April 17, 2013 - I'm not even a hundred percent sure the grammatical error in panel three was intentional or not. Either way I think it fits for Aaron's character though it'd drive me nuts if anyone else on the staff made it.
Meanwhile despite the events of earlier this week, life goes on, and there are a couple other things I want to draw attention to. First and foremost is the case of Audrie Pott. Similar to Rehtaeh Parsons' suicide which I talked about last week, Audrie was a victim of rape and cyber bullying that draws attention to a lack of understanding and prosecution of such crimes. It's unfortunate that such events can occur and more isn't being done to prevent such tragedies (though it may even be difficult to figure out what to do). A very important element of the current storyline with Nina is to emphasize that the activities involving her have been consensual and by virtue of not mentioning alcohol or drugs of any kind, Nina's situation is intended not to involve such substances. It's unfortunate, however, that not all sexual activity among teenagers necessarily begins to approach the limited language of consent that Nina has at least minimally established.
Another thing I thought I might bring attention to is an interesting experiment from the makers of Dove examining the difference between how people (specifically women) see themselves and how others see them. I've seen both positive and negative reactions to the experiment, so I'll let everyone draw their own conclusions. I only said it was interesting. But though Dove does not list a source it claims that only 4% of women view themselves as beautiful, which is an extremely depressing statistic to be presented with.
Lastly season 3 of Awkward. started on MTV last night. If you haven't been watching this show, I strongly recommend that you start doing so. The show is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar from perfect, often presenting pretty cringe worthy false information as fact (the first few episodes suggest "double-bagging" condoms is a good idea and that distributing pornographic images of a minor doesn't carry particularly strong consequences), but there's such a strong emotional honesty about how one approaches relationships that I find pretty damn refreshing in comparison to HBO's Girls which in the few episodes I saw before I gave up felt to me more like exploitation than exploration of the themes it presented despite all it's critical praise (of which Awkward. and the even more amazing Bunheads on ABC Family have received little).
-D
Meanwhile despite the events of earlier this week, life goes on, and there are a couple other things I want to draw attention to. First and foremost is the case of Audrie Pott. Similar to Rehtaeh Parsons' suicide which I talked about last week, Audrie was a victim of rape and cyber bullying that draws attention to a lack of understanding and prosecution of such crimes. It's unfortunate that such events can occur and more isn't being done to prevent such tragedies (though it may even be difficult to figure out what to do). A very important element of the current storyline with Nina is to emphasize that the activities involving her have been consensual and by virtue of not mentioning alcohol or drugs of any kind, Nina's situation is intended not to involve such substances. It's unfortunate, however, that not all sexual activity among teenagers necessarily begins to approach the limited language of consent that Nina has at least minimally established.
Another thing I thought I might bring attention to is an interesting experiment from the makers of Dove examining the difference between how people (specifically women) see themselves and how others see them. I've seen both positive and negative reactions to the experiment, so I'll let everyone draw their own conclusions. I only said it was interesting. But though Dove does not list a source it claims that only 4% of women view themselves as beautiful, which is an extremely depressing statistic to be presented with.
Lastly season 3 of Awkward. started on MTV last night. If you haven't been watching this show, I strongly recommend that you start doing so. The show is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar from perfect, often presenting pretty cringe worthy false information as fact (the first few episodes suggest "double-bagging" condoms is a good idea and that distributing pornographic images of a minor doesn't carry particularly strong consequences), but there's such a strong emotional honesty about how one approaches relationships that I find pretty damn refreshing in comparison to HBO's Girls which in the few episodes I saw before I gave up felt to me more like exploitation than exploration of the themes it presented despite all it's critical praise (of which Awkward. and the even more amazing Bunheads on ABC Family have received little).
-D
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