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Why Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is not about Stockholm syndrome
I have no idea whether this started as serious feminist critique or as comedic satire, but if you’ve read any Disney-related stuff on the internet in the last five or ten years, you’ve probably heard someone asserting that Beauty and the Beast is about Stockholm syndrome. I’m not going to bother with links. This stuff…
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How I Met Your Avatar: The Legend of Korra Series Finale
SPOILER Warning: This blog post is all about the Legend of Korra series finale and is full of SPOILERS. Don’t read this post if you don’t want SPOILERS. Here’s something else you can read – my fangirly post that I wrote in anticipation of Season 3. Okay, so. If you’ve been anywhere near Tumblr this…
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Sailor Moon Crystal: Random Observations
Sailor Moon Crystal, the Sailor Moon reboot series that has been emphatically pitched as a new adaptation of the original manga and NOT a remake of the 90s anime, premiered on Saturday. My overall impression: It feels like a remake of the 90s anime. But a good remake. Here, in no particular order, are a few more particular…
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10 Things I Love About The Legend of Korra
The trailer for Book 3 of The Legend of Korra has been viewed about 1,140,000 times, which means people other than me have viewed it about 140,000 times. http://youtu.be/A0UBbzeFc74 The Legend of Korra was my introduction to the Avatar franchise. I watched The Last Airbender after Book 2 ended last fall because I missed my Korra…
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Steven Universe, aka Amethyst And Those Other People
Let me be very up-front about this: I am reviewing Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe for the same reason I was compelled to watch it in the first place, that being the presence of a character named Amethyst. My interest was further piqued when I found out creator Rebecca Sugar worked on Adventure Time and had written…
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