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Category Archives: Film and televison
Responsibility of comedy writers
Although I had never heard of Graham Linehan before, he’s apparently a writer for some fairly popular UK comedies, including one called The IT Crowd. Now, apparently there was a recent episode of that show that included a sub-plot involving … Continue reading
Debunking the "profits come first" myth
If you have ever criticized an ad campaign, commercial, or anything that’s even remotely related to marketing for pushing a bigoted viewpoint, you will undoubtedly have come up against the argument that of course the reason the product is being … Continue reading
Hollywood, please stop shitting on my childhood
While on vacation, I went to see the Fantastic Four movie (the only reason it was worth it was because it was the first move I had seen in theatres in over a year) and had the dubious pleasure to … Continue reading
Posted in Film and televison, Gender Caste, Gender issues, Racism, The Evil -ism's
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Batgirl fights for equal pay!
I knew that there was a reason that I loved Batgirl in the old Batman TV show. Via Feminist Gamers.
Good Children and Better Women: Lessons Learned from Nanny McPhee
On New Year’s Eve, tekanji and I watched Nanny McPhee, a British fantasy movie for children. In the film, the magical Nanny McPhee comes to the Brown Estate to help Cedric Brown, widower and mortician, manage his seven unruly children, … Continue reading
Posted in Film and televison, Gender Caste, Gender issues, Masculinities
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Silent Hill Movie
You would think that a movie that has women as the main protagonists would be a progressive step forward in terms of the portrayal of women in film. With Silent Hill, you would be wrong. I went into the movie … Continue reading
Video: Damsels, Vixens & Buff Guys: Sexism in Video Games
If you want, you can view the trainwreck of comments here.
Posted in Film and televison, Gender issues, Popular Culture, Video Games
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I Was A Teenage Feminist
Has anyone seen this? I hope a local library has it because the individual purchase price is a little steep and it’s not screening anywhere here soon. See a YouTube clip of the documentary here. And here.
Feminist SF Carnival: 4th Edition
Welcome to the Fourth Edition of the Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans! We’ve got quite a collection here this time, a whole host of topics organized by medium: Comic Books and Novels, Film and Television, and (my … Continue reading
Pirates of the Caribbean II and the Tradition of Racial Oppression
I was very excited to see Pirates of the Caribbean II: The Dead Man’s Chest Friday night; I loved the first film and used to work at the Magic Kingdom theme park where I frequented the Florida’s abbreviated version of … Continue reading
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