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The Bonnie Behind Clyde

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Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was the Camel chain-smoking, rifle handling evader of the law from West Dallas, TX. Bonnie goes unrecognized if her name is not accompanied by Clyde and the converse is also true. In the history books, she goes down as merely an outlaw accomplice of Clyde . But there was more to this [...]

June 20th, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

Will the Veil Ban Help or Hinder the Progress of Muslim Women?

Soon Muslim women may be banned from wearing veils in Europe.

Heated debate surrounds recent legislation in Europe that aims to ban Muslim women from covering their faces in public. While the reasoning behind the ban is to protect Muslim women from oppression, some wonder if that is actually what the ban will accomplish. Many women simply view the ban as a [...]

June 19th, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

Not Much to Cheer About – The Exploitation of the NFL Cheerleader

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Every Superbowl Sunday millions will tune in to see America’s most popular sport culminate in likely the most watched event of the year, and most of them will hardly notice the primed and primped young ladies on the sidelines. Of over 75,000 watching the game at the stadium, many will notice the cheerleaders as they [...]

June 16th, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

Who’s Your Daddy: Gender Identity and Paternity in Japan

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In 2004, the Japanese government enacted the Gender Identity Disorder Law, which allowed transgendered people to finally change their sex on official identification. Although some argue that defining a change in gender identity as a disorder is wrong-headed and biased, the law does at least allow for people to live in [...]

May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

Nannies – The New Reason Men Cheat

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British psychiatrist Dr. Dennis Friedman is sparking controversy with his new claim that boys who are cared for by nannies are more likely to become adulterers as grown men. Freidman claims that when women work and leave their boys with nannies, boys rely on several women to meet their needs, and will expect the same [...]

May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

Platinum Games’ Bayonetta: Beyond the Generic Female

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The simultaneously ridiculous and sublime Bayonetta unexpectedly hints at how publishers can create successful female characters. Sega/Platinum Games’ latest is a hit, with a recent filing announcing the success of Bayonetta, having 1.35 million units shifted since its release this January. During the game’s release window, Gamespot’s Leigh Alexander suggested that part of [...]

May 30th, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

Barbie Fixation: Busting the Myth

Model: Catherine Jones, Photography: Dennis Ledford, © Ledford Photography

Barbie turned fifty last year, changing little girl’s expectations of glamor and self image. With an ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) figure, her sleek proportions fired the imagination of little goddesses and made myth with her plastic beauty – a candy too sweet. For boys, she was an archetype of physical misrepresentations; a fuel that helped [...]

May 30th, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

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