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A woman feeding cats in Rome. A cat lady is a cultural archetype or stock character, most often depicted as a middle-aged or elderly spinster or widow, who has many cats. The term may be pejorative, or it may be affectionately embraced.
[2] [3] For example, straw feminists are often depicted as promoting incendiary beliefs such as "all men are evil". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Media researcher Michele White argues that straw feminism creates a burden for feminists who are constantly expected to refute the straw-feminist position, with the intent of making feminism unpalatable to potential ...
For example, the phrase, "John, my best friend" uses the scheme known as apposition. Tropes (from Greek trepein, 'to turn') change the general meaning of words. An example of a trope is irony, which is the use of words to convey the opposite of their usual meaning ("For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men").
Other examples include Quorra from Tron Legacy, described as “profoundly naive [yet] unimaginably wise.” [8] Leeloo from The Fifth Element is described as "probably the most quintessential example" of the Born Sexy Yesterday trope by Jonathan McIntosh. As the human vessel of a Supreme Being sent to combat the "Great Evil," her body is ...
The Smurfette principle is the practice in media, such as film and television, to include only one woman in an otherwise entirely male ensemble. [1] [2] It establishes a male-dominated narrative, where the woman is the exception and exists only in reference to the men.
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The “angry The post From Abrams to Demings, the ‘angry Black ...
America is at war with Black girls, and I, for one, don't plan to be "strong" about it anymore.
After igniting controversy over its portrayal of Hollywood's Jewish pioneers, an exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will be changed, the museum announced Monday.