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Why Modern Family has gotten old is now predictable, full of stereotypes an
2012-01-20 18:30:00 I need to share something. I’ve been holding it in for at least a year, hoping things will get better, but they haven’t. So it’s time for someone to finally speak up, and I guess that person will have to be me. Like I said, I haven’t wanted to, but after last night I feel I... Read more »
Preposterous plots and character stereotypes in a derivative posh soap
2011-12-29 13:25:00 Back in the 1980s Granada, one of the original ITV companies, made two long drama serials at almost the same time. One was ?Brideshead Revisited? based on Evelyn Waugh?s novel and the other was ?Jewel in the Crown? ? the dramatisation of Paul Scott?s extraordinary ?Raj Quartet?. They differed somewhat ? ?Brideshead? was very faithful ...
Laughing at ourselves and the stereotypes we perpetuate
2011-12-07 14:39:00 I despise stereotypes. Especially when I’m guilty of perpetuating one… I am a “cyclist”. This video wouldn’t be so funny if I didn’t know guys exactly like this. Caution: Strong Language. Do not attempt to drink anything that may sting your nostrils or stain your computer screen while watching this video. Courtesy of YouTube and... Read more »
Pink is not the enemy. Stereotypes are.
2011-10-03 23:40:00 There is a growing faction within the girl-empowerment movement that expresses disdain and scorn for all things pink and princess. Supporters of young girls are increasingly pitting rough and tumble tomboys against tutu-wearing, glitz-loving girly girls. Why can’t girls be both? Pink is not the enemy. Labels are. To understand how pink has evolved into... Read more »
Worst Female Facebook Profile Picture Stereotypes
2011-01-08 18:22:00 Sometimes you see a post that is just brilliance in it's most purified form. That's what I thought when I saw Zoot Patrol's "10 Profile Pictures Girls use on Facebook to Look Hotter." Come for the sexy/hilarious pictures, stay for the spot-on social critique. I don wonder though how many of these girls make these poses out of simple lack of originality rather than manipulating their aesthetic appearance?They did however, overlook cliche #1, the "look at how much I party" pic!...
'Mike & Molly' and Set Design Stereotypes
2010-09-21 16:15:00 In the wee hours of the morning, I received this email from a friend I'll refer to as "Quartus:"If you ever write about Mike and Molly again, be sure to mention that they have one of those heinous umbrella rack pieces of furniture just like the winslows have in family matters--apparently something set designers want us to believe is an essential element to the homes of chicago cops. thank you for posting a photo as i would otherwise never have learned that and thank you for reinforcing my inclinations to never watch this show.Quartus has a good point. I've lived in Chicago for, well, several decades and I have never seen a giant umbrella stand in anyone's home. Yet, set designers...
Racial Stereotypes and Dating: Some food for thought
2010-09-10 19:39:00 Racial stereotypes and dating choices? A snapshot based on a recent post by dating site OK Cupid...
Breaking Down Stereotypes
2009-08-18 20:11:00 From SnowFlakesInHell on open carry at political protests: …part of breaking down stereotypes and misconceptions about gun owners being deviant or abnormal is to act normal. Normal people do not walk around with AR-15s slung over their shoulders. I think that pretty much sums up my position on this issue.
By: Brillianter.com
Latina funeral director breaks stereotypes
2009-07-03 16:00:00 Located on the corners of Armitage and Kimball Avenues, the Caribe Funeral Home has served the mainly Spanish-speaking community of Humboldt Park since 1965. It is believed to be the first Latino-owned funeral home in the state of Illinois. Most of Rebecca Bishop's clients at the funeral home are Puerto Rican, Mexican and some from Central America. Caribe serves an almost exclusive Hispanic clientele.Rebecca BishopBishop,43, herself wears many hats. As a licensed public health official, her primary duties are geared more towards social work, assisting families with the arrangements and counseling families through the grief process....
