FUNNY WOMEN #154: Visa Status of Disney Princesses
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Join NOW!President Trump has suspended all H-1B visa processing, and He would like us to reevaluate several candidates who gained entry under the fashion-model exception.
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...moreThe thing about Scott Tuma is: the immense pathos of the recordings… Almost no one, frankly, is allowed to sound this sad and continue to have a musical career.
...moreFrozen is a study in what happens when imagination is constrained to a single narrative arc
...moreIt’s always the doe protecting a fawn in the woods that stomps a passerby to death.
...moreFairy tales are a fundamental part of the human experience, an extension of the oral traditions of the earliest storytellers, and part of culture that becomes internalized. In part, the importance of fairy tales is their ability to change with the needs of the society that retells them. The Guardian takes a look at the […]
...moreIn which we discuss Frozen, Taylor Swift, the limits of empathy, the problem of happiness, and why we listen to sad songs over and over.
...moreFor those who fondly recall reading Madeleine L’Engle’s children’s novel A Wrinkle in Time, you may be taking a trip to the movies. The Los Angeles Times reports the Newberry Award winning book will be adapted for film by the director of Disney’s Frozen, who was a fan of the novel as a child.
...moreHow should we handle digital memories? Do we keep them or erase them from our hard drives? Why does Pocahontas endure? Facebook is emotionally manipulating you more than your mother. Welcoming our robot overlords. You aren’t the only one concerned with Frozen’s limitless power over today’s youth. Science is also worried. They are on the […]
...moreWhile it’s possible to find a lot to worry about in the world of contemporary music, there’s always something new to listen to as well, post-historical, outlying, pre- or anti- or minimally digital music. And so maybe there will be five more years of Swinging Modern Sounds.
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