historical task

• one example from the cover of Woman's realm that supports the idea that variety, creativity and quality are limited by the narrow range of magazine distributors during the time period, can be found in the cover lined of the edition. these cover line feature only things related to women having to be part of the domestic sphere and suggests that women should only be interested in home caring. this limits the amount of variety as it suggests thatchy can't try out new thing or activity. in addition the main image in the from cover can be seen as wearing a nude- colour costume, which suggests that women should notary to attract attention, but should stay in the background. this limits the amount of creativity as it does not allow t o experiment with new outfits and clothing which are more bright, extravangat and artistic. 
• this is also evident in the contents page, as it lists topics such as "cookery" "knitting" and "fashion". this tells women that they should not try and explore new things but stay fished with their own role and purpose in society. 
• on the other hand towards the end of the magazine we an see an image of a woman surfing, while holding a tray. this can be seen as challenging the idea that variety is limited, as it is telling woman to go out and haven. sports is usually associated with men, but she is seen doing it with skill as she is also balancing a tray with food on in while practising the sport.
• having said this in most of the adverts women are seen as seeing food, and this seems to limit the quality of the magazine, as ideas are repeated throughout the whole text, and this will make it seem repetitive and boring.

"ownership allows more varied and adventurous content"

i believe this to be true, as in the hick magazine, which a non-mainstream one there is content which challenges the ideas that women are expected to be in the domestic sphere. they highlight how women can be strong and powerful, showing them as skilled solders. this is shown by the fact that the headline is "female fighters". 

the use of costume further highlights this as they are wearing the stereotypical army uniform. this shows that variety is not limited and that women ca try to different things and styles. direct dress makes the main image seem confident and ready to take up any challenge. 

in the brussels oaklands angles article we can clearly see that the continent is adventurous as it ta;ls about women being strong and able to fight, but also as weak and in need of help, as it talks about their deaths and not only their successes.  

on the other hand in the article about brussels  skaters we an clearly see that young teenagers are portrayed in the stereotypical way. willing to have fun and spend time outside. this can be seen to challenge this statement as the content is not varied and adventurous, but it shows what an audience would expect to see.