Linda Christensen- "Unlearning The Myths That Bind Us"

Key Words- racism, discomfort, gender, culture of power

Author's Argument- that the media producers need to be wary of the message that they are putting out there because children's minds are affected by what they see on T.V.

Evidence- "'This is just a dumb little cartoon with some ducks running around in clothes' Then students start to notice patterns-like the absence of female characters in many of the older cartoons. When women do appear, they look like Jessica Rabbit or Playboy centerfolds--even in many new and 'improved' children's movies" p.130

Comments- I had never thought about this, but when we talked about it in class a while back it kind of did hit me. And it almost ruined my sense of liking Disney movies, because now in a lot of the Disney movies that i watch i look for signs of racism and sexism, stuff like that, its kind of a bummer because i really enjoy those movies, but i do understand what Christensen is saying because its things like the image of Minnie Mouse that really do affect little kids in what they do almost every day