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Critical Theory And Capitalism
Critical Theory is one of the main concepts that the Frankfurt School brought to America, while fleeing Hitler and the Nazis in WWII. Critical theory was defined by Max Horkheimer, who described it as...
View ArticleOnline Gaming Identity Construction
This is a popular webisode made by a fan of World of Warcraft dealing with the Sid Sherman’s real life in the real world, and dealing with the virtual world and her alternate identity online. The part...
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Christian Stigma
*Disclaimer* Given the complexities of religion and the many, many denominations of Christianity, when I say “Christianity” I’m using it as an umbrella term for all denominations. I actually stumbled...
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Overdressed vs Halloween
Firstly, I would like to point out that my gypsy costumes was entirely made out of my own wardrobe last minute on Halloween. Wearing it for the second time on the day after Halloween proved to be more...
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Good Stereotype vs Bad Stereotype
Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Boris Karloff as Dr. Fu-Manchu A lot of what we studied in the past week (and in general, at Oxy) is racism with negative images of ethnic minorities. However, I feel as...
View ArticleRecess a Reflective Look at Capitalism The Trenchcoat Mafia’s Project on...
In the popular late 90’s Disney cartoon show “Recess,” there is an episode that focuses entirely on economics of capitalism, titled “Economics of Recess.” The core story of this episode seems to have...
View ArticleThe Trenchcoat Mafia Presents Cartoons And Social Theory
Trenchcoat Mafia decided that for our Group Project, we would focus on looking for sociological concepts in children’s popular cartoons from the 90’s. Each person chose a cartoon and a theory we...
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Goffman Back/front Stage in Magazines
Have you ever noticed how many women’s magazines seems to always have a very glamorous photo of a celebrity on the front? Well, often times magazines will have a little section inside that always has...
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Gender Stereotypes And Over-sexualization of Women in Comic Books
I remember that a while ago I had watched the Green Lantern movie, and not knowing much about Green Lantern at all, the second I got home I looked it up online on DC Wikia and found out that in the...
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