General Media Studies : representations of women

Film : Lara Croft Lara Croft is a character originally derived from the playstation game "Tombraider", this was published by Eidos and disigned by "Core Design". It was when made into two films, "Lara Croft Tombraider" and "Tombraider The Cradle Of Life". The title is pretty self explanatory in that it is about a tombraider called Lara Croft, who is a tough, independent woman who knows how to take care of herself, however she is also …

…manages to kill him and better herself against all her troubles. The daily star pin-up girls The Daily Star is a scottish tabloid newspaper that has many half naked pin-up girls. They represent women as being sex symbols. This picture shows Jordan, a glamour model from Essex, barely clad and in a suggestive pose, the caption reads "She reveals all" she is a very pretty girl and is represented as being, saucy, sexy and fun.