Please direct me to some short to medium-short essays on feminism, specifically in regards to femininity. Bonus points if it makes explicit references to mainstream media. Double bonus points if it's Disney princesses. Double plus bonus point if it's sleeping beauty.
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posted by FirstMateKate
on Jan 17, 2013 -
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What short things can I watch/read to get in the mood for my upcoming trip to Paris?
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posted by lunasol
on Dec 15, 2012 -
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Crowdsource my syllabus: I'm looking for the best relatively short music review essays, in a wide variety of writing styles and formats.
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posted by bahngerama
on Aug 28, 2012 -
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Looking for a recent article that compared certain books of a few authors with their "more famous siblings"--that is, books by that author that are less well known or less often read. Dickens was one of them; Austen might have been included too. The article might have appeared in Slate, Salon, The Awl or The Hairpin (or somewhere else) but I can't find it!
posted by scratch
on Mar 26, 2012 -
2 answers
Help me find some riveting long-form journalism to read! I love thoughtful, explanatory, intelligent, slightly investigative single-topic pieces of writing. Can you help me find more? What are your all-time favorite pieces of long-form journalism?
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posted by firstbest
on Feb 14, 2012 -
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I'm looking for substantive essays focused on US politics and society, preferably published in periodical form.
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posted by zamboni
on Jan 31, 2012 -
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A couple of years ago I found a website that had a bunch of essays about popular culture. There was a group of them by one author that were quite (sarcastically?) critical of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling. I'd like to find and read them again, but I remember so little about where I found them.
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posted by themanwho
on Jan 2, 2012 -
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William James was an astounding prose stylist, but seems to have come from a school of rhetoric long since lost. Does anyone today write in an analogously formally beautiful, dense yet lucid, naturally learned, opinionated, and wry style anymore? (see for just one entrancing example
his essay on PhDs in academia)
posted by shivohum
on Nov 5, 2011 -
8 answers
Where can I find out more about people with opposite sexual and romantic orientations?
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posted by Vrai
on Sep 22, 2011 -
5 answers
Looking for thoughtful essays and/or screeds on the evils of "crowd-sourced" design contests, or design by committee in general?
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posted by coolhappysteve
on Jul 19, 2011 -
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A friend is looking for a five-paragraph essay that instructs the reader on how to write a five-paragraph essay. My Google-fu has failed me in this self-referential task. Can you help?
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posted by perrce
on May 26, 2011 -
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I'm writing a paper on (animated) GIFs and am trying to track down some of the most (in)famous. I suppose I am talking memes, but I'm more interested in the GIF as an archaeological reference point. I frequent sites like
dump.fm,
tumblr etc. so am quite tuned in to the glitchy/kitschy side of GIF culture. How theoretical have people got on these wonders of the web? How does one trace the history of an animated GIF?
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posted by 0bvious
on May 16, 2011 -
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I have difficulty articulating my thoughts coherently, when I write on a topic for more than 700-800 words. When I write less than that, I find writing difficult, but not as difficult. While in school, all of my papers were returned with remarks that my paper contained sentence fragments, sentences that didn't fit in with the rest of the paragraph, sentences that were their own paragraphs, and sentence fragments.
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posted by fizzix
on Mar 3, 2011 -
27 answers
How did
you write your university essays? Real life blow-by-blow accounts please.
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posted by fix
on Jan 25, 2011 -
57 answers
I'm looking for short Christian/theological readings for a weekly group I'm facilitating this semester.
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posted by pecknpah
on Jan 15, 2011 -
12 answers
What are some readings/stories/essays/poetry that might ease the shock of returning to "civilization" after 3 months in the wilderness?
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posted by daelin
on Dec 15, 2010 -
10 answers
Can you help point me to some of the best and most interesting Harry Potter related reading?
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posted by philipy
on Nov 30, 2010 -
16 answers
Recommend me some classic "New Yorker style" nonfiction that's aged well and stayed readable. Special
snowbook
flakeworm within.
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posted by nebulawindphone
on Aug 16, 2010 -
38 answers
Thought-provoking essay or study suggestions for Freshmen/Sophomores to read, debate, and write on in a "Writing Topics in Psychology" class.
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posted by whatgorilla
on Apr 12, 2010 -
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There's no shortage of excellent "what to read" threads around here, but I'm looking for something a bit more specific. The tricky part is I'm looking for a style and a point of view, rather than a particular genre or subject.
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posted by TayBridge
on Jan 29, 2010 -
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What are the great foundational essays about the web? Big picture essays that can help Normal Humans understand the profound impact that the web is having on community, commerce, communications and so many other parts of our lives.
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posted by dbarefoot
on Nov 11, 2009 -
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I'm looking for a World War 2 essay that may be titled "Missing the War", which is about the difference in perception between how the Second World War was portrayed in the media and how it was for the soldiers involved.
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posted by codacorolla
on Nov 8, 2009 -
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I am looking for a book that was used as a textbook for an english composition course at Northeastern University in 1999. The book was a compilation of nature essays including Kerouac. I believe the professor was an adjunct at the time who used the book.
posted by kemah201
on Nov 8, 2009 -
4 answers
Where can I find examples of science/engineering research proposals for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program?
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posted by Aanidaani
on Oct 18, 2009 -
3 answers
I've been reading a collection of E.B. White's essays lately and stumbled across the wonderful "Here Is New York," wherein he tries to capture his city in print. I'm looking for similar odes to / summations of other places (preferably of essay-ish length.)
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posted by theoddball
on May 1, 2009 -
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I seem to remember a question from someone who wanted to take a job writing essays for cash-rich brain-poor students, though I cannot find it, where many of the answers expressed concern at the dubious ethics involved. My question is, to what extent are proofreading/editing services for students of ethical concern? To what extent are they permitted by universities. Where is the line drawn?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 19, 2009 -
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Looking for older but well written essays that are available online at project gutenberg or other source. The style might be humorous or very serious. I am to some extent familiar with the shorter writings of
J K Jerome and Bertrand Russel and looking for more in a similar vein.
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posted by ilike
on Dec 21, 2008 -
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