Word: princess
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...this crusading pioneer was that he was a bit of a racist. Or, anyway, a shade-ist. Over and over he filmed the scenario of a light-skinned women passing as white, and a dark-skinned man ignoring a women of his own shade to aspire to that wan princess. Her lightness put her atop the hierarchy of virtue or, at least, of perceived romantic appeal. Like Griffith, Micheaux's feminine ideal seemed to be prim, virginal Lillian Gish; he insisted that his actresses wear chalk makeup to make them seem whiter, lighter - Gishier. "The first offense...
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...Conversations from the Edge, she tells Robin Williams, "This is a women's channel, so I'm going to have to ask for some recipes." Other programs include the upbeat talk show Pure Oxygen, the gritty real-life stories on Women and the Badge, reruns of Xena, Warrior Princess and, oddly, Love American Style, the 1970s paean to free love. Laybourne has not wavered in her mission to have a dialogue with women via the Internet. "Watching Oxygen is not just escaping but participating," she says. But do women want to work...
...reigning nat goddess, the Muslim princess Mae Wunna who converted to Buddhism, is said to have died of a broken heart when her twin sons were executed by a jealous King. They now rule by her side, enclosed in a glass shrine along with 34 other life-size plaster images bedecked with bright scarves and with the offerings of hopeful devotees at their feet...
...Fiesta baby,” she explains. “When I was four, I saw the queen getting crowned and she was gorgeous. I wanted to be her—I wanted to be the fairy princess with the crown and the big puffy white dress. It’s a little girl’s dream—like you want to be a ballerina or you want to be Cinderella. I wanted to be that girl when I was four. I came home, I practiced the bow. And of course, I fell over myself because...