tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post5238493104333379588..comments2024-02-25T21:25:13.207-05:00Comments on Scholar Style Guide: "The Beauty of the Power Game"Scholar Style Guidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600298487096240635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-1722219598360516362010-09-04T08:43:20.841-04:002010-09-04T08:43:20.841-04:00Thanks for your thoughts, Katie! First, we'd ...Thanks for your thoughts, Katie! First, we'd love to see more of your thoughts on "personal branding"!<br /><br />It's interesting that you honed in on that aspect because one of the things I wanted to address, but I'd already written a long enough entry, was the absence of Maria Sharapova. I don't believe anyone would host this gallery without inviting her to Scholar Style Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600298487096240635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-85250626157072081332010-09-01T01:28:43.859-04:002010-09-01T01:28:43.859-04:00Dearest Liz,
As a history major in college I was ...Dearest Liz,<br /><br />As a history major in college I was often frustrated with class critiques from a historical perspective of popular films, such as Gone with the Wind. I couldn’t help but feel like all we did was ruin some of my favorite movies. For example, now when I watch GWTW, instead of getting lost in Scarlet’s drama most of what I see is rampant racism both in antebellum America Katie B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-8309528973525731612010-08-30T13:18:17.882-04:002010-08-30T13:18:17.882-04:00Lindsay, you make a very interesting point about t...Lindsay, you make a very interesting point about the way the women might be set up to look similar to these other iconic images. I hadn't thought of that. I wonder, though, why it isn't consistent throughout-- Azarenka is in essentially a sports bra and boyshorts, for example. The music seemed more consistent through all 7 pieces (though it very well could be that I'm less trained Scholar Style Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600298487096240635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-2676061923540624092010-08-30T12:04:05.754-04:002010-08-30T12:04:05.754-04:00"The way it was portrayed here gave nice weig..."The way it was portrayed here gave nice weight to both." I have to agree. I think they showed the women in radically different ways across videos just to keep things interesting. I would have liked to see all of each woman, but I can see where that might have seemed repetitive.<br /><br />It's just lovely, though, and I have say I've never seen calf muscles *ripple*. That&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-12030462281425257672010-08-30T10:08:49.591-04:002010-08-30T10:08:49.591-04:00I saw this in the nytimes last week too and was eq...I saw this in the nytimes last week too and was equally fascinated -- and I enjoyed reading your thoughts on the piece. I thought the videos were exceptionally well done, but would agree that some (especially Zvonarava's) didn't give a great overall picture with regards to what the video was supposed to be about.<br /><br />As I watched it a few more times, the women reminded me of lindsaynoreply@blogger.com