Dr. Rebecca Hains
Author, professor and speaker | Children's media culture, media literacy, and media criticism
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An Open Letter to Justin Lookadoo
By Jennifer Shewmaker and Dae Sheridan Dear Mr. Lookadoo, We (along with most of the internet) recently heard about your presentation at Richardson High School. The students’ outrage shed light on your views of the “dateability” of children and how…
Read MoreDisney-Pixar’s Brave: Critiquing the criticisms
I saw Brave the day it debuted in theaters, and I’m glad that Merida is a different kind of princess–one who can be read as a critique of both the trope that princesses are passive and the trend to tell…
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