- 1. The “Glasses Gotta Go” Trope Needs to Go
- (Movies)
- ... more desirable. We have seen this trope in a plethora of Hollywood movies, but they predominantly appear in romantic comedies. For example, when Mia Thermopolis in the Princess Diaries gets a drastic makeover ...
- Created on 17 January 2018
- 2. My Dermatologist Told Me To Bleach My Brown Skin: BUST True Story
- (Feminism)
- ... solution. Why was I complaining? But, the decision to enter her office did not mark the end of my internal struggle with my acne. We do not all have a clearly-defined-Mia-Thermopolis-moment of transformation ...
- Created on 10 March 2016
- 3. Meg Cabot Says Princesses Can Be Feminists, Too
- (Books)
- ... the shots — how is that not empowering? It’s an important part of female culture." In creating Mia, Cabot has done a wonderful thing as a feminist: she's given girls a role model to look up to who educates ...
- Created on 31 August 2015
