August 2011
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Ladies Making Comics: How media clearly reflects... →
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How media clearly reflects the sexism and the racism we cannot see in ourselves.
I wanted my first-year film students to understand what happens to a story when actual human beings inhabit your characters, and the way they can inspire storytelling. And I wanted to teach them how to look at…
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>: Receive Dead Tree Problem Sleuth in the Mail
>: Relinquish book to Curious Younger Sister
>: Curious Younger Sister begins reading aloud
>: Regret your Terrible Decision immediately
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The Trailer for Columbine comes onto the...
Trailer: LOOKS THAT KILL! THIS IS THE TAGLINE! WOAH!
Kathryn: What What is this is this trailer doing telling me that this woman is hot like it's a plot point or something. I mean I think that that's pretty standard in hollywood, an objectively attractive woman.
Dad: Oh, Kathryn. Kathryn, Kathryn, Kathryn. You aren't going to find an ugly woman in a Hollywood film, don't be silly.
Kathryn: That's not what I'm saying. I mean, yeah, in perfect feminist world we would have a whole range of women in Hollywood movies, but that's not the point I'm making right now. I mean, firstly, I think that I can figure it out myself, that I can look at her myself and think Well Oh Jeez That Woman Sure Is Attractive. And secondly, they're saying it like it's a surprise, like movies aren't already populated with objectively attractive women, and like we haven't ever seen an objectively attractive woman go do something kickass in a mainstream movie the whole history of the business. Shouldn't that tagline have been dead twenty years ago?
Dad: Oh Kathryn, Kathryn Kathryn Kathryn. You are so naive it's funny. They aren't going to hire an ugly woman for a leading part, it's just not profitable.
Kathryn: ....e___e
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Just took a bunch of headshots for angle reference
I am HIGHLY SHOCKED at the internet’s failure to provide me with photographs of someone else’s head convieneiently compiled into one easy to google image
I had to take my own picture. You should be so ashamed, internet.
I’m having an interesting wrestle with self-image. This is why I went for the internet first =_____=
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LAUGHING OUT LOUD almost
I just found a two-year-old Newsarama post talking about how “9” was destined to be a cult hit :X
Yeah, it had some sexy graphics, but I found the movie itself to be kind of really disappointing, story wise. I watched and loved the original short, so I even went to see it in theatres. This isn’t the only hitch I had with the story, but the scene at the end (similar to the scene...
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