The 10 Female Comic Book Characters That I Can Think Of
In response to my most recent question, “Who is your favorite female comic book character?” …This is, unfortunately, the moment I have always feared. It is time that I finally […]
Review: Interior Design: Commodifying Self and Place in Extreme Makeover, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and The Swan
“For what makeover programming reflects is the extent to which the self is now regarded as a project and cultural construct, something that must be self reflexively worked on and […]
Sucker Punch: The New Feminist War Anthem – Sexuality, Fantasy, and Themes of Self-Actualization
A sucker punch is a blow made without warning, allowing no time for preparation or defense on the part of the recipient. – From Wikipedia The surface nature of Zack […]
Review, Part 2 – Makeover Nation – Selfhood, Citizenship and Celebrity
Though the first half of my review focused on those methodologies in the makeover gamedoc which resembled “tabula rasa” style indoctrination and enslavement techniques, this second installment takes a closer […]
Review, Part 1 – Makeover Nation – Selfhood, Citizenship, and Celebrity
Throughout the spectrum of what appear to be a unique variety of makeover shows, Weber identifies a universal framework of cultural indoctrination and re-education. Prejudicial and stereotypical notions of racial […]
Review: Belabored Reality: Making It Work on The Simple Life and Project Runway
It’s fairly clear from Heather Hendershot’s choice of language that she does not care for the image of femininity that is portrayed by the Simple Life, or, in fact, for […]
Review: From “Kid Nation to Caste Nation”
“…words like class and wealth have become nearly synonymous in contemporary society.” (Meloy, 2009) One could argue that a show like Kid Nation, which premiered to some controversy in 2007, […]
Disturbing Mental Images #1
It’s 1994, and Robert Downey, Jr. has found himself in the heart of the Mojave Desert with no food, no water, and no pants. All he can call his own […]
