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January 16, 2006
The Queen of Kings?
"You're always talking about how great men are in the chess arena, but you never mention anything about women," said my female friend on a recent conversation. Then I thought - she's absolutely right. I felt I had to write something up about female achievements or a least a commentary on famous female chess players - quick! Then I get a comment from "GRC" posting a link to a NYTimes.com article titled "From Barbie to Mortal Kombat" following suit. Here's a short excerpt:
Why does a "Chess for Girls" movement seem absurd, while a movement to bring computer games to girls has evoked such strong allegiances? The difference may stem from the fact that while chess has been around long enough for most parents to be comfortable with it...In addition, whereas it would be difficult to argue that chess--as it is played today--reproduces and reflects inherently sexist images of women (except through exclusion), there are abundant reasons to judge the video games of today as reaffirming sexist ideologies and circulating misogynistic images.
Anyway, the photo you see here was taken recently from a storefront in the Russian community of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, NY. I couldn't stop laughing over this over-sized-and-matured barbie ragdoll who appears to be yelling "niet!" - Russian for "no."
Posted by rene on January 16, 2006 2:35 PM
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