And from The Body to Forever. We're kinda zooming through S5, aren't we? *enjoys*


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So I ran into this blog post a while ago.

Basic upshot: Cheerleading originated as a masculine sport and women only started to get involve during WWI (and controversy over their involvement raged for a few decades).

Choice quote from The Nation in 1911:

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Screencap Paradise...gone???

*le sigh*

*switches to Disparue*

Edit: I've been informed! They're not quite dead yet! *blows kazoo*

This entry was originally posted at http://gabrielleabelle.dreamwidth.org/371191.html. There are
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This feels like an awkward episode to poll over for some reason. Ah well. Let's do The Body.


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Let's start off S3, shall we?

*waits for norwie2010*

Mission Statement:This series is intended to outline the feminist text of each episode so as to provoke and encourage open discussion. It's not so much about making value judgments about events and/or characters but about analyzing the series from a feminist framework so as to see what patterns and ( Read more... )

Heads up. LJ's been doing this thing the past month or so where it won't email me comment notifications for top-level comments on poll posts. That means that, usually, after the first day or so of posting the poll, I'm not likely to see your comment cause it requires me remembering to go in and check manually. *cringe ( Read more... )

I wanted to post this last week, but the whole "studying for the GRE" thing got in the way. So let's post it now ( Read more... )

It's awkward writing this part when doing scheduled posts. Like now, I'm writing this one week ahead of time. By the time this posts, I'll be finished with the GRE - the big looming THING in my future. I have no clue if I'll be jubilant or dismayed.

But I guess Crush is something to look forward to, cause guys, I love this episode.


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This poll is for Spuffy shippers only!

If you don't ship Spuffy, then carry on!

boot_the_grime did a recent post wherein she offhandedly wondered who Spuffy fans identify more with. (Fascinating post and discussion. Check it out...after taking the poll ( Read more... )

So I'm taking the GRE next Monday. I'm CRAMMING. As such, I may be a mere ghostly presence in the LJ world for the next week. (Though there may be more Wordy fic soon...)

Still, have a poll!

Midpoint of S5, anyone? You know you wanna poll for Blood Ties...


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