EP #2 More Like...

          Entry 42: 4/9/22

     Guess what!! We finally came to a conclusion of the name. It was such a like late night pondering session. Isa and I were both like we need the name like now so we sat down and just search for stuff. Just like for the docu-series name, I just tried to find symbols or anything that symbolized the documentary. First thing that popped up was circles. The symbol of the circle has been seen as a symbol of female strength and power for years but we can't just name the documentary circle so that was a dead end. I got excited for a bit can't even lie. 

     But then I was just searching up random things waiting to see what came to mind and I stumbled across a short piece about iron cage and industrialization (I don't even know don't ask). But I actually ended up reading it and around the end they said this, "glass cage of consumption are an emphasis on display, an invisibility of constraints, a powerful illusion of choice, a glamorization of image and an ironic question mark over whether freedom lies inside or outside the glass. Above all, there is an ambiguity about whether the glass is a medium of entrapment or a beautifying frame." Is that not the most beautiful sentence you have ever seen. It fits PERFECTLY with what our documentary is about. Now yes. glass cage of consumption sounds weird and is about industrialization but what if we make it about women. Something like roses, doves, or.. butterflies. Let's combine those two together and make "Butterflies in a Glass Cage." 

     What are these two teenagers thinking of when they name their documentary "Butterflies in a Glass Cage," well maybe we are not thinking who knows. I personally love the name. The glass cage shows how the male gaze is unconsciously capturing women (their representation in the media) and only showing what they think is their beauty. When you consciously choose to storage something in a glass cage, you know you are imprisoning them yet showing them off, constraining them yet letting the world create their own ideals of it. I love love LOVE the title so much. And the butterflies are known symbols of femininity. UGH it is like finally waiting after a long, slow burn getting this name. Now that we have the name, I can add that to the magazine and show you guys. The magazine was, because of Canva, so much fun to make again and interviewing Isa was super duper cool.