Black characters are still too good, too bad or invisible - 0 views
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Jenni Young on 02 Mar 13article about the portrayal of black characters in films
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Joss Whedon's Equality Now speech - YouTube - 0 views
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Director and writer Joss Whedon explains why he creates strong women characters
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Director and writer Joss Whedon explains why he creates strong women characters
Would you want to be friends with Humbert Humbert? A forum on likeability - 0 views
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New Yorker's Page-Turner blog asked a group of novelists how often the question of likeability has been posed about their characters
Marvel's Diversity Issue: Screen Output Doesn't Reflect Open-minded Comics - 0 views
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Films based on Marvel super-heroes are mainly about white men, in contrast with the more diverse characters of the comics.
Marvel Now! completes Wave One with the all-female X-Men #1 - 0 views
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When it comes to female characters, no superhero franchise can touch the X-Men. Jean Grey, Storm, Rogue, Polaris, Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost, Psylocke, Dazzler, Jubilee, Rachel Summers, Dani Moonstar, Karma, and Magik are just some of the X-heroines created more than 20 years ago
'Street Fighter II': Most Racist Nostalgic Video Game Ever? : Code Switch : NPR - 0 views
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The influential classic arcade game is a reminder of how broadly stereotypical so many of the now-iconic characters were.
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The influential classic arcade game is a reminder of how broadly stereotypical so many of the now-iconic characters were.
Who Gets To Be A Superhero? Race And Identity In Comics - 0 views
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Artist Orion Martin recently posted several images reimagining X-Men characters as people of color. This touched off a conversation about race in comic book worlds, and how these comic book depictions relate to real life (from NPR's Code Switch)
South African commercial for whiskey has a message about literacy - 0 views
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The latest commercial for Bell whiskey gives a whole other meaning to a man of a character and determination.
Review of a new production of "A Doll's House": The New Yorker - 0 views
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Review of "A Doll's House" includes good discussion of themes and character.
Star Types and Stereotypes: Asian-Americans as Leading Ladies - 0 views
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Beyond Lucy Liu and Maggie Q's success as female leads on television, Asian-American actresses often play characters shaped to reflect longstanding stereotypes.
The Women in X-Men - Trina Robbins | SUPERHEROES | PBS - 0 views
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Trina Robbins comments on X-Men writer Chris Claremont and the development of female X-Men superheros under his tenure into more well-rounded, feminist characters.
How Using Sexy Female Avatars In Video Games Changes Women - 0 views
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A new Stanford University study looks at the connection between hyper-sexualised gaming characters and the way female players view rape and their own bodies (Time magazine)
Animating female characters is extremely difficult - 0 views
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Comparison of Disney princesses' appearance
Female Characters in Superhero Films: The Grim Reality - 0 views
An Artist Took Disney Characters and Put Them Into Real Life Situations - PolicyMic - 0 views
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A series called "Disney Unhappily Ever After" re-imagines favorite animated classics and transforms them into realist horror stories.
The Bluest Eye as a Bildungsroman - 0 views
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The Bluest Eye has often been labeled by critics as a bildungsroman, or a novel that chronicles the process by which characters enter the adult world.
Study finds huge gender imbalance in children's literature - 0 views
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New research reveals male characters far outnumber females, pointing to 'symbolic annihilation of women and girls'
Meet the new X-Men: All women - 0 views
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For the first time in its 50-year history, the X-Men will be made up entirely of women: Storm, Rogue, Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey and Psylocke make up the mutant team in "X-Men" #1, in stores May 29.
BBC World Service - Boston Calling, Chinese Characters , English Names for Chinese - 0 views
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2 items from BBC online. 1. What is behind all the strange American-sounding names so popular in China? 2. Some Westerners also take Chinese names.
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What is behind all the strange American-sounding names so popular in China? (BBC)
It's a Man's (Celluloid) World: On-Screen Representations of Female Characters in the T... - 0 views
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