Of course, the cracks in the show’s oversimplified girl-power ideology show more with age – and in light of everything we now know about series creator Joss Whedon – but Buffy still packs a punch thanks to its ever-excellent cast, nimble scripts, and its clever, thoughtful exploration ...
In particular, I wanted to offer a unique and engaging opportunity to examine a very complex moment in time that challenges the cold, oversimplified narrative of a Panther who is prone to violence and consumed with anger. Thoroughly examining the history of the Black Panther Party allowed me to...
This was Imperial Japan’s overarching motivation and its complexity deserves to be more accurately addressed in this book instead of the somewhat oversimplified outline—rampage, Doolittle Raid, Midway. Remarkably, Simms and McGregor, bring their readers to the modern day with the influences of the...
There's a moment in "The Dogs of War" when Quark has had enough. He has watched as Ferengi society around him has become, in his view, a travesty. And he realizes he hasn't been immune from the changes over the years; he sees that he has gone "soft." He launches into a histrio...
A Belgian mathematician named Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet first conceptualized the equation for body mass index in the 1800s. It wasn't until the 1980s that BMI became thestandard for measuringobesity. Today, many doctors believe BMI is flawed and oversimplified. ...
“Junk science” is those beliefs promoted to persuade or entertain that have either been shown to be false or are simply unsupported by empirical tests. The media world is flooded with it, with sober studies making one small data point on some topic oversimplified and promoted as a breakthrou...
Stone’s conception of Buddhism, drawn from Hayslip’s poetic tellings of her own tale, are somewhat shorthanded and oversimplified. His approach to being in hell and finding peace in chaos is notably dissonant. This idea is depicted...
Nope. Consider: These guys were an existential threat just days earlier, and had vowed to continue looking for a way to counteract the superweapon even with the peace agreement in place. Don't you think the Union might be a little divided about whether to launch into an all-out war with...
A Belgian mathematician named Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet first conceptualized the equation for body mass index in the 1800s. It wasn't until the 1980s that BMI became thestandard for measuringobesity. Today, many doctors believe BMI is flawed and oversimplified. ...
Her character is tough and she is appropriately gorgeous, the kind of woman any man would fight for. What started out as a great idea was oversimplified and falls short of the mark. Nevertheless, I'm giving this movie two stars because I am a big fan of Belinda Bauer! Helpful•1 2 ...