The radical notion that women like good movies
Shonda Rhimes on TV’s Lack of Diversity: “I Think It’s Sad and Weird” by Jamilah King via Colorlines Network TV is Broken. So How Does Shonda Rhimes Keep Making Hits? by Willa Paskin via The New York Times Girls on Film: The Danger of the ‘Female Filmmaker’ Label by Monica Bartyzel via The Week The Onion … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
When we talk about motherhood and pregnancy in film and television, images of nurseries, strollers and rosy-cheeked cherubic newborns just might spring to mind. We may not think of the devastation of infertility, miscarriage or infant loss. Yet many people struggle with these hardships on their path to parenthood. It’s not that the media doesn’t … Continue reading “Call for Writers: Infertility, Miscarriage and Infant Loss in Film & Television Week”
REMINDER: Our deadline to receive original pieces and cross posts for our LGBTQI Theme Week is this Friday at midnight. I’ve linked to all our previous theme weeks below, as well as listing our upcoming themes. Submit away! Previous Theme Weeks Best Picture Nominee Review Series, 2008 Best Picture Nominee Review Series, 2009 Best Picture … Continue reading “A Roundup of Previous Theme Weeks”
Amber‘s Picks: Southern Poverty Law Center Notes Misogynistic Sites from Fannie’s RoomThe Future of Feminism: Rachel Maddow and Melissa Harris-Perry from Ms. Magazine BlogHot damn! Viola Davis to star in Barbara Jordan biopic from FeminémaDr. Who thing of the day: the feminist approach of Dr. Her from Flick FilosopherNewspapers censor “Doonesbury” strips about abortion news from Feministing … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
This guest review by Megan Kearns previously appeared at her blog The Opinioness of the World. We so often see men as wayward fuck-ups. Ben Stiller in Greenberg, Zach Braff in Garden State, Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets all fill this role. Selfish asshats who do the wrong thing, lack ambition, … Continue reading “Guest Writer Wednesday: A Fine Frenzy: With an Outspoken Anti-Heroine and a Feminist Lens, ‘Young Adult’ Is My Favorite Film of the Year”
Sleepaway Camp by Carrie Nelson The shock of Sleepaway Camp’s ending relies on the cissexist assumption that one’s biological sex and gender presentation must always match. A person with a mismatched sex and gender presentation is someone to be distrusted and feared. Though the audience has identified with Peter throughout the movie, we are meant … Continue reading “Horror Week 2011: The Roundup”
Don Draper and Peggy Olson For me, the most endearing element of Mad Men is the humorous and detailed portrayal of developing friendships. Amidst the drinking, cheating, and general woes of the ad agency is the story of office camaraderie. There have always been back stories on different relationships that developed at Sterling Cooper, such … Continue reading “True Camaraderie: Don, Peggy, and Something to Prove”
With its first season complete and two Golden Globes under its belt (Best TV Drama and Best Actor in a TV Drama), Boardwalk Empire, HBO’s prohibition-era Sopranos/Mad Men hybrid, has gotten plenty of attention. And it’s something feminists should be paying attention to as well. Like Mad Men, the show doesn’t gloss over the sexist … Continue reading “Guest Writer Wednesday: Boardwalk Empire”
Check out the Emmy-nominated women below. I haven’t included all categories, but you can check out the entire list of Emmy nominees here. Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series 30 Rock • Reunion • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association withUniversal Media StudiosBeth McCarthy, Director Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or … Continue reading “2009 Emmy Nominations”
But the “Kakfaesque nightmare” is the reality of social, political, and economic issues affecting society, imprinted on Americans’ collective unconscious. This commercial illustrates how deep the nightmare goes; that inequalities exist in the most dire, uncertain circumstances. And women are suffering the most for it.
Here are our top 10 most popular articles written in 2017.
In addition to featuring a female protagonist with disabilities, ‘Hush’ crafts a home-invasion story that isn’t about her “problems” or obstacles or the attacker at all, but rather it focuses on the tactful solutions she chooses along the way. …Its depiction of Maddie as a full, engaging character who fends for herself and thrives alone is an asset to adding more characters with disabilities in films, especially horror, as not victims but stars.
