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Frozen

This is a podcast, Supercontext: an autopsy of media's review of the movie Frozen, released on Aug 17, 2017. This podcast discusses whether the whole movie is feminist or just masculine whitewashed by feminism. And how the movie defines gender roles. This fits the theme of our podcast. This brings us to the question of whether Frozen is feminist.

(Post)feminist paradoxes: The sensibilities of gender representation in Disney’s Frozen

This is an article written by Maja Rudloff and published in Nov 2016. The article analyzes the feminism expressed by Frozen. And the hidden constraints behind this feminism. This is consistent with our theme. And it led us to finally come to a conclusion, that is, although this movie has made a lot of progress compared to before. But there is still a distance from true feminism.

The Sloooowly Improving Gender Politics of Disney’s ‘Frozen’

This is an article written by Jason Bailey and published on November 26, 2013. This article focuses on the gap between Frozen and feminism. And the gender positioning brought by the characters in the movie. This article is helpful when we discuss how each role is anti-feminist. At the same time, the distance from the real feminist rights mentioned in the article is also in line with our argument.

EXTRA CREDIT Maleficent 2

The movie Maleficent was released in 2014, directed by Robert Stromberg, starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, and Sharlto Copley. The film is adapted from Sleeping Beauty and tells the story of a young fairy who guards the forest and suffers merciless betrayal. In order to retaliate, she casts an evil curse on the princess of the human king; however, as the princess grows up, she finds that the child may be someone who can restore peace to a troubled land. edgeoflight published a review of the film titled "A Poignant, Modern and Relevant Adaptation" and stated in the review that this film not only changed the status and performance of female characters, but also changed the definition of love. "It's no longer about romantic love, it's about humane love." (edgeoflight)

I think the most interesting part of the movie is the last true love kiss, which "subverts the love of men and women." True love kiss is the core of classic fairy tales including Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, etc. It is the so-called "true love kiss" "And the sentence "The prince and the princess live happily ever after" seem to define the passive status of women. They seem to always need and wait for a "prince" to save them. However, in fact, very few people can get the kiss of true love. Yes, most of them were killed by the "prince." "Sleeping Curse" subverted the core theme of traditional fairy tales in an unexpected way: it was the affectionate kiss of Marlene Fissen that saved the princess. This kiss was It is understood as the love between the two female protagonists and the love of mother and daughter. In my opinion, it symbolizes a close alliance of women. The relationship between Marlene Fissen and Princess Aurora is both mother and daughter and sister It is both a fellow and a friend, and it is also the mutual love and trust between women's alliances. Unlike the previous movies, this kind of love and trust is far stronger and stronger than the relationship between men and women, and it is more redeemable than male rule.

Extra Credit Blog Responses 2

Veritie

The author reflects on her thinking habits. She mentioned that weekly blog reflections are useful for her. I agree with this view. The weekly blog reflections allow me to spend time thinking about my shortcomings. This makes me progress.

LI Yujie (Alan)

The author mentioned that after reading "What Is Toxic Masculinity?", he felt his curiosity was stimulated. At the same time, this article also provides more perspectives for the author. me either. After reading "What Is Toxic Masculinity?", I was curious about this new perspective.

Zhihan Liu

The author reflects on the combination of his six thinking habits with the curriculum. She mentioned the high level of participation in this course. I agree with her point of view. I also feel that I am participating and learning through various assignments.

Jialin

The author mentioned the high level of participation brought by this class. I also think that. Especially when conducting meetings and peer reviews.

Yi Jiang

In reflecting on the curiosity part, the author pointed out that she discovered that some of the traits in her body may be formed by social influences. This also made me reflect. Many seemingly natural temperaments are actually formed by influence.

Jiayi Chen

The author annotated the movie Iron Man and pointed out that the role of female characters in the movie is becoming more and more important. I also feel this way. Especially the heroine has saved Iron Man several times.