Sanford scandal stirs sexist stereotypes
2009-06-30 21:25:00 The way some media has been covering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's affair with a woman from Argentina plays into some sexist stereotypes about Latina women.She was called a "hottie," an "Argentine firecracker" and his "Latin lover" by the New York Daily News.Some headlines have made the obvious "it takes two to tango" or "last tango" reference. Could that be more cliché?But something about the objectification of this woman, Maria Belen Shapur, really disturbs me. She is a successful, multilingual businesswoman. But in every media outlet she is constantly referred to as his "mistress." It makes her sound like a kept woman and clearly she was supporting herself and her two children.Where is the word that is the male equivalent...
Shelia?s Wheels Insurance For Women: The Car Insurance Of Stereotypes
2009-04-08 12:00:00 Shelia's Wheels is a UK-based insurance company just for women. Once you visit their website you'll be left no doubt in your mind who their target audience is, with its Stepford Wives style women and pink dcor. While Shelia's Wheels Car Insurance may seemingly be based on stereotypes, it does offer women comprehensive coverage on insurance that they won't find anywhere else; if you can just get over the typecasting that comes with being their client.
The Prejudices & Stereotypes of Leftist Academia
2009-02-11 00:30:00 The Islamic studies chairman at American University in Washington undertook a study to see “how well this country upholds its ideals in a post-September 11 world.“ As part of that study, Hailey Woldt traveled to Alabama and dressed in “traditional black abaya.” Her “experience was a pleasant one.” And it was unexpected. As ...
By: GayPatriot
?Ask Not? Challenges Stereotypes About Gay Servicemembers
2009-01-06 17:29:00 Originally posted at my blog, Average Gay Joe… I finally had the opportunity the other night to watch the Johnny Symons documentary Ask Not on gays serving in the military under the Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell policy. Last summer the guys at Gay Patriot and I had the privilege of doing a podcast interview with ...
By: GayPatriot
Men, their Caves, their Emotions and a whole lot of Internet searches!
2008-09-19 12:22:00 I have been taking note again recently about how people come to visit my little piece of Cyber Space. My Stats counter records what link or search people enter this blog from. It has continued to surprise me how many people search on the following terms. This is over the space of about two weeks:men and their cavemen and their cavesmen and their cavesemotional support pgcemen and their caves=men and their cavecan men learn to show emotionmen in their cavewomans emotion men godmen emotions hurtWell you get the idea and the theme here. So if you have stumbled upon my blog searching with the above then welcome and stick around, make yourself at home and hopefully something of what I have shared can help you on your quest.This article I wrote about a year ago shows much the same thing as far as searches go. This must only be a fraction of the amount of searches done on the subject. I am not about to suggest that over the course of a year anything should have changed about Men's Emotion...
Who are the British Creationists? Should it be discussed in School?
2008-09-16 21:00:00 Just Who are the British Creationists? This is the question posed by the BBC site (hotlink above) prompted by a comment by Professor Michael Reiss (BBC Link) where he thinks that Creationism should be allowed to be discussed in a Science lesson if a pupil brings it up. From what I gather this is purely from the point of view that this would then enable the teacher to point out, in his view, that Creationism had no scientific basis and that Darwinian molecules to man Evolution does. He believes it is better to open dialogue in order to hopefully 'educate' a person in a real scientific view. To quote: "However, if a young person raises creationism in a science class, teachers should be in a position to explain why evolution is a sound scientific theory and why creationism is not, in any way, scientific." Now this created a complete overreaction by some more vocal evolutionary evangelicals in the scientific community. I am not sure if they just read the media and believed ...
Are we Happy Plastic People under Shiny Plastic Steeples?
