Author Archives: kjreye11

Elvis the new Harold?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by kjreye11

While I chose to focus on the women in Mexican soap operas, I neglected to inform you of the one character that actually brought me to Destilando Amor. That character’s name on the series was called “Elvis Perez III.” He … Continue reading →

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The “Doña Pilars” and “Marichuys” of the Novela World

Posted on April 27, 2013 by kjreye11

One of the major questions maybe: why did I choose these two soap operas? For many telenovela followers they might question why I did not choose the most popular and recognizable “Ugly Betty” or as it’s original followers know it … Continue reading →

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What did they look like? What was I watching?

Posted on April 25, 2013 by kjreye11

As I briefly mentioned in class I became interested in this topic my junior year of high school when I was a part of the AP Spanish Literature course offered at my school. Toward the middle of the year we … Continue reading →

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It’s Like My Face Just Morphed

Posted on March 26, 2013 by kjreye11

“When you come out to people as bisexual they think you’re just…” Pipe started,  “GREEDY.” Kim said automatically. I, Kasia, had to do a double take to this statement. I never heard that before, and I especially had never thought … Continue reading →

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I Only Want You to Give it to Me

Posted on March 25, 2013 by kjreye11

In class this week we briefly Kim spoke about gender assigned toys, which brought us to the “Toys” portion of Rowland Barthes’ Mythologies. In light of the minor “throwback” here is “an oldie but goody”: Myths can be seen as … Continue reading →

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