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*Shakesville discusses the Katrina documentary Trouble the Water, takes on a couple of anti-fat ads, and attempts to construct a Unified Apatow Field Theory. In a similar vein, Collegehumor.com pictures life In an Apatow World. *A great list of the … Continue reading
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links of interest
I have some posts in the works, but I’m dealing with some stuff right now. Meanwhile, have some links. *I enjoy a trip down memory lane with Pajiba’s top 20 films of the year I graduated high school. My heart … Continue reading
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links of interest
*Den of Geek lists the Top 10 kids’ films that traumatise small children. I’ve only seen three of the list—Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Neverending Story, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory—but I agree on all three. (As a … Continue reading
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*The Seattle Medium examines how missing white women get more media coverage than missing black women and how that affects victims. *Shakesville has a post analyzing commercials that inadvertently reinforce the myth of chronic pain being “fake.” *From Pandagon, a … Continue reading
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The New York Times‘ What’s the Skinny on the Heftier Stars? is so mind-bogglingly stupid that I wish I weren’t trying to eliminate the useful but offensive insult “retarded” from my vocabulary. Apparently, the fact that 50-year-old stars aren’t as … Continue reading
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links of interest
Sacred Apacow sums up perfectly my discomfort with my love for the bromance: “Somehow, we’re expected to swallow the misogyny in these films because they’re coated in a syrup of kinder, gentler masculinity. . . . [L]et’s not give movies … Continue reading
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