The radical notion that women like good movies
This is a guest post by Emily Campbell. Here’s some sobering news: if you’re not a U.S. citizen, same-sex marriage isn’t going to score you a green card. And, unless you can make sense of immigration legalese and have overwhelming amounts of luck on your side, seeking asylum as an LGBT individual probably isn’t either. … Continue reading “Wedding Week: Do or Do Not”
Coming to America movie poster. Written by Leigh Kolb When I was a kid, Coming to America was one of my favorite movies. I’m not quite sure exactly what it was–maybe I just thought Eddie Murphy was really cute–but I’d like to think that I was drawn to its message of valuing female intelligence and independence over … Continue reading “Wedding Week: ‘Coming to America’ and Coming to Terms with New Marriage Traditions”
Written by Myrna Waldron. Maleficent appears at King Stefan’s castle Last year I wrote a fairly well-received piece defending the Disney Princesses from a feminist perspective, “You Say Princess Like It’s A Bad Thing.” It was always my plan to write a sequel/companion piece to it. I like Belle and Ariel, but I admit that … Continue reading “You Say Evil Like It’s A Bad Thing”
Movie poster for The Purge Spoiled by Stephanie Rogers. Turns out, the best way to see the latest violent horror film is to watch it in a packed theater in Times Square. The audience laughed together, squealed together, shouted at the screen together, and collectively bonded over the most ridiculous features of the movie as … Continue reading “Think There Aren’t Feminist Themes in ‘The Purge’? Think Again”
She-Ra: Princess of Fucking Power Written by Amanda Rodriguez Confession: as a child of the 80’s, I refused to watch cartoons that didn’t have a significantly visible representation of women in them, and the more visible and the more badass, the better. GI Joe and Transformers were out, but Jem and the Holograms, Thundercats, and … Continue reading “She-Ra: Kinda, Sorta Accidentally Feministy”
Written by Rachel Redfern Arranged is a 2007 romantic comedy by Diane Crespo and Stefan Schaefer about two women, one a Muslim woman, the other Jewish, finding love in an unusual way. Setting a romantic comedy within two disparate but highly developed communities of Orthodox Judaism and Islam in New York City offered a unique … Continue reading “Romantic Comedy (and Female Friendship) ‘Arranged’ Marriage Style”
Written by Robin Hitchcock The Grifters poster The Grifters (1990) is a movie that’s been on my “to see” list for years. I knew it had epic critical acclaim at the time of its release. I’ve liked nearly every film I’ve seen by director Stephan Frears. I absolutely adore all three members of the main … Continue reading “The Grifters; Yeuch”
Remember Linda Hamilton (playing Sarah Connor) and her guns in Terminator 2? This guest post by Holly Derr is cross-posted with permission from The Ms. Magazine Blog. Summer always makes me a bit nostalgic for childhood. I remember fondly the excitement of being out of school, the long days with nothing to do but read … Continue reading “Where Have You Gone, Sarah Connor?”
The Host posters This guest post by Dr. Natalie Wilson is cross-posted with permission from Ms. Magazine. I readily admit I did not read The Host. I couldn’t face it after immersing myself in all things Twilight while researching my book Seduced by Twilight. I started it, but less than 20 pages in I couldn’t stomach any … Continue reading “‘The Host’: Less Anti-Feminist Than ‘Twilight’, but Hardly a Sisterhood Manifesta”
Orphan Black poster This is a guest post by Ms Misantropia. Last Saturday was the season finale of BBC America’s Orphan Black, a fast paced Canadian sci-fi series about human cloning. The show’s main protagonist, Sarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany), is a street-wise orphan just returning to Toronto after having spent a year abroad. She barely … Continue reading “The Male/Female Gaze on BBC America’s First Season of ‘Orphan Black’”
Nyctophobia, a film by Emily Bennett This is a guest post by Emily Bennett. If you asked me a year ago if I liked scary movies, I would have responded with the immortal words of Sydney Prescott in Scream: “What’s the point? They’re all the same. Some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can’t … Continue reading “Up the Stairs, Out the Front Door: ‘Nyctophobia’”
Jacqueline Joe as Tui and Elisabeth Moss as Robin Griffin in Top of the Lake This guest post by Lauren C. Byrd previously appeared at her blog Love Her, Love Her Shoes and is cross-posted with permission. You know there’s a Maori legend about this lake… that there’s a demon’s heart at the bottom of … Continue reading “Not Peggy Olson: Rape Culture in ‘Top of the Lake’”
