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...woman with complexity and grace. Gazing at her reflection in the window of a Chinese restaurant, the protagonist of Agnès Varda’s 1962 film “Cléo de 5 à 7” despairs: “My unchanging doll??s face… this ridiculous hat… I can’t see my own fears. I thought everyone looked at me. I only look at myself. It wears me out.” It’s the poignancy of this visual, combined with Cl?...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Moving Images | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...sort of middleman. By presenting Hopi art through the medium of photography, the effect the katsina dolls have on the viewer has been filtered through Ducharme’s own representation of the carvings: his positioning of the doll, use of lighting, and even how much of the doll??s face he includes in the photograph affect the impression a viewer has of a particular spirit’s personality. Much of this information, while ostensibly suggesting the right idea about the spirit embodied within, is in some ways presented in a slightly manufactured manner. Ducharme, in focusing...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Photographs of Katsina Dolls Enhance and Inhibit | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...trailer-trash tragedy and I was able to devour the details through television, Internet, and magazine at my leisure. The book world was quick to follow—within the next two months, there will be a reissue of her 1996 biography “Great Big Beautiful Doll?? in trade paperback and a release of a second biography “Train Wreck: Anna Nicole Unauthorized.” Every few years, a new article comes out proclaiming that the book is an endangered species, being pushed out of prominence by the newer media of magazines, television...

Author: By Madeline K.B. Ross, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trashy Celeb Lit Abounds | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...discussion was held in response to a parody ad published by The Salient, which was considered offensive by many members of the Muslim community, according to the Foundation. The ad featured the Fulla doll, a Barbie alternative popular throughout the Islamic world. The ad boasted of the doll??s “Muslim Values” and touted fake programmed phrases such as “Yes, Husband” and “Human Rights? That’s silly...

Author: By Anupriya Singhal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fake Salient Ad Sparks Roundtable | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

...meeting last week, according to Yasin, the parties present quickly agreed free speech prohibited any punitive action against the Salient. But they also brainstormed two proposals to mitigate the effects of similar articles in the future. The first, a more specific goal, was to enlighten students about the Fulla doll??especially that the doll does not say what the Salient claims it says...

Author: By Beau C. Robicheaux, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DOOR DROPPED: How to Start a Fight | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

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