbucks, Yelp, Groupon, Chromecast

1. Glasses

• Coach brand
• Black metal frames
• Plastic arms

• Inside is blue and black plaid

• Square shaped

1. Car

• 2007 Chevy Aveo
• Grey
• Beads, Graduation mega tassel, and air freshener hanging from rearview mirror
• Receipts and straw wrappers are in driver side door compartment
• USB charger for phone  
• Middle compartment has tire pressure gauge, pens, lotion, hand sanitizer, and change
• Glove box holds car manual, registration, proof of insurance, car repair information, paper, napkins, and a lint roller
• Behind both the driver and passenger seat are compartments with body spray, tissues, recycled shopping bags, a map, umbrella, flashlight, and water bottles
• In the trunk has jumper cables, spare tire, tire jack and tire iron, a towel, interior wipes, glass wipes, and cat litter

1. Mirrors

• Body length mirror in bedroom used to check appearance (clothes, shoes, hair, face) every time before leaving my house
• Bathroom mirror used to look at my face and hair every time I enter the bathroom
• Rearview mirror in car used to look at myself before I get out of the car
• Desk mirror used to do my makeup: two-sided with light surrounding it, one side is normal view and the other is magnified

1. Shoes

• Nike free 5.0 tennis shoe
• Size 7
• Dark grey
• Light blue Nike symbol on side
• Red design on back
• Red shoelaces

1. Coffee Mug

• Favorite mug
• All white with the molecular structure for caffeine on front in light brown

1. Cigarettes

• Newport menthol 100’s
• Green and white box

1. Clarisonic Smart Profile cleansing device

• All white +
• Sits on stand in bathroom next to sink
• Use brush for facial cleansing twice a day, once in morning & once at night
• Use brush for body cleansing once a day

• Typically use on shoulders and arms

1. Jewelry

• Mikimoto pearl and diamond pendant necklace in white gold
• 18 inch white gold chain

1.  Perfume

• Coach Poppy fragrance collection
• Round glass bottle
• Gold, round ball shaped lid with coach engraved on it multiple times in cursive writing
• Coach label on front in gold lettering with a red rectangle background
• Light pink liquid
• Light fruity, floral scent

1.  Makeup

• Face

• MAC Prep + Prime Fix +
• MAC Prep + Prime Natural Radiance
• MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer
• MAC  Prep + Prime Highlighter
• Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit
• MAC Mineralize Loose Foundation
• MAC Pro Longwear Blush
• Mac Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder

• Eyebrows

• Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Powder Duo
• Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz Pencil

• Eyes

• MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot
• MAC Eye Shadow
• MAC False Lashes

Communications/Behaviors

1. Use of Social Media

• Look at posts on Twitter and Instagram
• Did not comment on any posts – rarely do
• Did not post anything – rarely do

• Usually use social media to see what other people are doing rather than update people on what I am doing

1. TV/Netflix Consumption

• Caught up on this weeks episodes of Jane the Virgin, Grey’s Anatomy, and America’s Next Model
• Watched a few episodes of Friends on Netflix before I went to sleep

1. Cooking Activity

• Made breakfast

• 2 cups of coffee
• 2 over-easy eggs
• 2 pieces of turkey bacon
• 1 piece of wheat toast
• 1/2 an avocado
• 1 Mandarin orange

• Made lunch

• Sandwich

• Wheat bread, turkey breast, muenster cheese, lettuce, tomato, avocado, mayonnaise, mustard

• Greek blueberry yogurt

• Made Dinner

• In the morning, put sauerkraut, polish sausage, butterbeans, and potatoes in a crockpot to cook while I was away at class

1. Household Cleaning

• Washed 3 loads of laundry
• Washed dishes: by hand and using the dishwasher
• Wiped down counters and stovetop
• Vacuumed my bedroom
• Took out the garbage
• Cleaned cat’s litter box

1. Study Patterns

• Organic Chemistry

• Took notes on new chapter
• Did practice problems for previous chapters
• Wrote lab report
• Prepped notebook for lab

