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Miyazaki for Kids: Using Animation to Promote Strong, Healthy Girlhood
Just for fun, try taking your daughter to the movies this weekend. See if you can find something cheap to watch. Wreck It Ralph might be playing still, or maybe even Rise of the Guardians. Whatever...
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Avatar and Korra: An Exploration of Whitewashing and Empowerment
When I first saw Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLA) on Nickelodeon, the first thing I thought was, “whoa…” That was because the main character, Aang, had a skin colour that is similar to mine. Aang was...
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“The Invisible War” Gains Visibility With Oscar Buzz
All documentary films are dispellers of information by definition, but only a select few possess the ability to not only inform but to move individuals on a large scale, and Kirby Dick’s The Invisible...
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How Rule-Breaking Feminist Pop Stars Could Change Mainstream Music
One of many popular and consumer-driven domains in our society, the music industry has been associated with social biases and greedy motives for a very long time. One particularly disturbing issue in...
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“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Gets it Right – So, So Right
I watched Beasts of the Southern Wild with my mother while I was home for the holidays. A current resident of New Orleans, I heard a lot of buzz about this movie and was really excited to see it. Let...
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I’m Sad 30 Rock Ended (And Why You Should Be Too)
I’m sad. It’s been a rough week. The first part was filled with reminiscing, but most of all, dread. And the second part was just filled with pure melancholy. And that’s because after seven years of 30...
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Netflix’s “House of Cards”: A Good Show Turned Bad by Shitty Female Leads
For those of us with Netflix Instant Streaming subscriptions, there’s an all-too-familiar feeling of tuning in to watch an episode of an available series only to metaphorically black out and awake to...
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Is “Beautiful Creatures” a Slightly More Feminist Improvement on “Twilight”?
Beautiful Creatures, the latest film adaptation of a popular young adult novel, hit the theaters last week, just in time for Valentine’s Day, promising to give the same teenage audience inspired by...
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Don Bluth Films: Providing Positive Role Models for Young Girls
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Miyazaki movies and how wonderful they are. These animated films promote positive girlhood and give our daughters (and sons) characters to look up to besides the token...
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What Makes ABC’s “Scandal” Such a Great Show for Women?
I am finally, after many weeks of sitting in my bed drinking wine and eating chocolate, caught up on Scandal. I had heard a lot of buzz about Shonda Rhimes’ new primetime television show with an...
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My Vagina’s Angry: Performing in The Vagina Monologues
“We were worried about vaginas.” Two weeks ago, I performed in my campus production of The Vagina Monologues. It was an incredible experience. “My vagina’s angry. It is. It’s pissed off. My vagina’s...
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Friends Forever: Why I Want to Read a Platonic Love Story
In the years that would fit into the Young Adult section on the bookshelf of my life, I experienced most of my drama from my platonic relationships. Friendships blooming, crashing, tearing themselves...
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Along with just about everyone else in the world, I was completely fascinated by the idea of a collaboration between the impossibly bizarre Harmony Korine and a group of young starlets who are...
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Exterminate Misogyny: Where are the Feminist Doctor Who Companions?
Doctor Who, the show that I consider to be the best of sci-fi, is back on our screens this weekend. In the tradition of holding the things that I love to a high standard, I’d like to take a look at the...
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Slut Shaming Gets Vicious in the Terrifyingly Relevant New Yeah Yeah Yeahs Video
After what’s seemed like a millennia (but really only 4 years), Yeah Yeah Yeahs fans finally got what they’ve been aching for –– Mosquito, the group’s soon-to-be-released-album, a batch of upcoming...
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Girls of Thrones: A Look at Strong Female Characters in a Sexist Fantasy World
Game of Thrones. Need I say more? Maybe you’ve read all five books, or maybe you started the first one but got overwhelmed by its size and gave up. Maybe you’re obsessed with the popular HBO series, or...
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Not So Fine: Why Chris Brown’s ‘Fine China’ Video is Problematic
Upstanding citizen and all-around good guy Chris Brown’s latest offering ‘Fine China’ is, of course, free from any form of sexism, racism or general stereotyping. There is just the right amount of...
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Fandivism: How Fandom and Activism Intersect in Awesome Ways
Confession: I’m a Fangirl. Harry Potter, Glee, and Supernatural are some of the fandoms I’m most active in (and will therefore focus on in this article), though I gush over many other books, television...
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Claire Underwood: The Ice Bitch of Netflix’s “House of Cards”
If you’ve been watching Netflix’s political drama House of Cards as if it was weekly-released (and not binge watching all 13 episodes in one weekend… not that I did that), the show would be on its 10th...
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Sci-Fi Pregnancies: Fun For Absolutely No One
Ah, childbearing, the most miraculous and bizarre process in nature and what ensures the survival of our race. It’s the beginning of great new chapters in many people’s lives, and as fiction is a...
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