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The Feminist of Notre Dame
Tweet“So, here is a riddle to guess if you can/ Sing the bells of Notre Dame/ What makes a monster and what makes a man?/ Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells of Notre Dame.” — Disney’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’, 1996. Well, with an intro like that, I’ll bet you’re all wondering what [...]
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Gay Issues Adressed in Cartoons
TweetFirst off there isn’t a single openly gay character in cartoons. It’s the popular opinion that gay issues are never addressed in children’s media thanks to network censors, but I believe that gay issues are addressed. But it must be done in a very subtle way for fear of being dropped by the network. Here [...]
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Jealous Women
Tweet Jealousy is a trait which is much more widely accepted as a ‘natural’ female trait rather than male. Although the false report rate for rape is no higher than for any other crime, the finger of jealousy is often automatically pointed at rape victims. We, along with some members of the police force, are [...]
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Sofia the First: More of the same from Princess culture
TweetDisney is unleashing a new Princess to better capitalize on one of their largest target audiences–preschool-aged girls. Sofia the First, who is set to get her own TV show and movie in 2012, looks just like all the other Disney princesses. She is pale-skinned and blue-eyed, with a tiny waist that is smaller than her head. [...]
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The Little Makeover