"For Chrissake there is nothing wrong with you: a dating manifesto"

This reminds me of the operation beautiful- check it out.

Five Lessons in Human Goodness from “The Hunger Games”

By Jeremy Adam Smith | April 18, 2012

The plot of the new film sounds cynical. But it reveals a surprising amount about the science of human goodness.

"Misogyny has a big crush on censorship."

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Required Reading: Banned Books and Black Ink | Bitch Media

bitchmagazine.org

The universal trend of censoring books about adolescent girls can be attributed to society feeling weird about girls as humans, about girls having three-dimensional bodies with problems, pains, pimples and hairs like the rest of the population, and most of all, about girls actively thinking about or...

Review of The Golden Compass film

This was in an imdb.com (International Movie Database) review of the film and I think that it speaks perfectly to the issues I thought were missing in the film (but I strongly oppose the use of "paganism" for all of its negative connotations...):
" 'Harry Potter' and 'The Lord of the Rings' have never apologized about their overt paganism. Likewise, "The Chronicles of Narnia" have never been accused of being subtle as a Christian allegory. These series, in both literary and film forms, have been monster hits due to their unapologetic natures that speak truths to their ardent fan bases. British writer Philip Pullman's darkly subversive anti-religious fantasy books have also been hugely successful, more so overseas than here in the States. Stripped of the books' overt atheistic messages, "The Golden Compass" takes a reverse psychology approach in its film treatment and oddly positions itself as an apology for Pullman's work. The result is a tepid affair that joins a long line of fantasy films about children discovering they are the chosen ones destined to save the world." 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385752/

Who needs feminism?

This is circulating on facebook and I thought the class would like it...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/who-needs-feminism

Miyazaki interview: "The Birth of Studio Ghibli"

This is a special that appeared on Japanese TV before Princess Mononoke came out (1998). The narration is in Japanese and the interviews are translated. It goes over all of Miyazaki's previous films, the beginnings of the studio, and more. If you're interested in Miyazaki Hayao's films, this is really interesting! It's in 3 parts of YouTube.
Part 1:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZtnNdJP83I
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OaNoCQFXmU&feature=relmfu     (for some reason, copyright laws muted this section...)

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3uMpJ2UW-I&feature=relmfu

Or, you can get the Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 2-disc set from the library since it's on there.

What Can Supreme Court Justices Learn From _The Hunger Games_?

WANALYSIS: Jokes from Justice Scalia mask grim reality of American health care 

As they weigh the health care reform law, what can Supreme Court justices learn from The Hunger Games? Wendell Potter explains how overturning "ObamaCare" could lead the U.S. into "PanemCare."