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I get tired of constantly pointing out that something is Problematic From a Feminist Perspective™; I want to enjoy, not eviscerate. I want to laugh.
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The ‘Heart of Darkness’ at ‘True Detective’s Core
HBO’s newest miniseries ‘True Detective,’ starring Matthew McConaughey (Rusty) and Woody Harrelson (Marty), has already spawned a substantial cult following, receiving universal acclaim, and it’s only just reached the halfway point at episode number four.
If you’re not watching it, you should be. ‘True Detective’ is being hailed as the “rise of the miniseries” (following on the heels of the mini-series sweep at the 2014 Golden Globes), a continuation of the TV excellence that has, and will continue to drastically reshape our visual storytelling experience (that’s a big claim, but one to bet on in the coming years).
A Study in Contrasts: ‘The Hunger’
Perhaps for the movie’s purposes, that doesn’t matter: the story seems to be far more driven by the desire to create an artistic film, rather than an intellectually/ethically/scientifically engaging narrative. The scientific aspect for example—the part of the film I found personally most engaging, that it is possible to tamper with the natural life-cycle, halting the aging process in its tracks—is touched upon but it seems, at least to me, to be more of a plot device for bringing Sarah into Miriam’s life than an attempt to explore an ethically challenging issue. The biology behind Miriam’s present state and the fate of her lovers is similarly irrelevant.
The Women of ‘We’re the Millers’: Brats and Strippers
We’re the Millers When I heard that We’re the Millers was a drug smuggling comedy with a fake family at its center, I knew I would have to check it out. Marijuana has become a trademark of arrested development for men in film, so I was excited to see a comedy that dealt with drug/petty … Continue reading “The Women of ‘We’re the Millers’: Brats and Strippers”
2013 Oscar Week: Matriarchal Impositions of Beauty in ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’
Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron star in Snow White and the Huntsman Guest post written by Carleen Tibbetts. Despite the various twists on the classic fairy tale, there is a definite constant in Snow White: women are their own worse enemies. The storyline is essentially the same: jealous, vain stepmother wants to oust stepdaughter who … Continue reading “2013 Oscar Week: Matriarchal Impositions of Beauty in ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’”
2013 Oscar Week: Matriarchal Impositions of Beauty in Snow White and the Huntsman
Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron star in Snow White and the Huntsman Guest post written by Carleen Tibbetts. Despite the various twists on the classic fairy tale, there is a definite constant in Snow White: women are their own worse enemies. The storyline is essentially the same: jealous, vain stepmother wants to oust stepdaughter who … Continue reading “2013 Oscar Week: Matriarchal Impositions of Beauty in Snow White and the Huntsman”
2013 Oscar Week: Acting Up: A Review of ‘How to Survive a Plague’
Guest post written by Diana Suber. At the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, I was a child and only vaguely aware of the crisis as hundreds of people, mostly young gay men at that time, were dying from an unknown virus with no cure in sight. As a teen in the late eighties and early … Continue reading “2013 Oscar Week: Acting Up: A Review of ‘How to Survive a Plague’”
2013 Oscar Week: ‘How to Survive a Plague’: When Aging Itself Becomes a Triumph
Guest post written by Ren Jender. When the late Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City, saw How To Survive a Plague, journalist/director David France’s Oscar-nominated documentary about ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) New York, he wrote a review for his local neighborhood newspaper. The review was not just a rave … Continue reading “2013 Oscar Week: ‘How to Survive a Plague’: When Aging Itself Becomes a Triumph”
Sexual Assault Subtext in Sailor Moon
By Myrna Waldron I know I tend to gush about this series a lot, but today I’m going to talk about its dark side. I rewatch the episodes on a regular basis, but now approach them from an entirely new viewpoint. When I was a teen, I didn’t really understand feminism that much (beyond disliking Barbies … Continue reading “Sexual Assault Subtext in Sailor Moon”
Horror Week 2012: Portrait of the Artist as the Demon’s Best Friend Forever
Jennifer’s Body (2009) This is a guest post from Erin Blackwell. Jennifer’s Body, the 2009 horror chick-flick that was a coming-of-age for sex goddess Megan Fox after hyper-lucrative, career-building toil under the aegis of Michael Bay’s teenage-boy-centric Transformers franchise, now enjoys a cult following outside the Transformers demographic. And yet, on release, Jennifer’s Body was … Continue reading “Horror Week 2012: Portrait of the Artist as the Demon’s Best Friend Forever”
Women and Gender in Musicals Week: ‘Phantom of the Opera’: Great Music, Terrible Feminism
This review by Myrna Waldron previously appeared at Bitch Flicks on September 6, 2012. Phantom of the Opera Movie Poster (Source: Wikipedia.org) The Phantom of the Opera was my first musical; I saw it for the first time when I was 4 years old during its now legendary decade-long run in Toronto. I remember very … Continue reading “Women and Gender in Musicals Week: ‘Phantom of the Opera’: Great Music, Terrible Feminism”
‘Phantom of the Opera’: Great Music, Terrible Feminism
Phantom of the Opera Movie Poster (Source: Wikipedia.org) The Phantom of the Opera was my first musical; I saw it for the first time when I was 4 years old during its now legendary decade-long run in Toronto. I remember very little from that event (though the shaking chandelier during the Overture stayed with me), … Continue reading “‘Phantom of the Opera’: Great Music, Terrible Feminism”