Whether thoughtlessly dismissed by the post-World War I left or recklessly misunderstood by feminist and multiculturalist scholars for her problematic depictions of women and Native Americans, Cather's work, Acocella contends, has been "bound and gagged" in the service of political agendas.
Among the more obviously problematic depictions of Baltimore in words or images during the unrest in April that followed Gray's death were those on Fox News.
Seeing these stories made me wonder how I could counteract these oversimplified and problematic depictions of Native Americans once my daughter gets old enough to start taking them in.
Not that this mattered much to a kid who was just excited to see a drawing of spandexed breasts, but she evaded the sometimes problematic depictions of other female characters in her universe: She wasn't outwardly sexualized like Catwoman.
While Disney classics often come under fire for their problematic depictions of women, Walt Disney's racism and sexism, it's still possible to return to these beloved movies with both the heightened sensitivity of a more progressive era... and a healthy nostalgia for our youth.
However, the medium tends to present problematic depictions: one study of audience responses summed up coverage of LMICs on British television as being about 'squalor and safari', offering either over-simplified impressions of these places, or exaggeratedly negative caricatures [13].
The controversy comes as problematic Indigenous depictions receive increased attention in the media.
More problematic was the depiction of the Prussian military establishment.
(For proof of this, check out a Tumblr called The Hawkeye Initiative, where fans re-illustrate famously problematic comic-book depictions of women by swapping out the heroines with male superheroes).
Of course, even when we remove discussion of the real Chris Kyle (called "The Legend" for racking up more confirmed kills than any sniper in US military history) from the discussion we still have to contend with American Sniper's problematic approach to and depiction of recent real life events.
