This is the recipe: present only one guest that represents your narrative; allow the moderator to frame the discourse to fit that bias and never question the narrative; go so off theme of the actual topic that the talk is supposed to cover (in this case “On Western Media and Syria”);...
The Star Wars example also provides an illustration of another representational trope that uses makeup to visually identify villains in movies. In the case of Kylo Ren the scar on his face follows a long and decidedly ableist tradition of using scars as well as physical disabilities, body ...
The French word “vers” has several meanings but can also be used as a trope on similar Latin roots. Usually it refers to being “near” something. In its other common usage, in Corbu’s book, it is a vector pointing “toward” something—in this case, the future. It can also mean...
Created for Netflix by Scott Frank (Out of Sight,Logan) and Allan Scott (Regeneration) this seven-episode series is based on Walter Tevis's 1983 novel of the same name. Our heroine, Beth Harmon, is portrayed magnificently by Anya Taylor-Joy – whom you might've seen in the fantasy ser...
(Probably later, in the case of government bodies, as civil service hires tend to dig into the body politic like ticks and not easily dislodged.)In any case, competence at the core activity is bread and butter, when it comes to that bottom line.“Do or not do”, as the weird ...
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Volume 1: This is the best, smartest, funniest comic book I have read sinceCerebus.SG is part of the Marvel universe and makes fun of it and every other comic book trope, idea and stereotype. She is a mutant (as in the X-Men and why is a mixed gender group...
However, most of the alpha male trope, (especially combined with) women with no or little agency, and HEA (happily ever after) ending with pregnancy — those themes sometimes feel lazy, unsatisfying, or aggravating. Pregnancy can definitely be an intrinsic part of plot, but equating it to ...
Katha Politt's 1991New York Timesarticle would coin the term "The Smurfette Principle," referring to the common trope of creating a female character surrounded by males, with the female character's entire role frequently defined by stereotypically feminine traits. The concept became a jumping-off...
Temple is perhaps the best example of somebody throughout history who epitomizes the trope of "child star." Though her singing, dancing, and acting brought her to the height of her successes before she could even be enrolled in kindergarten, she spent her later years serving as an ambassador...
"CHAPTER 1. What is a “Female Slave”? Context and Comparison" In Sex Rewarded, Sex Punished: A Study of the Status 'Female Slave' in Early Jewish Law, 35-88. Boston, USA: Academic Studies Press, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693292-007 Kriger D. CHAPTER 1. What is a “...