I am referring to the Band Together themes in movies. It's everywhere, and if you want a list, I'll do some research to make a list - but 300, Band of Brothers, immediately come to mind. Basically, any Us vs Them movie is about men.
I haven't even thought about vaccinations yet! Yipes. Might want to do that. I am very uninformed about this. I think there are all kinds of grassroots movements, particularly around natural parenting and birth, but so many of these things are still on the fringe and still populated mainly by white, educated, middle class folk. Until a larger segment of the population gets involved there and until it gathers more public momentum these sorts of changes will only be piecemeal. I think of food politics and the much more visible platforms for change that occur in that movement, yet it still has very little leverage power in the realms of those that actually make policy.
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Date: 2008-03-25 07:49 pm (UTC)I haven't even thought about vaccinations yet! Yipes. Might want to do that. I am very uninformed about this. I think there are all kinds of grassroots movements, particularly around natural parenting and birth, but so many of these things are still on the fringe and still populated mainly by white, educated, middle class folk. Until a larger segment of the population gets involved there and until it gathers more public momentum these sorts of changes will only be piecemeal. I think of food politics and the much more visible platforms for change that occur in that movement, yet it still has very little leverage power in the realms of those that actually make policy.