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    In Don Sabo’s “Pigskin, Patriarchy, and Pain” he explores how young athletes are destroying their bodies without awareness. While Naomi Wolf’s “The Beauty Myth” investigates how the media and society as a whole are constantly portraying unrealistic images of beauty for women. The media constantly perpetuates that if females are not beautiful then they will not receive recognition. Sabo’s approach to reach his audience is solely on his experiences from being on the field. Wolf uses many direct…

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    Many teen girls dream of modeling in beauty pageants; on a down side, the public has chosen to say beauty pageants sexualize women. However, this is false for the Miss USA Pageant. The Miss USA Pageant doesn’t sexualize women for the reason of having interviews on girl’s personalities, judging on confidence, and how the girls present themselves. The judges mostly look at the girl’s personality. At the beginning of the pageant, each contestant gives the judges a bio about themselves; with…

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    and she was portrayed as a cookie cutter-house wife who happily handles all domestic responsibilities for the seven dwarves. For example, Snow White has a marked, strong desire to clean the dwarves’ home. Upon walking into their home for the first time, she exclaims, “you’d think their mother would clean!” and while the dwarfs are away, she joyfully cleans while singing, accompanied by her forest animal friends (). By 16, she has already naturally embodied a motherly role to both the dwarves…

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    interest, such as princesses, is not the only reason as to why girls strive to be “perfect.” This elaboration on the issues that the princess epidemic produces limits Orenstein’s ability to reach a valid argument. By adding more reasons as to why a child, specifically a young girl, would feel self-conscious about her own body when role playing a princess will revitalize Orenstein’s argument. A topic that Orenstein could have added to ameliorate the reader’s understanding of the article would be…

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    This incredible animated movie Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It takes place in the 18th century where an arrogant young prince (Robby Benson) and his castle's servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. The spirited, headstrong village girl Belle (Paige O'Hara) enters the…

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    referred to as the “Queen of Crime”, Agatha Christie was a truly exceptional mystery author. Born on September 15, 1890 in Torquay, Devon, she relished her childhood. Unfortunately, her father passed away when Ms. Christie was just seven years old. As a child, most of her amusement came while playing with dolls. She was married twice, her second husband encouraging her to write more than the first. Agatha Christie enjoyed various hobbies, such as playing the piano and reading. Additionally, she…

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    Secondly, Europeans appealed to their own ethnocentric imaginations by portraying Pocahontas as an intermediary between the two civilizations of English settlers and Indians. The most popular portrayal of Pocahontas comes through the Disney movie, where she rescues John Smith, therefore joining the Indians and English together as one people. Although there is some truth behind the story of her interacting with the English, European explorers and writers used their ethnocentric imaginations,…

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    how stereotypical and prejudiced the movie is. She claims that it is stereotypical and prejudiced against African Americans, gays, and even the ghettos of current society. She points out that the golden-maned “good” lion presents his first born male child to the others of the ecosystem or animal kingdom, and they all pay tribute to this lion cub, who will one day be their king. Lazarus then explains that the other ones of this kingdom that are paying…

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    Emily Gregson, SOCI 1101/13, Feature Film Analysis The movie I choose is The Little Mermaid, it was released on November 15th, 1989. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions in the United States and was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. OVERVIEW/RELEVANCE OF THE FEATURE FILM The movie was based off of a Danish story written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837. The writers, like in many other animated Disney movies, wanted to take a fun twist on what was originally a very dark fairy…

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    The Fisherman and His Wife Fairy tales have always played an important role in the lives of people around the globe. These tales allow both children and adults to escape from the monotonous world, and travel back in time and experience extraordinary adventures alongside their favorite heroes and heroines such as Rapunzel, Peter Pan, Prince Charming, and of course Cinderella. These stories feed on childlike imagination, providing an oasis of creativity and wonder in the midst of one’s mundane…

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