Guest Post by Robin Brenner… This Summer’s Female Heroes: Fighting More Than...
The current media landscape is full of heroes who also happen to be girls. We’ve got The Hunger Games’ Katniss, Brave’s Merida, and real-life icons like Olympic gold-medalist Gabby Douglas. Young...
View ArticleWhy Being ‘Anti-Sports’ is Anti-Intellectual
In case you didn’t notice, the NFL football season started this past week. Of course for some people the glibness of that lead might be laughable: how could one not notice that “Week One” has come and...
View ArticleFree Media Literacy Resources from the Folks Who Just Brought You the Oscar...
No, I’m not the biggest fan of the Oscars per se... but I do love the way that they, like awards in media generally, can provide a springboard for critical thinking and insightful discourse once we go...
View ArticleConfessions of a Cosplaying Librarian
A Conversation with Linda Thai I actually can’t remember how I first met Linda Thai, although I’m guessing it was through her long-running Something Deeper blog about anime and manga. All I know is...
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