Word: sexism
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...sort of question often asked about Disney cartoons, but Wurfel’s cynicism reflects the indignation of a small but vocal movement against Snow White and her animated peers. Since the animated heroine’s 1937 debut, nearly every Disney cartoon has been accused of sexism or racism. The criticism peaked during the 1990s, when Aladdin and Pocahontas drew the wrath of advocacy groups enraged by the films’ racist stereotyping and revisionist history...
...makes a business out of on-campus filming. The school has a department that deals with production companies and earns $250,000 each year from licensing fees. Movies that film on the USC campus are not permitted to include any gratuitous language, violence or nudity; USC also screens for sexism and racism. But the Harvard of Hollywood will not permit use of its name in movies—unlike the real Harvard, which allows free use by any movie or book...
...elaborating on their obsession with the female body. In her performances her body becomes a work of art. “I wanted to be the canvas. I am the experience. You can’t buy me.” Finley uses her body as a weapon against sexism, racism and other forms of oppression. Her work reflects the frustration of those who have been suffocated by a hypocritical moral order. She wants her work to provide a voice for those who have, in her own words, been “fucked over...
...costumes of many colors (Ebrahim Ghafouri's photography is the year's best) are strikingly beautiful. Yet we are also made aware of how their movements are restricted by their clothes, how they must struggle just to see and breathe. There can be no more powerful image of the sexism of theocratic tyranny (beauty accidentally achieved by mindless oppression) than the one these shots force upon...
Cohen should rethink her disgust with the male half of her own species. Individual responsibility cannot be masked behind a blind attempt to resolve her motives for peace through sexism. We do need compassion and caring solidarity. But instilling a mentality that women are so more morally superior is not constructive in that respect...