Dr. Rebecca Hains
Author, professor and speaker | Children's media culture, media literacy, and media criticism
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Review: “Prison Baby” by Deborah Jiang Stein
In a system that treats drug addicts as criminals—that incarcerates people struggling with addiction, instead of recognizing addiction as a complex disease and providing treatment— injustice piles upon injustice. The war on drugs has destroyed families, tearing parents and children…
Read MoreCFP: Princess Cultures: Mediating Girls’ Identities and Imaginations
My colleague Miriam Forman-Brunell and I are co-editing an anthology about princesses. It will be published by Peter Lang, the same academic press that published my previous book. Please let me know if you’d like to contribute an essay; and…
Read MoreIt’s no joke: The Lorax trailers make punchline at women’s expense
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss is classic tale of environmental conscience, and it is a story that my three-year-old son enjoys. In fact, it was one of the first longer children’s books that managed to keep his attention for the entire…
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