A classic belle: A poem
Kimberly Fong/Staff
You say I’m a classic belle. You have no idea how badly I wanted to hear that. An affirmation that I am not the mess I perceive myself to be
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Tale as old as time does not stand test of time in SHN’s “Beauty and the Beast”
More than love, more than lust, more than bigotry, what “Beauty and the Beast” deals with most is what it means to be human. It is a story about a beast trying to undo a curse by learning to love: trying to find his way back to being human by
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If Disney princesses went to UC Berkeley
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the greater half of the past century, there’s a good chance you know at least a little bit about Disney princesses. These iconic female characters are part of timeless stories that enthralled us as children and still excite us now. Given our
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‘Belle’ blends bondage and bigotry with beauty
When you go to see an exquisite period piece, you leave certain things at the door. You shuck off your expectations of gender equity, and you lay down your ideas about bigotry. You accept that the only representation of nonwhites will exist in servants, prostitutes and the proprietor of the
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