2008-08-29 18:03:00 I just led a group talk, in my Cell group, that dealt with the issue of us as Christians not pretending we are fine when we are not. Not being honest with ourselves about how we are feeling and not being honest with God about how we are feeling. For the first of these points I was challenged by a song by Casting Crowns called 'Stained Glass Masquerade'. The lyrics to which are as follows: Is there anyone that fails Is there anyone that falls Am I the only one in church today feelin? so small Cause when I take a look around Everybody seems so strong I know they?ll soon discover That I don?t belong So I tuck it all away, like everything?s okay If I make them all believe it, maybe I?ll believe it too So with a painted grin, I play the part again So everyone will see me the way that I see them *Chorus* Are we happy plastic people Under shiny plastic steeples With walls around our weakness And smiles to hide our pain But if the invitation?s open To every heart that has been broken M...
Opiate Addiction Stereotypes and Racism: A Troubled History
2008-08-06 15:27:00 We?ve been talking the past couple posts about the misconceptions that people hold concerning opiate addiction and opiate addicts and how those misconceptions work to prevent those who need it from receiving the treatment they need. Today, it?s racism I want to talk about, racism and its early connections with prejudice against those struggling with drug addiction, and opiate addiction specifically.
By: Suboxone Blog
Rebuilding Broken Stereotypes: [Five Ways Kashi ?u? Appalls Mainstream Cust
2008-08-03 01:06:00 I’ve long held that Kashi is on of the better brands of health foods. They provide simple, tasty non-threatening products for all ages that delivers the too-often broken promise of healthy cereals, energy bars and other snacks. However, Kashi’s new ?u? cereal seems to be designed specifically to turn off our friends and destroy the ...
Will Esther Ku Move Beyond Stereotypes?
2008-07-08 12:07:00 Esther Ku Esther Ku continues to generate discussion and controversy because of her comedy act showcased on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. I asked not to long ago if beautiful Esther Ku will be the Last Comic Standing after she caught my eye on comedy contest and reality show. Such a question has not come without some debate on the pages of this blog. Marie asks me in a recent comment: I’ve just got to ask…are you rooting for her this hard JUST because you think she’s “a cutie?” or “beautiful?” Is that really a good enough reason to root for a comedienne who, aside from that crazy Mary Mack, is probably the absolute LEAST funny contestant on LCS? If anyone else performed that badly and wasn’t as attractive as you remind us that she is, would you root for them too? Just ’cause she’s trying to sell that ‘oh so wacky cute Asian girl’ thing will never make her funnier, just even more of a parody than she already is. It’s a question that echoes other pos...
Cultural Stereotypes challenged in N Y Times stories
2008-06-10 16:00:00 Sign in to the NY Times online to read this stories….or, what the heck….go out and buy paper off the rack and read it over a cuppa coffee. Report Takes Aim at ?Model Minority? Stereotype of Asian-American Students By TAMAR LEWIN The image of Asian-Americans as a homogeneous group of high achievers taking over the campuses of the ...
the audacity of theft
2008-06-06 21:54:00 writes an anonymous submitter in houston: “a neighbor in my building put up an obama yard sign on the door of her apartment around the time of the texas primary. when it disappeared, i assumed she took it down herself.” then up went this note ? a cheerful bit of propaganda that oh-so-subtly disproves all those ...
Sumo Wrestling's Newest Champion Euro-trashes Stereotypes
2008-05-26 17:43:00 Think of sumo wrestlers and you'll probably conjure up images of fat Japanese guys in loincloths. Forget about all that - for the first time, a European has won sumo wrestling's coveted Emperor's Cup! Technorati Tags: Entertainment Fitness International Miscellaneous News Sports
By: InventorSpot.com
Stereotypes
2008-05-09 16:07:00 We tend to pigeonhole people into groups based on many different characteristics because very few of us have the time or the brain power to really get to know each other individually. Some stereotypes are fair. Some are funny. Here are a few that I think are worth mentioning:-Proud to be a Texan Guy - I love him, but he's obnoxious. Main stereotype characteristics include giant cowboy hat, "don't mess with Texas" bumper sticker, unreasonable loyalty to either a longhorn or an aggie(?), and takes great pride in the fact that he can eat fire in the form of a crescent shaped pepper. He uses phrases like "padna" and "druther". Likes to kill animals. Good guy.-Depends on his athletic ability to make him money Guy - Most all professional athletes and many former college football stars are this guy. Main stereotype characteristics include multiple tattoos with names of his children on some kind of shrub, speaks in the third person about himself, thinks a strip club is a perfectly...
