Stories by Alicia Rebensdorf
Alicia Rebensdorf is a freelance writer and author of the recently published, Chick Flick Road Kill: A Behind the Scenes Odyssey into Movie-Made America.
Fembots have long been known for promoting retrograde sexist ideals. Will the ad and entertainment industries' latest round of robotic women be any different?
Posted on Sep 26, 2007, Source: AlterNet
In Hollywood, a pudgy slacker man can always get a hot can-do woman.
Posted on Sep 13, 2007, Source: AlterNet
With the rise of "reality" TV shows like
Meerkat Manor and the explosion of animal documentaries such as
Arctic Circle, wildlife is finding new popularity in Hollywood -- but so is the dangerous idea that nature exists to entertain us.
Posted on Aug 27, 2007, Source: AlterNet
A revisit to Jack Kerouac's
On the Road on its 50th anniversary reveals a man more suited to the role of a romantic than the epitome of cool.
Posted on Aug 21, 2007, Source: AlterNet
As recent legislation shows, drug companies and their direct-to-consumer marketing campaigns need diligent monitoring -- especially when it looks like they need it the least.
Posted on Jun 19, 2007, Source: AlterNet
In a world of Tivo and Youtube, the traditional commercial is passe. In its place we have product integration, which may feed a culture of consumption, compromise artistic freedom and erode consumer choice ... or not. You decide.
Posted on May 19, 2007, Source: AlterNet
I visited the site of the Twin Towers, and it felt like being at a tourist attraction, not a grave. Am I jaded, or is my emotional distance, dare I say, normal?
Posted on Oct 11, 2001, Source: AlterNet
A grassroots campaign to get John Cusack to run for president -- no kidding -- illustrates the escalating affair between Hollywood and the White House.
Posted on Aug 14, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Corporations have become expert at co-opting even the most subversive of cultural movements. But can they capitalize on today's radical anti-capitalist protests? Nike hopes so.
Posted on Aug 7, 2001, Source: AlterNet
No sooner are Bush's $300 bribes in the mail than corporations are scheming to take the cash out of your hands. Fortunately, the "Donate the Rebate" campaign is taking off.
Posted on Jul 25, 2001, Source: AlterNet
When it comes to Latinos, our televisions might as well be broadcasting in black and white.
Posted on Jul 18, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Those of you who voted against George W. and his tax cut can now put your money where your mouths is -- donate the $300 you'll soon get to a group hit by federal budget cuts.
Posted on Jul 3, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Sarafem, a new FDA-approved treatment from Eli Lilly, promises to make you "more like the woman you are."
Posted on Jun 12, 2001, Source: AlterNet
One 12-foot-long board of pressure-treated wood -- the material of many playgrounds -- contains enough arsenic to kill 250 adults. Imagine what it does to kids playing there.
Posted on May 24, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Corporate social services providers, which claimed they could replace state-run welfare programs, have fattened corporate profits but left the needy out in the cold.
Posted on May 22, 2001, Source: AlterNet
We've all seen them. Accented with bright colors and 80's studs, they boast from girl's bosoms with pride. Hip little tees with hip little logos like "Sex Kitten," "Princess," or "Ghetto Fabulous." They replace the swooshes of corporate logos with self-proclaiming slogans: "Sexy," "Hot," "Cutie Pie." They display adjectives as if they were a sandwich board of today's specials.
Posted on May 1, 2001, Source: WireTap
A young writer reviews one veteran author's take on high school segregation in America. Can one progressive school undo years of racial oppression?
Posted on Nov 13, 2000, Source: WireTap
