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Feminist Gaze on Grey’s Anatomy and Feminism

November 13, 2016November 28, 2016
Marina DelVecchio
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I still watch Grey’s Anatomy. I haven’t missed an episode since it aired. And now that I have cancelled cable and rely on Netflix for my shows, I spend the last hour of my evening — after my grading is done,

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Feminist Gaze: Rihanna’s “Rude Boy”

October 27, 2016October 15, 2016
Marina DelVecchio
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Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” belongs under one category: the Trash! When I was in High school, I had the kind of mother that played her music in the car: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Schubert, and Beethoven, to name a few, but you

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Feminist Gaze: Girls of Glitz and Glamour

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October 25, 2016October 26, 2016
Marina DelVecchio
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A few days ago I was flipping through the channels trying to find Dora for my daughter, and was struck in the face with yet another commercial geared for little girls between the ages of 5-11. As usual, I sat

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Feminist Gaze: Cristina Yang and Barbara Walters

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October 20, 2016October 15, 2016
Marina DelVecchio
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Sandra Oh has left Grey’s Anatomy, and frankly, she was the show; for the past nine years, I only tuned in to watch how her character, Cristina Yang, would break yet another stereotype, yet another normative female behavior. And she never failed me. Her

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Feminist Gaze: Female Agency in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

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October 18, 2016October 15, 2016
Marina DelVecchio
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My students recently asked me which movie I thought passed the Bechdel test, and without thinking, I named the only one that came to mind: Zero Dark Thirty. It’s the only movie I’ve seen that centers on a female protagonist who moves

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Feminist Gaze: Sex, Women, and Music

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October 17, 2016October 15, 2016
Marina DelVecchio
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I was just watching the elimination process of American Idol’s 2010 show and was immediately struck by the entertainment they featured that year: Jason DeRulo, David Archuleta, and Rihanna. And because of the feminist lens through which I view events in this world

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A Feminist Gaze on Alice in Wonderland

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July 29, 2016July 29, 2016
Marina DelVecchio
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Tim Burton’s version of 19-year-old Alice on the cusp of womanhood is full of empowering messages for today’s young women. Set during the Victorian Era in England, somewhere around 1830s -1900′s, he offers us a soft-spoken yet feisty Alice that is

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