by Sarah Case Hot Bodies. These two words catch the eyes of everyone, male and female alike. So when I saw my friend surveying an Us magazine article about Lady Gaga’s physique, I examined it with curiosity before I could reject the article’s superficiality or destructive influence on the self-image of readers like me. The…
by Melissa Campbell The media has been abuzz lately with discussion about Bristol Palin’s new memoir and her first sexual experience. What appears to be a clear cut case of sexual assault has been drawing nothing but head-in-the-sand statements from prominent figures on all points of the social spectrum and I can’t understand why. Even…
by Culley Schultz Superheroes are the stuff of dreams. They have the power to do good and create a safer world. Despite never being a huge comic book fan in my childhood, I still saw the Spiderman movies and went to the theaters for other action-packed, superhero-centric films. In 2010, movies like “Scott Pilgrim vs.…
by Camilla Ostrow Just so every avid defender of Kanye West knows, the following content is in no way to be interpreted as offensive towards Kanye West. It is an art piece and shall be taken as such. Kanye West released the final version of his Monster video this month, parts of which had been…
by Maya Brown Desperate Housewives is a T.V. show made to explore the lives of middle class women living in a suburb in America. What happens in the show is so bizarre that at first glance I thought it was more a satire of the life rich people live. Unfortunately, at least according to the…
by Crystal Ogar Let’s talk about Skins. I’ve been a fan of the original Skins (UK) since I was 17 years old, and when I heard about the American remake I wasn’t very excited. Sadly, my instincts were correct. The UK Skins is the story of nine teenagers who party together, drink, do drugs, and…
They’re spray tanned. They’re body waxed. They’re wearing high heels in kindergarten. And increasingly in the online world, girls are choosing to represent themselves with sexy photos and videos. In our sexed-up society, can a new pro-girl movement help your daughter resist the call to be too sexy, too soon? This article from our Spark Partner…
The internet has been abuzz with the highly sexualized photo spread of Glee Cast members Lea Michele and Dianna Agron, taken for the men’s magazine GQ. Dubbed “Glee Gone Wild” these photographs are targeted at GQ’s readership, made up of 72% men whose median age is 33.4. Yet the characters in the extraordinarily popular television…