Mayes, Alannah

This zine examines the conceptualization of fembots in popular media culture particularly in film; created for Gender and Technology class with faculty member Dr. Jill Fellows.

This zine examines the systemic dehumanizing of Indigenous women and how that contributes to the MMIWG crisis. It was created for Dr. Jakub Burkowicz, Indigneity and Decolonization class (Sociology 3300) for Winter semester 2024.

This zine was produced as part of a class psychology project with Douglas College faculty instructor Dr. Laura Dane. The zine focuses on social cognition persuasion techniques. By using an evolutionary perspective, we can explain how people may be influenced to buy a product. Playboy magazines were selected for a robust multidecade collection and tendency to be available for purchase in vintage stores. I wanted to center the project on how adverts change throughout the decades. Moreover, Playboy is specifically sold for one demographic...men. This felt intriguing to explore, since it was one gender specific and kept the project grounded through one perspective. - From the Introduction.

The history of Ireland is complex and confusing. Moreover, it is a vivid example of how colonization can still affect a population. Tension exists today within Northern Ireland, based on polarized ideology of either independence from British rule, or remaining loyal to British rule. These colonization tensions culminated into active conflict, known as the Troubles, a modern example of civil war within Western society. By using two films about the 1980 hunger strikes (Hunger and I, Dolours) this paper analyzes the differences of gender roles in political resistance. Bobby Sands and Dolours Price are the focus of this argument, comparing each story will help ground the historical exploration of hunger strikes and gender issues. Through these films, we can understand the current working mechanisms of patriarchal expectations and more broadly the mechanisms of historiography. We explore how history is written, and what stories are indicative of the cultural norms and values that exist today. Essay submission was sponsored by RIO (Research and Innovation Office), and was presented at the Coquitlam campus on April 8, 2025, for Student Research Days 2025.

This zine was created as an assignment for a Global Learning Global Citizenship class (GLGC 1101) with Douglas College faculty instructor Janice Sestan. Students created zines exploring and expressing personal passion related to the advocacy of a chosen United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).