OPTION FOR 4/4: Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen :: Alternative Political Cartoons and Illustration

What is Jen Sorensen saying with this comic strip? Click on link to see it bigger.

Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen :: Alternative Political Cartoons and Illustration

For 3/28--Disney topic sent by student

Have you seen the trailer for Mars Needs Moms? According to this blogger (http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/03/24/finally-a-disney-film-in-which-mom-is-neither-dead-nor-witch/), how are moms usually portrayed in Disney films? And how are they portrayed in this particular film?

Option for 3/21: Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen

Friday, March 11, 2011

What is Jen Sorensen saying with this comic strip (click on link for larger image)? Why is it funny?
Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen :: Alternative Political Cartoons and Illustration

Option for 3/22: Bodies

What is the main point of this video? Cut and paste this address into browser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zDDkzeP4OM ?

option for 3/21: Gender-based violence

Read this post by Chloe. Chloe asks why get out of bed to wake up to a world where these things happen and are tolerated and women are blamed, but she does eventually answer the question. What IS the purpose of getting out of bed?

Option for 3/7: What do you think of these billboards?

You can read an opinion about them and see other examples here.
Are women obligated to maintain the population of their race?
Is biology destiny?

White House Issues Report on Women in America - NYTimes.com

White House Issues Report on Women in America - NYTimes.com

Option for 3/7: YouTube - Toddlers & Tiaras with Tom Hanks

Rachel Tennant sent this link, YouTube - Toddlers & Tiaras with Tom Hanks , and says:
Tom Hanks made a video making fun of the show toddlers and tiaras... he even says his tott looks "just like a bratz doll." I thought you would find it interesting and relating to our past readings in the Purity Myth.

What do you think?