I hate to use the same theme from last week, but the Oscars are still so recent and relevant to what is happening in the media in terms of females on film. Cate Blanchett's acceptance speech for Best Leading Actress exemplifies a lot of what this blog has been talking about: female characters in television and film, and what it means to society and its relationship to the … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: The Success of the Female Protagonist
Archives for March 2014
Daily Art: Food Trucks
Who said you can’t have gourmet meals on a college student’s budget? A recent and popular movement has come up with a solution: food trucks. The food truck craze has become super apparent, even around the USC Campus. If you ever find yourself walking along Jefferson Street, you’ll know what I am talking about. Food trucks are not new to LA as taco trucks … [Read more...] about Daily Art: Food Trucks
The Monster Mash
Sam Sweetnam is a sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He also plays trumpet in the USC Trojan Marching Band and writes for Halftime Magazine. People of Ancient and Classical Greece possessed a perplexing fascination with monsters as displayed prominently in literature and epic poetry. Monstrous creatures such as the … [Read more...] about The Monster Mash
The Book Is on the Table: Teaching Kids to Be Violent
America has a history of accepting violence and exposing children to violent content. Many of the most popular films, TV shows, video games and even books rely heavily on depictions of violence. Because children as so exposed to these, they end up learning to accept violence, finding it masculine and foundational to freedom and individual rights as the culture … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: Teaching Kids to Be Violent
Chasing the Unicorn: The Other Side
As any casual fan of animation should know, Hayao Miyazaki, the mastermind behind such moving films as "My Neighbor Totoro," "Howl's Moving Castle," and of course, "Spirited Away," announced his retirement following the release of his final film, the animated war drama "The Wind Rises." While I haven't seen that film yet, and in fact haven't seen the entirety of the Miyazaki … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: The Other Side