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VARIOUS frequent strolls with boyfriend Bert McCracken...
...these animators have created shows like Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls that have become not just hits but cultural icons. "It harkens back to the old days at Warner Bros., when guys were creating Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny, and they had free rein," says Powerpuff creator Craig McCracken. There's still plenty of toy-driven junk, particularly in the anime-action category, but cartoons have also become more diverse (with new entries like Disney Channel's African-American The Proud Family) and ambitious (Cartoon Network's epic Samurai Jack...
...Local officials declined to stop the outlaws, possibly because they call them neighbors. "It just appears to me that they are trying to save their lives," said Klamath County sheriff Tim Evinger. Though the fish had no statement, of course, their appointed spokesman, the Bureau of Reclamation's Jeff McCracken, did claim to understand the farmers "frustration." One senses an understatement here. Try rage...
...wanted the heroes to be strong, tough and cool," says Craig McCracken, the show's creator. "The juxtaposition of their being really cute and really strong seemed more interesting than if they had been muscley guys. People are starting to accept that girls are cool, and girlie things are cool." Schamus, who has daughters ages 4 and 8, thinks the Powerpuff Girls offer positive action role models: "My daughters are provided with more tools to gain confidence in the mastery of their own lives...
...Anastasia Halicki patrols the halls of Stephen F. Gale Elementary School to ensure that skirts don't rise higher than two finger widths above the knee. The majority of girls, of course, know better than to wear their most risque clothes to school. Tube tops are forbidden at Oliver McCracken Middle School in Skokie, Ill., but Sarah Roberts, 11, wears hip huggers and skimpy T shirts on the weekend. Even in the dead of winter, a bulky sweater simply won't do. "Boys just notice if skin is showing," she explains, adding that fourth-grade boys line their lockers with...