Tag Archives: Climate Change
Frozen Climate Commentary
Based loosely on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, Disney’s Frozen (2013) joins Mulan (1998), The Princess and the Frog (2009), Tangled (2010), and Brave (2012) in redefining the princess archetype through a twenty-first century feminist lens. Critical theory aside, … Read More
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Tagged Climate Change, Disney, Frozen, Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, UN, UN negotiations, women
Despicable Me 2: Surprising Energy & Climate References
I watched Despicable Me 2 (2013) with my kids recently, counting on a good laugh based on Steve Carell’s and Kristin Wiig’s involvement. However, the movie went beyond that, surprising me with two energy (and climate) references on top of … Read More
Climate Change and Beasts of the Southern Wild
As mentioned in an earlier post, energy and water are connected. Climate change (induced mostly by the energy sector) makes this connection all the more apparent since global warming manifests itself primarily through distortions to the global water cycle, making … Read More
Hydropower Saves The Fugitive
