Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Narnia, & Christ-Like Girl Power

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Forget damsels in distress and feminist man-eaters. A new female ideal is emerging.

Katniss Everdeen welcomes us to her world, a 1984-styled hell of government oppression, cruelty to children, starvation, classism, and reality TV. These are The Hunger Games. But our heroine is brave.

Sacrificing herself, Christ-like, she saves the life of her sister Prim, and embarks on a perilous journey that will ultimately make the foundations of an evil empire tremble. It’s not lightly that she is dubbed, “the girl on fire.”

But Katniss isn’t the only brave young woman we’ve seen grace the silver screen of late. Cute little Lucy Pevensie recently journeyed into the land of Narnia and sparked a rebellion against The White Witch, who stood for everything evil and cruel in that world. If you were already a fan of the books, you probably knew that it was only a matter of time before brave little Lucy wandered – not just through a wardrobe – but out of the pages of a timeless classic and into the blockbuster charts.

Lucy has now changed western culture just as she changed Narnia, by reigniting our faith in The Old Magic.

While Harry Potter is obviously a boy, the real brains behind most of his operations is his bookworm gal-pal, Hermione Granger. Spunky, witty, and courageous, Hermione basically holds Potter together, serving as his confidant, ally, and emotional support, even when best friend Ron Weasley deserts him.

What do Katniss, Lucy, and Hermione all have in common? Besides originating on the pages of popular literature …

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Here’s what you do:

1. Write a review of your favorite CD. Any genre you want, but the more current and the more well known the band/artist, the better your hits will be. Your article should be 600 – 800 words long.
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Please be aware, you will be requested to grant Jennifer the non-exclusive right to publish your article online and promote it via Facebook, Twitter, and her various blogs and websites.  Basically what that means is you’ll be saying to her, “I understand that you’re going to publish my article online and I don’t expect payment for it. However, I keep 100% of the copyrights to my work and I will receive 100% credit as the article’s author.”

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