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‘Brave’ Creator Blasts Disney for ‘Blatant Sexism’ in Princess Makeover

Hey guys! I just came across this article about the make-over Disney gave Merida from Brave for the next film. It reminded me of Sharon’s case study and I thought some of you might find it interesing! The creator of … Continue reading

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Exhibition Games…An Ulterior Motive?

This research process has shed light on many aspects of soccer that I had been unaware of beforehand. In particular, I realized that exhibition games have underlying motives that lie outside the realm of pure sport. An exhibition game, or … Continue reading

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KFC

one of the article that I’m using for my paper from a local newspaper called Republica. http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=46677

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Final Discussion

For our final cafe group discussion we talked about our classmates presentations and how interesting it was to see theory applied to such a range of topics. For example, we were intrigued by how Derrida’s “Differance” could be applied to … Continue reading

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Disney’s latest addition to the princess line

Brave came out in 2012 and with it came a feisty, independent, and adventurous young lady, Merida. Peter Debruge of Variety gave a positive review of the film, remarking that the film “offers a tougher, more self-reliant heroine for an … Continue reading

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Rapunzel

Rapunzel is the last princess before Merida, having been released in 2010. I thought she was AWESOME!! Resourceful, witty, helpful, she makes watching the movie Tangled a delight. However, upon closer inspection Flynn takes the reigns and controls much of … Continue reading

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Jasmine, Pocahantas, Mulan, and Tiana: The ethnic princesses

These four princesses were disney’s attempts at diversifying the princess brand to include princesses children other thanĀ  blonde, white girls with big blue eyes. Unlike the “first wave” of princesses, they were a lot more idenependent, a lot less passive, … Continue reading

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Asian Influence of the West:

I recently watched this video clip on Asian influence of the West. The video was called America In The 21st Century’s View Of Asia. This was at an Ethics Matters conference. The speaker Kishore Mahubani, in the video first started … Continue reading

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Links for validation

So for this blog post I really need to get organized what specific cases I can use in my paper as a basis for gang validation and subsequent neo-racism. Here’s an article entitled “7 Surprising Items that Get Prisoners Thrown … Continue reading

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President Museveni

President Museveni has taken a very interesting stance on homosexuality in Uganda and the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill. He has not had much influence on the bill either in support or opposition of it. Below is an article in which Museveni … Continue reading

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