The radical notion that women like good movies
Last year, we published the Top 10 of 2011, with the only criteria being the number of page views each post received. This year, we’re publishing the most viewed post in each month of 2012. The list, of course, would be entirely different if we published the 10 most viewed posts in all of 2012, … Continue reading “Popular Posts of 2012”
Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley) and Pam De Beaufort (Kristin Bauer van Straten) in True Blood Warning: If you haven’t seen True Blood, Season 5, Episodes 10 and 11, spoilers ahead!! I’m pretty much hooked on True Blood. A sexy TV show with a female protagonist, female friendship, diverse and complex female characters, dreamy brooding … Continue reading “‘True Blood’ Asserts a Pro-Choice Reproductive Rights Message”
The cast of Roseanne I grew up watching Roseanne. The show first aired in 1988—when I was ten years old—and it ended after 9 seasons, around the time I graduated high school. The fact that the show now appears in reruns on various television stations, during all hours of the day and night, often makes … Continue reading “Reproduction & Abortion Week: ‘Roseanne’s’ Discussion of Abortion Nearly Twenty-Five Years Ago Highlights the Current Feminist Backlash”
This piece on Obvious Child, by Amber Leab, originally appeared at Bitch Flicks on November 4, 2009. ———- Abortion is a legal medical procedure, and it’s presented as such in this film. That alone is a welcome change–as others have stated–from recent film and television. Obvious comparisons have been made to Knocked Up and Juno, … Continue reading “Reproduction & Abortion Week: Obvious Child”
In the United States we are experiencing unprecedented attacks on reproductive rights, with record numbers of bills introduced in states in 2011 and already in 2012 that restrict access to abortion. A major national debate revolving around female contraception and whether or not it constitutes “preventative care,” and whether employers and insurance companies should be … Continue reading “Call for Writers: Reproduction and Abortion in Film and Television”
When I look at the sloppy homemade label on my screener of 50/50, it looks like it says, “so-so.” Despite solid reviews and the year-end awards nominations, that pretty much sums up how I feel about the movie.
This post by Stephanie Rogers first appeared at Bitch Flicks in March 2009. Glenn Whipp of the L.A. Times wrote a fascinating piece a few days ago titled “Dude rules: leaping into buddydom,” which explores Judd Apatow’s legacy of films, as well as films that imitate the ever-popular prepubescent man garbage that continues to dominate … Continue reading “From the Archive: Dude Rules: A Response”
some romantic comedies This guest post by Lady T previously appeared at her blog The Funny Feminist. A few weeks ago, I announced my intention to tackle 52 romantic comedies over the course of one year. 2012 is the Year of the Romantic Comedy at my blog, and it shall henceforth be dubbed “The Rom-Com … Continue reading “Guest Writer Wednesday: Why Watch Romantic Comedies?”
This cross-post from Amanda Krauss previously appeared at Risatrix. Romantic comedies have existed for literally thousands of years; the same historical genre, comoedia, is also responsible for today’s sitcoms. But romantic comedies, especially, have suffered a great deal in the last few decades. These supposed “chick” flicks (male-authored for millennia, and still mostly male-created) get … Continue reading “Guest Writer Wednesday: Rom-Coms Don’t Suck”
Obvious Child made its way around the blogosphere last month, but I just watched it today. Here are some general thoughts. Abortion is a legal medical procedure, and it’s presented as such in this film. That alone is a welcome change–as others have stated–from recent film and television. Obvious comparisons have been made to Knocked … Continue reading “‘Obvious Child’: Short Film Review”
Pulling is a British comedy series written by Sharon Horgan (who co-stars) and Dennis Kelly. It aired on BBC3 for two seasons (of six episodes), starting in 2006, and an hour-long farewell special aired this May. After breaking off her engagement, Donna (Horgan) moves in with two of her best friends, Louise (Rebekah Staton) and … Continue reading “Ripley’s Pick: Season One of Pulling”
Despite its abysmal reviews, Transformers: Rise of the Fallen took home the top spot at the box office over the weekend. Here are some highlights from Rotten Tomatoes: “It’s a wad of chaos puked onto the big screen, an arbitrary collection of explosions and machismo posturing.” –David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com “Will insult your intelligence, hurt your … Continue reading “Misogyny Still Reigns at the Box Office”
