Tainted Love: The Troubling Messages of Big-screen Romance

From classic Disney films to Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey, Hollywood has a long history of presenting distorted, unrealistic depictions of romance. As Greta Parry argues, such problematic representations are likely to have a negative impact on the way young people understand relationships and gender dynamics, which makes it all the more important that these messages be critically addressed.

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