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  2. Born Sexy Yesterday - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Kathy Najimy - Wikipedia

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    Kathy Ann Najimy (/ n ə ˈ dʒ ɪ m i / nə-JIM-ee; Arabic: كاثي أن نجيمي; born February 6, 1957) [1] is an American actress and activist. She was first nationally known for her feminist play The Kathy and Mo Show, which she wrote and performed with Mo Gaffney.

  4. Straw feminism - Wikipedia

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    [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 ...

  5. Cathy - Wikipedia

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    The comic follows Cathy, a woman who struggles through the "four basic guilt groups" of life: food, love, family, and work. The strip gently pokes fun at the lives and foibles of modern women. The strip's debut was on November 22, 1976, and it appeared in over 1,400 newspapers at its peak. The strips have been compiled into more than 20 books.

  6. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    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").

  7. From Abrams to Demings, the ‘angry Black woman’ trope finds ...

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    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 ...

  8. Opinion: The 'Strong Black Woman' Trope Is A Trap - AOL

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    America is at war with Black girls, and I, for one, don't plan to be "strong" about it anymore.

  9. Very special episode - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of a very special episode is generally to raise awareness of an issue and encourage those affected to seek help if necessary. For example, the Diff'rent Strokes episode "The Bicycle Man", in the same year it was released, influenced a child in La Porte, Indiana, to inform his mother of a pedophile in the area, and the LaPorte police department credited the episode for the man's ...