Archive for June, 2013
Subways are like melting pots AND petri dishes. Just check out this link to, “Can You Guess What These NYC Subway Riders Are Reading?” Subway riders communicate unstereotypes in these pictures and that’s why it’s funny. You think they will be reading a certain type of book because of a stereotype you have of them […]
I argued previously that stereotypes are accurate because so many health and social reforms are based on them. After all, they MUST be true if we base social and health reforms on them. However, perhaps it isn’t so simple. Some have objected to the social and health reforms mentioned in the previous post on this […]
The un-stereotype is back again with SheZow, a gender bending children’s cartoon coming to The Hub. According to a Huffington Post article, Guy is a normal 12-year old boy who loves video games and skateboarding, but when he finds a magic ring, he is transformed into the female superhero SheZow, almost like a gender-bending Green […]
The answer to whether or not stereotypes are accurate is simple. After all, if stereotypes weren’t accurate why would so many social and health initiatives be based on them? For a minute consider that not only are stereotypes accurate, but they are so accurate that they are used as the basis to provide benefits for […]
