3 images collected by: Emily Guzman
The image above depicts a fight scene of the Marvel movie “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness”. The first Marvel film since its acquisition by Disney to…
![Laura Kinney, also known as X-23, was a character that was created in the 2000s for the X-Men comics. She is supposed to be wolverine’s female clone, who by being raised as an assassin since she was little became a weapon for the use of different organizations and in the process lost her mom, childhood and humanity. She is meant to represent the loss of innocence and nurture vs nature just like Logan originally. Laura when she was first introduced in the comics was a kid of around 12 years old approximately, with black hair and green eyes. She has been racially ambiguous in the comics, sometimes depicted with latin or asian origins. She is known for her two claws on her hands, and one in each foot. In terms of personality, very much like Wolverine she has a wild nature, very aggressive, blood thirsty and with no social intelligence or touch. In short terms, a bloodthirsty child with no knowledge of how society works as the only education she got growing up was military. Even though she is a child assassin, her outfits never reflected this as she is often portrayed with black skin tight suits, crop tops, bras, cleavages, outfits that don\'t cover much of her body. She is petite with an hourglass figure, a very small waist and thin arms. A trend that began in the 90s, as mentioned by Madrid, “ Marvel published a swimsuit issue where busty heroines lounged around a pool in bikinis. Characters such as Lady Death [..] wore barely-there outfits that left nothing to the imagination. Furthermore, these characters featured impossibly large breasts and toothpick torsos” (271) . This had a huge impact on the perception of women of all ages, from children to adults to be subjected to the male gaze. This kind of depiction of femininity fosters dangerous expectations in real life, because this character was always a sexual object since young, all her fashion choices are always edgy, with most of her torso and breasts in display, and unrealistic body shape for a child/pre-teen. She is a kid that does not have a reference of a childhood, so for readers to see that a child would go directly for this kind of style would automatically force them to link children and pre-teens as potentially sexual objects for their enjoyment. Additionally, for the female audience, to be exposed to seeing women being drawn with unattainable body shapes can be harmful as shown in (Nelson, 2015) “the smaller portion of girls who do read comics are exposed to women with unrealistic bodies and personalities that prevent easy formation of parasocial relationships, an exposure which could, as we\'ve seen, lead to negative self image” (8) A constant exposure to this media could diminish how girls view themselves (Derenne, 2006) “With media pressure to be thin and a multibillion dollar dieting industry at our disposal, higher rates of eating disorders in the population seem concerning, but are also understandable. While cultural standards of beauty are certainly not new, today\'s media is far more ubiquitous and powerful.\](https://visa1500w22.trubox.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/1556/2024/02/Untitled-design-508x508.png)
Laura Kinney, also known as X-23, was a character that was created in the 2000s for the X-Men comics. She is supposed to be wolverine’s female clone, who…
Milo, the chocolate powder product produced by Nestle, has been changing its plastic straws to paper straws with the main purpose of reducing plastic waste to help the…