The radical notion that women like good movies
The Great Gatsby (2013) Written by Leigh Kolb Critic Kathryn Schulz, in “Why I Despise The Great Gatsby,” bemoans the acclaim that the novel receives in literary circles. She says, “It is the only book I have read so often despite failing—in the face of real effort and sincere intentions—to derive almost any pleasure at all … Continue reading “Conspicuous Consumption and ‘The Great Gatsby’: Missing the Point in Style”
Oblivion (2013)Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) stands on the landing pad to his home. This is a guest post written by Gabrielle Gopie-Tree. I’m not a Tom Cruise fan and I usually don’t watch his films, but I quite like Oblivion. To be fair, I am partial to post-apocalyptic productions but often the action is overdone … Continue reading “‘Oblivion:’ A Response to Ignatiy Vishnevetsky’s Review on RogerEbert.com”
In fact, the difference between gratuitous nudity and artistic nudity is not that difficult to discern. Even ‘Game of Thrones,’ the show that puts the word “tit” in “titillation,” occasionally uses nudity in a way that isn’t exploitative and adds to a scene rather than detracting from it.
Written by Lady T. Much has been said about the gratuitous nudity on Game of Thrones. Several feminist critics (such as yours truly) have written about the objectification of the female characters, and how the writers use naked women as objects for male fantasy or to develop male characters. Challenging the use of nudity in … Continue reading “The Occasional Purposeful Nudity on ‘Game of Thrones’”
Written by Robin Hitchcock Kristanna Loken as the T-X or “Terminatrix” in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines On round one thousand seventy eight of the eternal “do the time travel rules in the Terminator movies make any sense?” debate, my partner and I decided the only reasonable course of action was a Terminator movie … Continue reading “The Terminatrix Problem”
Written by Erin Fenner French filmmaker, Celine Sciamma, brings you uncomfortably close to the lives of adolescents. She does this intentionally, but not in a voyeuristic way that so often comes along with any Hollywood film. Instead, her proximity to her characters creates a level of intense intimacy. Even when her characters are dealing with … Continue reading “Movie Makers from the Margins: Celine Sciamma”
‘The Great Gatsby’ Still Gets Flappers Wrong by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly Geena Davis: Girls Need More Role Models in Media by Erica E. Phillips via The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy A Dude to Direct Hillary Clinton Biopic by Melissa Silverstein via Women and Hollywood Rodham Will Put Hillary Clinton’s Backstory on the Big … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
Written by Myrna Waldron. You will find few well-known directors as overtly feminist as Hayao Miyazaki. Of the 10 films he has directed, only two, The Castle of Cagliostro & Porco Rosso, have male protagonists. The others have dual male and female protagonists (Castle In The Sky, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle and Ponyo) or … Continue reading “Miyazaki Month: Princess Mononoke”
Written by Robin Hitchcock A piece of fan art and the particularities of French to English translation may have solved our Disney Princess problem: Disney Heroines Simple Lines, by David Gilson Feminist parents (and grandparents and aunts and uncles and siblings) often worry about their young girls getting sucked into Disney Princess culture, and not … Continue reading “Let’s Re-Brand "Disney Princesses" as "Disney Heroines"”
Michonne in The Walking Dead Written by Megan Kearns | Warning: spoilers ahead! So the season 3 finale of The Walking Dead. What can I say? Is there less sexism than last season’s appalling anti-abortion storyline with Lori’s pregnancy? Did the addition of badass Michonne change the gender dynamics? I’m going to warn you right … Continue reading “Nothing Can Save ‘The Walking Dead’s Sexist Woman Problem”
Movie poster for Side Effects Written by Stephanie Rogers. Includes massive spoilers. Massive. When I saw Side Effects about a month ago, I found myself eye-rolling my way through the entire second half of the film. I liked the first half, mostly because I like looking at Channing Tatum, but when he left the film, … Continue reading “"Would You Have Treated Her Differently If She Was a Man?": A Review of ‘Side Effects’”
Your Feminism Ain’t Like Ours, Because We Are Raising Quvenzhané Wallis by Duchess Harris via The Feminist Wire What I Learned about Gender Roles by Watching the Trailers for Every Summer Action Movie by Alyssa Rosenberg via ThinkProgress How ‘Game of Thrones’ Traded Easy ‘Warrior Princess’ Empowerment for Something More Complex by Alison Willmore via … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
