Cross-Dressing in the Media

So I have recently realized that I looooove a *cute plot* where the girl must cross-dress to reach a dream/goal or to get somewhere she where she wouldn't be able to get to if she wasn't a guy. Need an example??

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Hana Kimi (Japanese manga) - The girl Mizuki puts on a uniform and attends an all-boys high school to get closer to her high-jumping idol Sano

Coffee Prince (2007 Korean Drama) - The girl Eun Chan [who looks like a guy anyway] pretends to be a guy to get a quick job and save her family, which then involves into a permanent source of employment

Mulan (1998 film) - "Mulan disguises herself as a man by making her hair shorter and wearing a soldier's outfit so that her disabled father won't have to go." Source

"Motocrossed (2001 film) – Alana Austin is a girl whose father won't let her race because she's a girl, so she goes undercover and poses as a male to race for her big brother." Source

"She's the Man (2006 movie) – Amanda Bynes dresses as a man to be accepted in Illyria's boys' soccer team and get revenge in Cornwall. Based on the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare." Source

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The website TvTropes actually calls that character a "Sweet Polly Oliver" :) Upon further investigation, it seems like a LOT of K-dramas have this :D OMG. Mush watch more k-dramas xD *obsess*

Personally I prefer the girl-dresses-as-guy stories, but guy-dresses-as-girl stories are funny too :) Like... Tootsie, Some Like it Hot, Mrs. Doubtfire, etc...

Blackout 1/18/12

This Is What an Internet Protest Looks Like
That's only a few of the websites that are participating in the blackout :)

Seriously... like if you go to google, wikipedia, and even xkcd (along with plenty of other websites), you will see some sort of "blackout."

And some people are just really ignorant of what is happening... for example, see all of the angry and confused people on Twitter's Herpderpedia xD I found out about this through Gizmodo, and they have some other really great articles on there... But seriously, wouldn't you think that those people (a) could actually READ the message on Wiki or (b) would use some other website to look up info xD And... seriously?! "SOAP" ?? xD Wow...

Find out more on the blackout and SOPA/PIPA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

Update on PIPA

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Movies and K-Dramas

1/17/12

I've been (re)watching a LOT of stuff recently. Here's a few things, with possible comments??

Coffee Prince (Korean Drama) - adorable :3
Boys Over Flowers (Korean Drama) - basic plot is similar to CP as I mentioned in one of my earlier entries, but also cute in its own way
Dream High (Korean Drama) - quite different as far as Korean Dramas go, I think, but I liked it - once I got past the first ep or 2, I mean...
What's Your Number?
She's the Man - SUPER CUTE :D
G.I.Jane - So goooood!!
Star Wars (Ep1-6) - Just epicness :P
Lord of the Rings (1-3) - Just epicness :)
Back to the Future (1-2) - Just epicness :]
The Princess and the Frog - Eh. Was an okay movie... the end was good though :)
Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Alan Rickman is awesome xD
Pride and Prejudice (2005) - I liked most of the cast, but I felt like the movie was too rushed, and the actors didn't do their characters justice... The older version with Colin Firth was better overall :) Largely because there were so many more details included (even though that made the movie super long xD)
Camp Rock - I personally liked the story :)
Another Cinderella Story - I looooved the music :P

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