Blog Post due Tuesday 11:59PM or in class on Wednesday at 9:05AM

Homework due Tuesday Nov 30 11:59PM:

Read Barbara Ehrenreich's “Maid to Order: The Politics of Other Women's Work” 479-495 and compose a blog response based on ONE of the following prompts:

1. Consider what audience this piece was written for. What assumptions does Ehrenreich make about this audience?

2. Consider Ehrenreich's ethos. What is the central argument of this piece? In what ways does her personal experience build her case?

3. Ehrenreich incorporates a range of research and statistics into her essay. Which statistical examples surprised you? Which are most persuasive? Least persuasive? Why?

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Children's Culture and Disney's Animated Films

This article talks about the gender differences and discrimination of sex, and race Giroux’s Children Culture and Disney’s Animated Films. This article has a very radical form of thought. Mostly all animated children films look for equality. Looking back at the past in Disney, Walt Disney was Anti-Semitic. I think Giroux tried to find a correlation between this. This is not accurate; Disney movies strive to look into different cultures. Films also look for unity for all people. I can’t think of a Disney movie that had horrible feeling at the end to a different group of people.
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  1. MarieVAOctober 20, 2010 at 9:34 AM

    Disney trying to look into all different cultures is a great idea against the racism claim. Simply because Walt Disney was Anti-Semetic does not mean that it has affected every single one of his films, especially since there have been a significant number of films produced since the man has passed away. If the Disney corporation were truly trying to feed children subliminal messages of racism, sexism, and overall prejudice, I would think that they would be doing a better job. A company that really is racist would not waste their time producing films that were about other nationalities, such as Aladdin and even the Princess and the Frog. If Giroux wanted to make a more convincing claim, he could look into the subliminal sexual messages that Disney sneaks into its films; such as the word sex in the stars in The Lion King, or the many sexual references hidden in the background of The Little Mermaid.

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  2. SamanthaOctober 20, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    I agree that Giroux takes a very radical form of thought within his writing. If Disney wanted to truly teach children about racism and sexism or influence them to think in those ways the films would be one hundred times worse and children would be able to understand those differences. Disney movies are for entertainment only and I agree that there is not any Disney movie that leaves a horrible feeling at the end to a different group of people.

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