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...question is whether, for any given university, there is a need for such a publication,” he said. “Given the universality of sexuality, it would be odd if this wasn’t the case...
...much of the lyrical landscape: “Can’t you see what you’ve done to my heart and soul?/This is a wasteland now.” The chorus of the tense, agitated “Length of Love” is the odd mantra, “Combat salacious removal.” And the closer, “A Time to Be So Small,” has something about a “cadaverous mob.” The lyrics rarely drive the songs here, and are often difficult to decipher...
...White and the Seven Dwarfs to the slick CG kiddie films of today. Subversion of social ‘tradition’ and the transcension of adversive societal elements are key parts of this equation. The go-girl butt-kicking heroics of Disney’s Mulan and the odd-man-out subtexts of films as seemingly diverse as Aladdin and Finding Nemo are prime examples of this Disney-fied social flavoring...
...different from other sharks.” Sharks in the world of Shark Tale are the patriarchal keepers of the sea, the top of the food chain. Lenny’s refusal to kill and be “like other sharks” makes him the odd fish out. They’re also Italian-American gangsters, a quasi-racist touch to a film rife with problematic ethnic representations (the film’s stereotypical representation of African-American culture is another topic entirely...
...arrived in a world that had long been ignored by most of the outside world, save when its exploitation proved profitable. Mexico has seen an odd combination of civilian rule and illiberal policy, of great growth and modernization and extreme poverty and remnants of an old system, which created a constant tension between the successfully co-opting government and those few who sought to protest the lingering injustices. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) long held virtually complete power and brought many changes to larger Mexico, but few to Chiapas...