Blowing Away Stereotypes
2008-04-29 04:00:00 Barack Obama just cannot make his comments about "bitter" small-town Americans who "cling to" guns or religion go away. And now the Wall Street Journal's Arthur Brooks makes a fact-based case for just how wrong Obama's comments are. According to the story , gun owners are happier in general than non-gun owning Americans. They earn more money and spend less time feeling "outraged" over the actions of others. Based on the tens of thousands of gun owners I've met, I'd say...(read more)
Overcoming The Autism Stereotypes
2008-04-27 07:00:00 As with anyone with a physical or mental disorder, autistic people deal with a wide range of reactions from others, from full support to uncaring ignorance. Unfortunately, even those who support autistic family members, co-workers, and friends may not understand autism very well. This leads to stereotypes, which can result in hatred, embarrassment, or other ...
By: Resources zone
Rethinking fat stereotypes
2008-04-24 17:44:00 Fatness isn?t always caused by inactivity and a scarfing down of Twinkies. As anyone who has struggled with weight will attest, weight loss and gain aren?t always simple matters of ?choice.? Here are some other reasons besides gluttony and sloth why one may be fat.
Is Linux Really Outgrowing Its Stereotypes? Does It Matter?
2008-04-23 05:30:00 Last month distro-review ran an article titled 10 ways that Linux is outgrowing the stereotype and becoming the best OS. While I agreed with all 10 points in the article something just didn't sit right with me. I bookmarked the article and gave it a good long think. My conclusion: the facts are correct but there are problems with both the premise and the goal of the article.
By: Server Tales
Is Linux Really Outgrowing Its Stereotypes? Does It Matter?
2008-04-23 05:30:00 Last month distro-review ran an article titled 10 ways that Linux is outgrowing the stereotype and becoming the best OS. While I agreed with all 10 points in the article something just didn't sit right with me. I bookmarked the article and gave it a good long think. My conclusion: the facts are correct but there are problems with both the premise and the goal of the article.
By: Server Tales
Paul Krugman Blasts Obama: Bitter Stereotypes
2008-04-18 16:43:00 Paul Krugman in his recent New York Times editorial titled: ?Clinging to Stereotypes? (April 18, 2008), attempted to dissect Barack Obama?s now famous ?bitter? quote. Making arguments that only a conservative pundit could, Krugman went line by line utilizing the most intellectually honest arguments. Not only were his opinions factually accurate, Paul Krugman transcended his own liberal elitism in... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Entrepreneurship stereotypes
2008-04-17 22:36:00 Or “Why all the mummies in the movies have problems walking?” I write an entrepreneurship blog for more than 3 years now. Writing the Small Business Entrepreneur blog also involves a lot of reading - I call it becoming more educate. Anyway the bottom line is that there are a lot of stereotypes when talking about entrepreneurship. And so do the mummies movies. I think in 99.99% of the movies I saw, all the mummies have a bad leg or some sort of walking disorder. I don’t know where this stereotype started from as I don’t know where all the stereotypes about entrepreneurship started. Take this one for example: most businesses will fail in the first years (first 5 as I know). Ok, so maybe yes, most of the businesses are closing down in 5 years, but does this mean they have failed? If you ask me, no. If I’m starting a company, it doesn’t mean I need to get it through the centuries. It should work as long as it serves the purposes for which it has been ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #10: Connections to Corporate
2008-04-17 12:36:00 This will be the last “personal brand stereotypes” post I do for a while, to make room for all the other special content I have lined up for all of you. I was thinking about doing a Greek stereotype post (fraternities and sororities) or a racial stereotype post (Black or Asian people), but today ...