• Analytical Chemistry

• Prepped notebook for lab
• Wrote lab report

• Communications

• Read 2 chapters
• Took 2 quizzes

• International Women’s Studies

• Watched a documentary and wrote a reflection on it
•  Read 2 chapters every night of my choice book

• Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies

• Read 2 articles a day and wrote journal response

1. Purchases/Shopping Activity

• Went to Marsh for groceries
• Went to Walgreens for batteries
• Went to the gas station for cigarettes and gas
• Went to Target pharmacy to pick up my prescription  

1. Workout

• Cardio for 30 minutes/day
• Weights: interchange between arms/abs on one day and legs/butt on next day
• Stretching:

• 30 minutes every morning
• 15 minutes before working out
• 30 minutes after working out  

1. Places Frequented: Home

• Kept to myself, usually stayed in my room
• Did homework, played with my cat, watched TV

1. Places Frequented: School

• Went to lecture & lab for both organic and analytical chemistry
• Keep to myself in lecture

• Didn’t talk to others around me, just took notes

• Interacted with my lab partner in lab to perform experiment

• How to set up experiment
• Discussed who should run and get the different equipment and reagents
• Discussed experimental observations
• Discussed results

1. Places Frequented: Library  

• Checked out textbook for communications class to read the assigned chapters for the week

• Went alone
• Did not talk to anyone while I was there

• Met with lab partner for organic chemistry

• Wrote lab report together
• Studied for upcoming quiz and test
• Did this week’s homework together

1. Interaction within Work

• Dress: casual
• Duties performed: Customer service representative for Lifetouch photography

• Took inbound calls and performed requests of customer

• Placing an order
• Fix/Replace an existing order
• Answer customer’s questions and provide information

1. Interaction with my Mom

• I call my mom everyday using FaceTime

• Talked about our day, things that I need for school/my house, how school and work is going, Thanksgiving plans

1. Interaction with Roommates

• I live with two guys: Jacob and Jake
• Hardly see each other because we all have opposite schedules
• Little interaction between Jake and I because he is hardly home

• The most that is said is when we see one another coming home being a simple “hey what’s up” but nothing more

• Throughout the day, little to a lot of communication occurs between Jacob and I

• Our schedules are opposite: I am home at night while he’s at work, he’s at home during the day while I’m at school
• When we’re both home, we talk a lot pretty much about anything that comes to mind, whether it’s a in friendly way or not

1. Interaction with Friends

• I talk to my friends from home everyday through texting

• We usually talk about pointless things we saw on the internet or what we did that day
• We discussed plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas to try to work around all of our different schedules to see when we will all be home

1. Interaction with Significant Other

• My significant other is also one of my roommates – Jacob
• This week in particular we’ve been arguing a lot about little things because we’re angry at each other about a much larger issue

• One argument that occurred was about doing the dishes

• Jake and I always wash our dishes immediately after we use them, but Jacob does not. Instead, he leaves them in the sink after he’s done, sometimes just leaving them in the living room or near the sink. When he does leave them in the sink he does not rinse them either, which he knows is a pet peeve of mine. I always ask him that if he’s not going to do his dishes right away, at least rinse them. The sink was full of dishes and I had asked him in the morning to do them because they were all his and it was getting out of control. The next day they’re still sitting there untouched, so I of course was angry and we got into an argument. I complained how this happens all the time and I always end up doing them because I don’t like to look at them, and that this time I wasn’t going to. I urged that he needed to do them now because there was no room for any of us to even do our dishes if we wanted. He argued that he could do whatever he wants and that I complain too much and that he was planning on doing them but just hadn’t had the time. I argued how he had the time seeing as he only worked 4 hours each day and was at home for the rest of the time watching TV. The argument continued back and forth for at least an hour, moving to other subjects such as laundry, taking care of the cat, to things we argued about months prior.

• Arguments such as the one above occurred multiple times a day. When we weren’t arguing, we were silent and avoided each other.