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Is Pepper Potts No Longer the "Damsel in Distress" in ‘Iron Man 3’?

Movie poster for Iron Man 3 Written by Megan Kearns | Warning: Lots of spoilers ahead! Superhero films often exhibit assertive, outspoken female characters. Yet they often simultaneously objectify women’s bodies, reduce them to ancillary love interests or perpetuate gender stereotypes. So when I heard that Pepper Potts would have a more active role in … Continue reading “Is Pepper Potts No Longer the "Damsel in Distress" in ‘Iron Man 3’?”

‘Days of Our Lives’: Punishing Nicole’s Fetus

Days of Our Lives, one of four surviving daytime soap operas on television. Written by Janyce Denise Glasper for our theme week on Infertility, Miscarriage, and Infant Loss.  Since 1998, Nicole Walker, played by the very talented Arianne Zucker, has been the scheming, manipulative, alcohol twirling villainess of fictional Salem, Illinois on Days of Our … Continue reading “‘Days of Our Lives’: Punishing Nicole’s Fetus”

Stillbirth. Still Ignored.

Serious Trigger Warning for discussion and images of stillbirth and infant loss.  Publicity photograph used for Peekaboo Guest post written by Debbie Howard for our theme week on Infertility, Miscarriage, and Infant Loss. Google “stillbirth in film,” and you will see next to nothing come up about this subject matter. What does come up is … Continue reading “Stillbirth. Still Ignored.”

‘How I Met Your Mother’ One of the Few TV Shows to Explore a Childfree Life for Women

Written by Megan Kearns as part of our Infertility, Miscarriage and Infant Loss Week. Originally published at The Opinioness of the World. Cross-posted with permission. I was ready. Poised to be pissed. For the first half of last season’s How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) episode “Symphony of Illumination,” I sat on the couch, scowling … Continue reading “‘How I Met Your Mother’ One of the Few TV Shows to Explore a Childfree Life for Women”

The “Plague” of Infertility in Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’

Dire times in Children of Men as “The World Has Collapsed” Guest post written by Carleen Tibbetts for our theme week on Infertility, Miscarriage, and Infant Loss. Women can’t get pregnant anymore and nobody knows why. This the central lamentation in Alfonso Cuaron’s 2006 dystopian film Children of Men, based on P.D. James’s novel. Set … Continue reading “The “Plague” of Infertility in Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’”

Revisiting Jocelyn Moorhouse’s ‘How To Make An American Quilt’

How To Make An American Quilt film poster. Written by Janyce Denise Glasper “I think the hardest part of life is being friends with a woman.” That appears to be one of the main plot points of Jocelyn Moorhouse’s How to Make an American Quilt, a film from 1995 focusing on the fragile relationships between … Continue reading “Revisiting Jocelyn Moorhouse’s ‘How To Make An American Quilt’”

In Her Words: Wonder Russell on Directing ‘Revelation’

This is a guest post written by Wonder Russell. In 2011 I was captivated by a series of vignettes the New York Times created, called “Fourteen Actors Acting.” They were interesting but also campy; nevertheless, I enjoyed the idea behind them as a jumping off point. At the same time, I was journaling in an … Continue reading “In Her Words: Wonder Russell on Directing ‘Revelation’”

It’s Our 5-Year Blogiversary!

BF co-founders Steph and Amber at the 2010 Athena Film Festival We can’t believe it, but today marks five years since we started Bitch Flicks. In March 2008, we started a blog with the wink-and-a-nudge name, Bitch Flicks. In that first year, we wrote a whopping seventeen posts, eight of which were actual film reviews. … Continue reading “It’s Our 5-Year Blogiversary!”

Foreign Film Week: Growing Up Queer: ‘Water Lilies’ (2007) and ‘Tomboy’ (2011)

Written by Max Thornton, this review previously appeared at Bitch Flicks on June 26, 2012. Céline Sciamma’s films are ever so French. Light on dialogue, they tend to rely on lingering shots of longing glances and exquisite mise-en-scène to reveal character; loosely plotted, they leave the impression less of a story than of a series … Continue reading “Foreign Film Week: Growing Up Queer: ‘Water Lilies’ (2007) and ‘Tomboy’ (2011)”

Foreign Film Week: Sexism in Three of Bollywood’s Most Popular Films

Guest post written by Katherine Filaseta. It is no secret that India has problems when it comes to the status of women. Everyone heard about the gang rape in Delhi in December 2012; it was broadcast in America so much that some people didn’t even know about the events in Steubenville, but knew all about … Continue reading “Foreign Film Week: Sexism in Three of Bollywood’s Most Popular Films”

Foreign Film Week: Red, Blue, and Giallo: Dario Argento’s "Suspiria"

Written by Max Thornton. I started getting into film when I was a teenager. Growing up with daily power cuts, both scheduled and unscheduled, is not conducive to childhood as a cinephile, and anyway my parents did not consider film a “real” art like literature or music – I can vividly remember being forced, at … Continue reading “Foreign Film Week: Red, Blue, and Giallo: Dario Argento’s "Suspiria"”

Women of Color in Film and TV: Deeper Than Race: A Movie Review of ‘Crash’

Crash (2004) Guest post written by Erin Parks.  We are not alone. Our lives are filled with people, places, and things that come together in unexpected ways. Sometimes we are violently brought to understanding – a gun fired, a tumble down the stairs, or a car crash, for example. Writer and director Paul Haggis orchestrates … Continue reading “Women of Color in Film and TV: Deeper Than Race: A Movie Review of ‘Crash’”