Posted on July 29, 2008 by haley1018
I threw my hat into the blogosphere’s recent marriage debate (see Martin, Singal, Matthews, and Marcotte, phew) last week with a post on how much gender plays a role in a person’s acceptance of critiques of marriage as weak or strong.
Matt Zeitlin at Pushback adds a critical component to the debate, when he zooms out [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2008 by haley1018
I wrote a pretty glowing review of Wall-E over at Pushback, but I had a few more thoughts to add about the film. And that’s really all these are, completely incoherent thoughts, so I apologize for the stream of conscious style babble.
I was a little bothered by a few complete absences or blind spots in [...]
Filed under: Movies | Tagged: Androgyny, Class, Class Perspectives, Ethnocentric, Femininity, Gender, LGBT, Masculinity, Nationality, Poverty, Queer Representations, Wall-E, Wealth | 9 Comments »
Posted on June 20, 2008 by haley1018
Latoya at Racialicious brings MTV’s latest “reality” tv endeavor to our attention:
Watching My Super Sweet 16 can give us a glimpse of “the good life.” Amidst the demanding divas and epic meltdowns that lead up to insanely over-the-top teenage birthday bashes, we get a look at the posh lives of wealthy families. And while we [...]
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