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Contemporary Issues in Fictional Media
Themes to take Action on
Reviews and Writings
| Enough with "Nice Guy" and "Manic Pixie;" Statistics | Enough with "Nice Guy" and "Manic Pixie;" Action |
| Salon: America's men need more friends | Men Can Stop Rape |
| www.salon.com/2013/12/08/american_mens_hidden_crisis_they_need_more_friends/ | www.mencanstoprape.org/Show-Your-Strength/ |
| Harvard: Why too many incompetent men [and women] become leaders? | The Mask You Live In |
| blogs.hbr.org/2013/08/why-do-so-many-incompetent-men/ | http://therepresentationproject.org/mask |
| Feminist Frequency: the Manic Pixie Dream Girl [is awful] | Women's Media Action Center |
| http://www.feministfrequency.com/2011/03/tropes-vs-women-1-the-manic-pixie-dream-girl/ | womenactionmedia.org/action-center/ |
| The Representation Project | |
| therepresentationproject.org/take-action | |
| Technical | Social Justice | Artistic |
| Matthew Abely: Overview of all about the books | Asking the Wrong Questions: on the film adaptation | The New York Times: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour Review |
| http://www.abely.org/home/updates/scottpilgrimpreciouslittleniceguy | wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2010/08/scott-pilgrim-vs-world.html | http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/books/review/Yu-t.html?_r=0 |
| Sophie Luv: the film and why "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" needs to die | Moviebob: on Manhood in Pop Culture | |
| http://www.agonybooth.com/video533_Scott_Pilgrim_vs_the_World_Edgar_Wright.aspx | http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/2582-A-Guy-Named-Joe | |
| Matthew Abely: Overview of all about the books | Moviebob: Box Office Numbers | |
| http://www.abely.org/home/updates/scottpilgrimpreciouslittleniceguy | http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/3281-The-Numbers | |
Reviews and Writings
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