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...young women, almost always - kicking and thinking and winking at both the old notion of femininity and the aging precepts of feminism. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (in her fifth season on the WB) saves her classmates from Evil, when she's not cracking a book or a joke. The Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, "the most elite kindergarten crime-fighting force ever assembled," protect Townsville with their magical powers. Max, the bionic babe on Fox's "Dark Angel," occasionally lets a mere man help her save the world, after which she suavely extracts herself from his adoration. "What...
Research on another alternative exam, this one written by Robert Sternberg, a psychologist at Yale, asks students to perform tasks reflecting their creativity and practicality. In one section, students write the caption for a cartoon or design the logo for a company. In another, they are asked how they would handle requesting a letter of recommendation from a teacher or sharing rent payments on an apartment. The test, which will be given to 1,400 students this spring, is being paid for by the College Board, the people behind the SAT. Even they realize, it seems, that some folks...
...Cartoon Misunderstood...
While I agree with the sentiment expressed by Orr, Shames and Rosenfeld in their critique of Farris's portrayal of the "Ideal Harvard President" (Letters, "Cartoon Objectifies," Feb. 22), I think their anger is misdirected. I would like to point out that the image used in the cartoon--an incredibly exaggerated and emaciated female body--has been the dominant symbol in the Steve Madden advertisement campaign for over two years. I have long been appalled at the unhealthy and overtly stereotypical image of a tiny waist and gargantuan legs being sold to young women...
...immediately understood Farris's cartoon to be making fun of this preposterous image that is a constant presence throughout the U.S. We must criticize the culture that insists on proliferating such horrible images of femininity, not the cartoonist who mocks...