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url 2019-04-13 18:20
A to Z Essays

A to Z essays helps all the student for their studies.it provides essays on different topic.

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url 2019-03-09 01:07
Debt & Cupcakes

Two Registered Nurses who paid off over $100,000 in consumer debt!  Now, we want to help anyone who's buried in debt and afraid to ask "how do I get out"...  You deserve a debt free life!

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url 2015-02-19 00:36
Is sci-fi one of the few genres to accept non-white characters as heroes?

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Dorian, Almost Human

Sci-fi is one of the few areas in which non-white characters can be main characters in a narrative not focused on slavery, the civil rights movement, tropes like Ethnic Menial Labour, Apron Matron,Mammy and Whoopi Epiphany Speech, or some other form of racist commentary. Exceptions include those films and TV shows with entirely non-white casts.

 

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Source: literaryames.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/is-sci-fi-one-of-the-few-genres-to-accept-non-white-characters-as-heroes
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url 2014-09-13 22:44
LonCon3 #22: Saving the World. All of it.

Panellists: Victor Fernando R. Ocampo (Phillipino living in Singapore), Yasser Bahjatt (Saudi Arabian), Irena Raseta(Croatian), Aishwarya Subramanian (Indian), Naomi Karmi (Israeli)

When aliens invade, why do they almost always hit New York? With a few partially-honourable exceptions, such as Pacific Rim and District 9, the American-led alliances of Independence Day and its ilk are still the norm for SF cinema’s supposedly global catastrophes. What is it like to watch these films outside the Anglophone world? Do attempts to move away from American exceptionalism feel real, or are they just window-dressing? And how do different countries deal with apocalypse in their own cinematic traditions?

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Source: literaryames.wordpress.com/2014/09/13/loncon3-22-saving-the-world-all-of-it
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