Who is real un-american here?

         I am seriously so over talking about Miss America, she's a beautiful woman who participated in a competition and won, awesome. Its sad that people racially profiled her as an Arab woman (even if she happened to be of Arab decent, who cares) when she's actually Indian. But that is all mere ignorance that nothing can help. What I want to talk about is how the US is reacting to her win and what implications that has for US xenophobia, and fear of anything non-white in general.

Sexy Disney..?

      I'm currently in an awesome Soc class called Sex and Modern Love and its seriously the bomb. We read a lot of fun articles that I find interesting and we read one on the "sexiness" and heteronormaty of Disney. It obviously got me thinking. Rather than cite everything after I type it, I'll just tell you the title of the article and the whole sha-bang. (I don't think you can get public access to it, but you can read the abstract!)

Hetero-Romantic Love and Heterosexiness in Children's G-Rated Film

Gender & Society June 2009 23: 315-336

Karin A. Martin & Emily Kazyak

       So, this article was written in 2009, therefore they didn't have the outlook of movies like Up and Brave. Two movies which I love because they're adorable. I have a two year old little sister who is seriously the love of my life and I'm obsessed. As I have been more exposed to how our minds are socially constructed I get more and more worried about how she's going to grow up. Especially as a girl. There are few things that she loves more than princesses... which at first made me a little sad. Princesses are the epitome of a bad role model. I'd honestly have my sister looking at Miley at this point. But I will not stop her from the fun fairy tales and songs!