The radical notion that women like good movies
This guest post also appears at Professor, What If… and the Ms. Magazine blog. In the second-season premiere of the Showtime series Nurse Jackie, a feminist id was on full display. According to Mr. Penis Envy, Sigmund Freud, who published The Ego and the Id in 1923, the id acts according to the “pleasure principle,” seeking … Continue reading “Guest Post: Nurse Jackie as Feminist Id?”
This guest post also appears at Professor, What If… and the Ms. Magazine blog. As I began watching the second-season premiere of the Showtime series The United States of Tara, I eagerly ask what I always do before an episode starts: “Which ‘alter’ will it be this time?” Alas, to my dismay, the show’s … Continue reading “Guest Post: Tara is Better Not United”
Welcome to our second installment of Director Spotlight, where we explore the biographies and filmographies of an often overlooked group: women film directors. (We’ve also spotlighted Allison Anders.) Kathryn Bigelow is all over the web right now for being the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing (not to mention … Continue reading “Director Spotlight: Kathryn Bigelow”
Jennifer’s Body is NOT a feminist movie. Heidi Martinuzzi of Pretty-Scary said it best. Any film with a female protagonist in horror who does NOT use her sexuality to survive or kill is a feminist horror film because it promotes EQUALITY between the female and male characters in the movie and does not create a … Continue reading “BlogLinks: Agree or Disagree?”
