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Mirrors

Posted by Jill on Jan 26th, 2010 in Rainforest Agribusiness | 0 comments

Whenever I anticipate travel to a new part of the world, I inevitably create for myself a picture of what that place looks like. Before arriving in Borneo, my mental map of the island was filled with wide, slow-moving rivers winding sinuously through tangled jungle forests for mile after mile. Yesterday, a part of that [...]

Avatar: the Good, the Bad, and the Are You Serious?

Avatar: the Good, the Bad, and the Are You Serious?

Posted by maryam on Jan 11th, 2010 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

The good: the art
The bad: the message
The are you serious? The gendered and racist depiction of natives vs. colonizers
Avatar is a beautiful work of art in which unique creatures are brought to life in a natural world where everything is, generally, living in harmony. Everything about Pandora was absolutely spectacular, and the special effects made [...]