The radical notion that women like good movies
However, female desire occasionally lives in the subtext of ‘Mad Men’ like fire ants fighting to dig themselves out of a mountain of sand. The show’s complex female characters are regularly lusted after, and at times brave leaps are taken into the sea of their cravings. Other times, their behaviors appear inconsistent, and it seems we’ve been cheated out of crucial discoveries that lurk just beneath their surfaces.
Don is being closed in on this season. Written by Leigh KolbAt the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio, in 1851, Sojourner Truth said, But man is in a tight place, the poor slave is on him, woman is coming on him, he is surely between a hawk and a buzzard. Over a hundred years later, the … Continue reading “‘Mad Men’: Gender, Race, and the Death Knell of White Patriarchy”
This is a guest post by Diana Fakhouri. It’s not easy being a lady in the working world today. We’re still fighting for equal pay for equal work, freedom from workplace harassment, and the right to decide what grows (or implants itself) in our uteruses. In all honestly, it’s not terribly different from the drama … Continue reading “Reproduction & Abortion Week: Mad Men and The War on Women, 1.0”
