Cultural Studies
Honors Section: read this recent article for Tuesday, 3/5
"The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food" by Michael Moss
Episode 1: The Independent Woman
Both are from the PBS series America in Primetime
Read the following three articles for Thursdsay
New addition: "It's a Slice of History, Meathead" by Neil Genzlinger
“A Radical Female Hero from Dystopia” by Scott and Dargis
"Some Girls are Better than Others" by Heather Havrilesky"
The Daily Show 12/16/10 -- The Worst Responders
The Daily Show 12/16/10 -- 9/11 First Responders
The Daily Show 1/4/11 -- Kirsten Gillibrand (3:00-end)
"In Daily Show Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of Murrow" by Bill Carter and Brian Stelter
optional The Daily Show 12/16/10 -- Mike Huckabee
(watch third)
Social Identity
"Downsized and Downtrodden, Men are the New Women on TV" bu Allesandra Stanley
"Retrofitting the Feminine Mystique" by Allesandra Stanley
"Grab a Brew While They Face Death" by Dana Jennings
Thelma, Louise, and All the Pretty Women" by Carina Chocano
The Funny Women, Alive and Well" by A. O. Scott
Babies to Heroes: A Field Guide to Big-Screen Men"
"When Lady Gaga Appears"
"The Self-Manufacture of Megan Fox"
"The End of Men" by Hanna Rosin
"Dolly Parton Profile in Rolling Stone" by Jancee Dunn
Girlwalk -- "It Goes Like This"
The Evolution of Mom Dancing
"Muslims on TV, No Terror in Sight" by Mrinalini Reddy
"The Classless Utopia of Reality TV" by Alessandra Stanley
"For Housewives, She's the Hot Ticket" by Stephanie Rosenbloom
"American Idol's Big Tease" by Guy Trebay
"Is There a Real Woman in This Multiplex" by Manohla Dargis
"What Men Want: Neanderthal TV" by Warren St. John
"Generation Mix: TV Youth Take Lead in Diversity" by Edward Wyatt
"Sex and the Rest of the City" by Timothy Williams
"Pride, Patriotism, and Queer Eye" by Adam Vary
"Girls Will be Girls" by Peggy Orenstein