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Rebecca Bodenheimer

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As seen in: CNN, CNN en Español, Medium, MSN, Bandcamp Daily, NPR, Billboard, Healthline, JSTOR Daily, VICE and
Covers:  Culture (TV, music, film) Media representation Cuban society and culture Gender Body politics (fat phobia and acceptance) Higher education Parenting
Divested from here, find me on threads, BlueSky Freelance writer, cultural critic, ethnomusicologist, host of @clavechronicles Hire me: rmbodenheimer@gmail.com

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Rebecca Bodenheimer’s Biography

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I am a freelance writer and cultural critic who writes on a range of topics: TV, film, and music; Cuban culture and society; body politics (fat phobia and acceptance); media representation; gender; higher education; parenting.
I also have a PhD in ethnomusicology.
My work has been published in print and online at CNN Opinion, Vice, Mic, The Lily, Billboard, The Rumpus, and more

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Want to Learn More about Intersectional Feminism? Watch Shows created by Black Women

Want to Learn More about Intersectional Feminism? Watch Shows created by Black Women

Intersectionality has become quite the buzzword in 2017, in the wake of the election of an unapologetic misog…

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New Season of 'Orange Is the New Black' Opts for Optimism in Female-Run Institutions

New Season of 'Orange Is the New Black' Opts for Optimism in Female-Run Institutions

My initial impression of the fifth season of Orange Is the New Black was that the show had gone off the rails…

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Where Are All The Fat Women In The Handmaid's Tale?

Where Are All The Fat Women In The Handmaid's Tale?

Given that the only requirement to be forced into handmaiden-hood is fertility, I find it quite strange that …

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Susan Sarandon, "Bernie Bro" Politics, and White Privilege

Susan Sarandon, "Bernie Bro" Politics, and White Privilege

Susan Sarandon, "Bernie Bro" Politics, and White Privilege In the age of social media, the political views an…

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Removing gender from MTV awards: a start, but not equality

Removing gender from MTV awards: a start, but not equality

But the most significant development at this year's awards was the debut of genderless acting awards, replaci…

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'Orange Is the New Black' and Ethnic and Racial Differences Within the Latinx Community

'Orange Is the New Black' and Ethnic and Racial Differences Within the Latinx Community

by Rebecca Bodenheimer 7 March 2017 One of the most important messages of this show is that race is not all e…

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Annexation Nation

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By Rebecca Bodenheimer, Stephen Chambers, Sara Ivry Verified, Lester D. Langley
| JSTOR Daily Verified
Two hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson, co-author of the Declaration of Independence, expressed a desire to make the island of Cuba part of the territory of the United States. Albert J.
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Opinion: This 'Sex and the City' character is teaching us an important lesson about divorce

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By Rebecca Bodenheimer
| CNN Verified
Rebecca Bodenheimer is a freelance writer and cultural critic. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN)On last week's episode of "And Just Like That," the HBO Max reboot of "Sex and the City," Miranda Hobbes (played by Cynthia Nixon) blew up her marriage.
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Cuba’s Elites Have Failed Their Country

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By Rebecca Bodenheimer
| The New Republic Verified
When the protests against the Cuban government broke out across the island on July 11, one of President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s first reactions was to refer to the behavior of the protesters as “totalmente vulgar, indecente, delincuente” (completely vulgar, indecent, delinquent). Though he would later backpedal and take a conciliatory tone, this elitist dismissal of the people in the streets was telling.
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