Video of Typical Gym Stereotypes
2008-04-17 05:02:00 Are you ready to get real? If you work out at a public fitness gym, you’ll appreciate this video that shows the classic stereotypes, from cardio bunnies to muscle heads. If 14 percent of Americans go to the gym, then 86 percent of Americans DON’t go to the gym, probably because of the stereotypes we’ve created in this industry! Check out this hilarious video that shows all the health club stereotypes. Copyright 2008 by Supertraining blog.com. All Rights Reserved.
Personal Brand Stereotypes #9: Jews Have Big Noses and Bald Spots
2008-04-15 12:20:00 There will be one more post in this series, marking #10. Today, I wanted to bring out religion, so that maybe we could have a great discussion around the perception of Jews. Feel free to examine the information in this post, as well as my analysis and comment on it. This series ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #8: Choose Your Major Wisely
2008-04-14 13:16:00 The number one most important factor to employers selecting entry-level candidates is their major (44%). I think it’s pretty obvious why this carries the most weight. If you are a finance major applying for an entry-level position in marketing, it may be challenging to convince them that your experience and learnings can apply ...
?Send me your stereotypes?
2008-04-11 19:37:00 Another woman among the 100 most powerful women in the world is HM Queen Rania of Jordan (Number 80 on Forbes 100 Most powerful women of the world list and maybe not so significant but worth of mentioning - the third most beautiful woman in the world in the 2005 top ...
By: Islam for Women
Personal Brand Stereotypes #7: A Nice Car Means You?re Successful
2008-04-11 13:15:00 After dealing with ageism, I wanted to talk about social classes and how they are perceived by what they wear or what product brands they are attached to. James Bond drives an Aston Martin in many of his films, which includes the DB5 classic car and the Vanguish. You can’t tell me that those ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #6: Ageism Puts Gen-Y in Danger
2008-04-10 13:15:00 I hope everyone is enjoying this personal brand stereotype series. I think a lot of encounters we have with others go unnoticed and some of the ways we react to physical appearance can either hurt or help another person. The funny thing with personal branding is that sometimes you have little to no ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #5: Only Punks Wear Mohawks
2008-04-09 13:16:00 As we continue with the many personal brand stereotypes that plague our culture, I hope you’re being more observant as to people who are wearing pink shirts or glasses and are more understanding of their situation. No one wants to be made fun of or laughed at because of what they wear. People ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #4: The Hippie Phenomenon
2008-04-08 12:15:00 I’ve been running a series for the past week on personal brand stereotypes. The purpose of these posts is to demonstrate how we are already perceived by others, without even noticing it. Sometimes we are penalized or ostracized by society for choosing to wear and act how we do, and other times we are ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #3: The Curse of the Pink Shirt
2008-04-04 13:21:00 For all of you who are new to this series, my first post was about tall individuals are immediately called basketball players and my second post was about how glasses make you look smart. Today , I wanted to examine the curse of the pink shirt. Of course women can freely wear pink shirts, ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #2: Glasses Make You Look Smart
2008-04-03 13:12:00 The previous post in the personal brand stereotypes series examined why tall people are perceived as beingm basketball players, even when most don’t play sports. I also touched on how height may be a factor when confronting the opposite sex and why girls go for taller male counterparts. Today, I examine how ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #1: Tall People Are Basketball Players
2008-04-02 12:30:00 This is the first post in a series of posts examining the many stereotypes our brands encounter due to our appearance. Today, I examine the “since you are tall you must play basketball” stereotype that some of us are a victim of. Don’t even deny it for a second. I will even admit to ...
YOUTUBE EXCLUSIVE: Send me your stereotypes
2008-04-02 01:04:00 Queen Rania is launching her presence on YouTube with this exclusive video.Watch the clip to hear her message to YouTubers everywhere, and then join in the conversation.
