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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Daniel Vahab: Online Petition Against Disney's Sexist Avengers T-Shirts Gets Nearly 6,000 Signatures

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A recent Change.org online petition to get the Disney Store to "stop selling sexist Avengers T-shirts" has received nearly 6,000 signatures. The goal, as of this writing, is to receive an additional 1,617 signatures. The petition will send a letter signed by its many signatures to the Disney Store executives.

The superhero t-shirts in question include one for boys that reads, "Be a Hero," and one for girls that reads, "I Need a Hero," the juxtaposition of which has recently led many to criticize them as spreading a message that girls can't be heroes themselves; that hero roles are for men only and girls need to be saved by male heroes.

As the petition states,

We believe that women can be heroes too, and as one of the most recognizable children's brands in the world, it's especially important that Disney takes responsibility for the messages they deliver to our youngest and most vulnerable.

Said one signer of the petition:

My daughter LOVES superheroes, in particular she loves the Avengers. She doesn't need a superhero... What she needs is for corporations to stop telling her that because of her gender she couldn't possibly BE the superhero herself. Please think through the messages you send to our daughters.

Much to the maker of the shirts surprise, women are heroes just as much as men. Consider just a few prominent examples in U.S. history: civil rights activist Rosa Parks, whose act of refusing to give up her seat to a white person sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott; Harriet Tubman, whose Underground Railroad operation helped countless slaves escape to freedom; Susan B. Anthony, whose efforts helped secure women's right to vote; Molly Pitcher, who risked her life to bring water to soldiers in the Revolutionary War; and the unnamed and named women soldiers who pretended to be men so that they, too, could fight in battle for their country; and so many others.

And the irony here as one blogger pointed out, is that the Avengers are coed heroes. According to Marvel's website, the Wasp female, yes female, superhero character's powers include expanding or shrinking in size exponentially, as well as flying with wings and the ability to "fire blasts of energy."

Not needing a hero herself, Marvel's website notes a heroic defeat in which Wasp alone defeats the Magician character. The Magician character, by the way, was male.

And disregarding the discriminatory factor of it, one wonders whether it is even age-appropriate to have a shirt that reads, "I Need a Hero," catered toward little girls. Because the implication could also relate to a higher maturity level as many hero fairy tales relate to the girl finding her prince, her lover-savior. Does a young girl really comprehend that or should she have to comprehend that?

Were all those involved in the making and promotion of the t-shirts just that ignorant to have missed the sexist implications? Did they think there wouldn't be backlash?

Imagine this: Do you think the CEO of Disney, who walked into a Disney Store with his daughter, would buy a shirt for her that reads "Be a Hero" or "I Need a Hero" if he wanted her to be a future leader?

They say money talks. But, so does bad press and enough ticked-off customers. So, by refusing to purchase said t-shirts and getting the word out, Disney, you better recognize -- we will not tolerate sexist t-shirts.

Indeed, perhaps Disney should make a series of t-shirts on famous women heroes in history, like those mentioned above. Or, better yet, develop a whole set of new women superheroes from them. Certainly they deserve that status.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Daniel Day-Lewis' First Oscar: 'Lincoln' Actor Won In 1990 For 'My Left Foot' (PHOTO)

Sunday evening's Academy Awards won't be Daniel Day-Lewis' first rodeo.

Lewis first hit the red carpet at the Oscars in 1990, when he took home the award for Best Actor for his performance in 1989's "My Left Foot." Day-Lewis sported quite a different look at the show, rocking shoulder-length brown locks and a bow tie. Take a look at his 1990 look below.

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Day-Lewis is up for Best Actor again this year for her portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln." The film was nominated for a total of 12 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Steven Spielberg, Best Supporting Actor for Tommy Lee Jones, and Best Supporting Actress for Sally Field.

Day-Lewis has maintained a consistent presence at the Academy Awards, receiving a nomination for Best Actor in 1994 for "In the Name of the Father" and 2003 for "Gangs of New York," and winning Best Actor in 2008 for "There Will Be Blood."

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Friday, January 4, 2013

Daniel T. Blumstein: A Natural Stewardship Amendment

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A number of state constitutions explicitly gives legislators the responsibility for stewardship of natural resources for the benefit of future generations.

For instance, Article I, section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution says:

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.

This is a forward-thinking idea that dates back (in North America) at least to the Iroquois, who evaluated their decisions by thinking about what the consequences of an action would do seven generations in the future. This idea should be more widely adopted so that our grandchildren (and their grandchildren) have a future that doesn't include ecological collapse.

Let's make a New Year's pledge to the future. Let's work towards wider adoption of this simple idea. Let's work to create a National Natural Stewardship Amendment.

Why? In a line, because we systematically undervalue the future and this undervaluation has led to widespread environmental degradation that threatens the foundations of civilization.
Sounds extreme? Just ponder the fact that regardless of our political affiliations or our religious beliefs, we all suffer the costs of a deteriorating environment. We all suffer from the toxification of our planet. Rich or poor, we all suffer the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals and the toxic mix of chemicals now in our air, water, and food. For instance, widespread production of estrogen mimicking chemicals puts us on a path for our daughters and granddaughters to become reproductively mature at earlier ages, while our sons and grandsons will have lower sperm counts and more feminized genitals and behavior. Cancers and metabolic disorders of all sorts will increase in response to the mix of chemicals that "support" our modern lifestyles.

Regardless of our political or religious beliefs, we all benefit from the ecosystem services that pollinators such as bees provide. Without them, commercial agriculture would stop. We all benefit from the water filtration and flood and storm control that healthy wetlands, watersheds, and barrier islands provide. We all benefit from the CO2 reduction provided by an intact forest. We all benefit from clean water and intact fisheries.

Yet we continue, as a society, to engage in activities that increase the production of CO2 and toxic chemicals, decimate both pollinators and natural habitat, and poison water and destroy fisheries through the destruction of estuaries, the creation of dead zones, and overfishing. Our focus is clear: maximize short-term profits. But, stewardship requires taking a longer view.

It's important to realize that a 'rational' economic decision is predicated on a number of assumptions. A key one is how long you want to stay in the game. While modern economists speak of 'future discounting' and setting a 'discount rate,' they focus on decades. By contrast, the Iroquois focused on generations.

If we value the future, we will take better care of the resources we are borrowing from our children and grandchildren.

If we don't value the future, we do as we are doing and engage in short-term profit maximization with no regard for what we are leaving behind for future generations.
The time for this shortsighted behavior has ended. The threats we face in the coming decades require action, and they require it quickly. If our society has learned anything in this past year of fires, floods, and severe weather events it's that the future is going to be tough on many of us. If we care about the welfare of our fellow citizens and indeed, citizens of our Earth, we should care about taking care of our natural resources.

An Amendment that requires us to pause and evaluate our actions to consider the long-term impacts of those decisions would force us to discuss the consequences of our actions and be clear about our discount rate. What is the moral justification for a short-term discount rate? Shouldn't we care about a future for our children, and their children?

A National Natural Stewardship Amendment would cut across partisan lines and celebrate the values that we all share in living in a healthful environment that enhances our lives and protects us from sickness and disease. Ultimately, the Amendment would force legislators to consider the future and welfare for all citizens of the United States, current and future, rather than the welfare of industries that, through industrial lobbyists, already have too much legislative power. An Amendment would provide a legal basis to ensure that future generation's rights are protected. It's the right thing to do now.

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