Pink is for Boys posted a great article about warrior princesses of the past:
"Perhaps the greatest disservice the Disney princess phenomenon has done
is to equate princesses with nothing more than appearance-fixated
fashion plates. We have lost touch with the variety of stories of real
princesses and heroines of our history, who were varyingly brave,
feisty, defiant, clever, diplomatic, or shrewd. They often struggled in a
world hostile to women – facing rape, murder, and charges of witchcraft
for daring to claim strong womanhood. They were often also fiercely
devoted mothers as well as strategists and fighters. I’d love to see a
series of dolls that included a place in the folds of the fancy dress
for a battle ax, and a tiara that could be turned into a throwing star!"
Click to read more...
Monday, April 30, 2012
Alert: Your leggings and yoga pants are too Distracting
A school in Halifax is banning leggings because they are too distracting:
My close childhood friends will tell you I was very attached to wearing leggings when I was growing up. They were so comfortable it took several years before I could even understand why someone would choose to wear jeans. I was definitely not trying to make a statement or attract any sort of attention by wearing them, so it was particularly surprising to me that one school in Halifax, Eastern Passage Education Centre, considers leggings “distracting” and has moved to enforce a dress code banning girls from wearing them as pants. From CTV:
My close childhood friends will tell you I was very attached to wearing leggings when I was growing up. They were so comfortable it took several years before I could even understand why someone would choose to wear jeans. I was definitely not trying to make a statement or attract any sort of attention by wearing them, so it was particularly surprising to me that one school in Halifax, Eastern Passage Education Centre, considers leggings “distracting” and has moved to enforce a dress code banning girls from wearing them as pants. From CTV:
“Tights which are being worn in an inappropriate manner are not acceptable for school. If students choose to wear tights, they should have a long shirt or sweater to cover the front and backside. Yoga pants can fall into a grey area, depending on the style and manner in which they are worn. The administration will use their discretion with these cases and have the conversation with the student.” [...]Click to read more...
Monday, more than 30 girls wore tights in spite of the rules. “We’ve been wearing leggings the whole year, then all of a sudden we’re not allowed to, and guys wear pants with their underwear hanging out,” says Grade 9 student Darian Mansfield.
“It’s not showing anything,” says Grade 9 student Jessica Cole. “I’m wearing like, a longish sweater and it’s not showing anything at all.”
Thursday, April 26, 2012
"For Chrissake there is nothing wrong with you: a dating manifesto"
This reminds me of the operation beautiful- check it out.
This reminds me of the operation beautiful- check it out.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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."
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...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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/
" '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/
Friday, April 13, 2012
Who needs feminism?
This is circulating on facebook and I thought the class would like it...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/who-needs-feminism
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/who-needs-feminism
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