Evan lives life in black and white. He knows all about blending in. All penguins do. More than anything, Evan wants to stand out from the crowd. Standing out isn't always a good thing-especially when you're poking other penguins in the butt with your brand- spanking-new unicorn horn, or launching out of the sea with a fish kabob on your head. Pointy horns aren't always the best for huddling either-just ask Tilly, the one with all the Band-Aids stuck to her face. A surprise twist ending has Evan rethinking his wish!
Evan lives life in black and white. He knows all about blending in. All penguins do. More than anything, Evan wants to stand out from the crowd. Standing out isn't always a good thing-especially when you're poking other penguins in the butt with your brand- spanking-new unicorn horn, or launching out of the sea with a fish kabob on your head. Pointy horns aren't always the best for huddling either-just ask Tilly, the one with all the Band-Aids stuck to her face. A surprise twist ending has Evan rethinking his wish!
Feminism has hit the big time. Once a dirty word brushed away with a grimace, "feminist" has been rebranded as a shiny label sported by movie and pop stars, fashion designers, and multi-hyphenate powerhouses like Beyoncé It drives advertising and marketing campaigns for everything from wireless plans to underwear to perfume, presenting what's long been a movement for social justice as just another consumer choice in a vast market. Individual self-actualization is the goal, shopping more often than not the means, and celebrities the mouthpieces. But what does it mean when social change becomes a brand identity? Feminism's splashy arrival at the center of today's media and pop-culture marketplace, after all, hasn't offered solutions to the movement's unfinished business. Planned Parenthood is under sustained attack, women are still paid 77 percent -- or less -- of the man's dollar, and vicious attacks on women, both on- and offline, are utterly routine. Andi Zeisler, a founding editor of Bitch Media, draws on more than twenty years' experience interpreting popular culture in this biting history of how feminism has been co-opted, watered down, and turned into a gyratory media trend. Surveying movies, television, advertising, fashion, and more, Zeisler reveals a media landscape brimming with the language of empowerment, but offering little in the way of transformational change. Witty, fearless, and unflinching, We Were Feminists Once is the story of how we let this happen, and how we can amplify feminism's real purpose and power.
Make history in your classroom with an engaging, integrated approach to active social studies learning. You'll motivate your students with powerful strategies for brainstorming, language arts integration, discussion, primary sources, and deductive reasoning. The included Teacher Resource CD features modifiable students pages, and assessment materials. This resource is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. 304pp.
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