To Be Of Service: Your Political ?Duty?, as a Sexual Deviant?
2008-03-19 01:15:00 So many of the problems surrounding our modern, “sex is abuse” approach, spring forward from our action of trying to box the entire issue up into a, “sex is this” and “sex is not that” kind of indoctrination. …Does someone, somewhere “own” the patent on the entire idea of sex?… …Apparently, some people have fooled themselves into ...
By: Uncommon Sense
Passing stereotypes as fact
2008-03-13 04:27:00 An exemplary piece of writing appeared the Daily Titan, a paper run by students of California State University at Fullerton. I say exemplary because it would have been posted as an example of how not to write by my high school journalism teacher whose infamous red pen often doubled the weight of pages she ...
I Need to Believe?
2008-03-11 06:17:00 One of the biggest myths about atheists, is that “we believe in nothing”… …a statement which could not be more false. While I can not provide you with any “party line” list of “what atheists believe”, I can tell you that every atheist individual is unique, and holds trust in a variety of things. I, for one, trust ...
By: Uncommon Sense
BrightMinds To Destroy the Stereotypes
2008-03-09 22:28:00 Well, before destroying the stereotypes, let’s find some definition to it. If we ask “About.com” then Stereotype is “fixed impressions, exaggerated or preconceived ideas about particular social groups, usually based solely on physical appearance.” Stereotypes might be divided into positive and negative, stereotypes based on race or gender…The last one, gender, is the topic of our post. Alison Quill, who is the founder of BrightMinds and a former secondary school science teacher aims to reverse the stereotypical view, and tries to make evidences that not only boys are presented in lighter view at science but girls too. The very first thing she plans is to call the UK toy manufacturers.According to the SourceWire “I am fed-up with receiving chemistry sets or electronics kits to review with no girls’ photos on the box packaging – only the standard grey-haired, bespectacled, white-coated, male, mad professor” says Alison Quill. "I have even had construction products ...
By: BLOGVASION.COM
Children's Books without Toxic Stereotypes for Boys and Girls--
2008-03-08 17:29:00 In my view, there are many more "toxic" things in our world then chemicals. Sure, there are a whole host of toxic chemicals that are in our products, our air, and in our food that we need to learn more about, and protect our families from. But that is not what I am posted about today. I recently read the Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown. This book points out what you have to be blind to have missed-- how marketers decide what your children should be interested in, do and buy based on their gender. Just take a look at any Pottery Barn catalog or a sale flier from Toys R Us. The girls are encouraged to shop, observe, care lots about houses, food, and taking care of babies. Boys are encouraged to explore, build, construct, and play sports. The Packaging of Girlhood is a great, informative and disturbing read. It shares specific information about marketing to different age groups: toddlers, little girls, pr...
By: Non-Toxic Kids
Children's Books without Toxic Stereotypes for Boys and Girls--
2008-03-08 17:29:00 In my view, there are many more "toxic" things in our world then chemicals. Sure, there are a whole host of toxic chemicals that are in our products, our air, and in our food that we need to learn more about, and protect our families from. But that is not what I am posted about today. I recently read the Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown. This book points out what you have to be blind to have missed-- how marketers decide what your children should be interested in, do and buy based on their gender. Just take a look at any Pottery Barn catalog or a sale flier from Toys R Us. The girls are encouraged to shop, observe, care lots about houses, food, and taking care of babies. Boys are encouraged to explore, build, construct, and play sports. The Packaging of Girlhood is a great, informative and disturbing read. It shares specific information about marketing to different age groups: toddlers, little girls, pr...
By: Non-Toxic Kids
The nature of human attraction
2008-02-20 11:42:00 The following is a revised argument for Debate Guide. I would appreciate feedback on how it compares to the previous version (sexual character of humanity), and any possible improvements to be made. We, as humans are highly capable of separating the act of mating from sexuality itself. With our long life cycles and complex ...
By: Uncommon Sense
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