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Alice Atkinson-Bonasio is a Media Communication and Cultural Studies graduate from Bath Spa University in England. She worked as a Research Assistant in the recently published book Playing With Videogames. She currently works as a freelance journalist for

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Hobbies & Games > Video Game Culture & Community Girls versus boys in the gaming community: 2 of 19
Boys Only: Gender Exclusion In The Marketing Of Technology For ChildrenThe general perception exists that boys are better at using technology than girls are, and this imbalance in access to new media might be due to the fact that girls are simply not as interested in technology as boys. Even if this were true, however, techno... More..
Arts & Humanities > British Literature Book reviews: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte: 3 of 17
Book Review:Jane EyreCharlotte BronteJane Eyre is one of those books you pick up because you feel you ought to. It is, after all, a classic, and full of all the merits attached to that status. So it is with a sense of virtue and self congratulation that you start to read what has been considered by so many to be such an excel... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Gender Issues Ending gender stereotypes: 5 of 18
The main question I will explore here is whether videogames are gender-exclusive, meaning that females cannot gain pleasure from what is essentially a male-dominated environment/activity. I will analyze some examples of games and characters that have been successful in appealing to both genders and explore the reasons why it ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration Views on George Bush: 24 of 73
The use of such sweeping terms such as good' and evil' as policy-defining pillars in a secular society such as the United States of America might seem difficult to justify and understand. I will argue, however, that the notion of absolute evil has always been present in the American psyche, barely covered by secular mentality... More..
Food & Drink > Baking Making your own wedding cake: 1 of 3
Common Sense or Madness?Are you up for making your own wedding cake?Note: I have plenty of pictures to illustrate this article.Having always enjoyed baking and succeeding in making a few very good looking cakes from time to time, when it came to choosing my own wedding cake I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted it to look... More..
Arts & Humanities > Horror, Mystery & Suspense Book reviews: Where Are the Children?, by Mary Higgins Clark: 1 of 3
Book ReviewWhere Are the Children?By Mary Higgins ClarkA young and beautiful mother of two young children faces the nightmare of losing them. That story has surely been told in countless suspense novels before, but Mary Higgins Clark adds the twist that this has all happened before to the same mother. Seven years before the s... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Wedding Budget Should you hire a makeup artist for your wedding?: 6 of 13
Wedding planning is all about saving yourself some worry. You take care of everything well in advance so that on your wedding day you can concentrate on being the radiant center of all attention.It is exactly to save themselves this worry that many brides end up overspending. They think that by hiring a professional to do som... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms How pornography harms society: 35 of 73
The idea that pornography is "dirty" originates in the conviction that the sexuality of women is dirty and is actually portrayed in pornography Pornography does not, as some claim, refute the idea that female sexuality is dirty: instead, pornography embodies and exploits this idea; pornography sells and promotes it.' (Andrea ... More..
Travel > United Kingdom Travel destinations: Oxford, England: 3 of 6
A Most Distinguished TownOxford is one of those cities that can feel at once intensely vibrant and blissfully sedate. This might have something to do with its student population which all around you tries to match up to the expectations of history and tradition.There is no denying that Oxfordis dominated by the academic spiri... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time - Book 1), by Robert Jordan: 2 of 4
Book ReviewEye of the WorldBy Robert JordanWith the Eye of the World, you could say that Robert Jordan begins an epic tale, but although that would be true, it is not what is remarkable about it. What actually begins with this book is the crafting of one of the most carefully constructed fictional universes conceivable, and o... More..