Comments on: Why strip? Because it’s good for your blog!

By: Evolving

Evolving — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:29:21 +0000

[...] 6, 2008 Upon skimming past an article on feministe.us , I noticed the author of the post mentions how ‘Juno’ is great because [...]

By: Unilever and Dove « Evolving

Unilever and Dove « Evolving — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:53:06 +0000

[...] just quickly, upon skimming past an article on feministe.us , I noticed the author of the post mentions how ‘Juno’ is great because [...]

By: The Redstar Perspective » Faux Reality

The Redstar Perspective » Faux Reality — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:47:28 +0000

[...] early reviews of it from the feminist sites I read regularly – either they didn’t like it, scorned the screenwriter for her personal life, or talked about the movie without seeing it. And I’m still waiting for the quality reviews [...]

By: Daughter of the Ring of Fire - Musings on Socially Conscious Writing

Daughter of the Ring of Fire - Musings on Socially Conscious Writing — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:17:14 +0000

[...] This Feministe post about an interview with Diablo Cody and various comments to it bring up a lot of issues that, as a writer, I often find myself considering. One of these is the problem of portraying acts (or non-acts) that have potentially unpleasant political implications. Sometimes characters will act in ways that their creator would oppose (writers know how gods feel). Sometimes the likely interpretations seem unfair in the sense that if a character’s action were the choice of a real person, it would be considered mere personal choice rather than an endorsement of a particular stance. However, unfair though it might be, a character is not a real person– thus the well-worn saw about fiction needing to be believable. (By contrast, the events of last night were anything but believable, but I digress . . .) Can writers claim to be socially conscious while ignoring the messages that are likely to be taken from their work? Though it’s impossible to anticipate every possible interpretation, I think the answer is no. In stories, I usually try to counteract those with which I disagree by creating contrasting minor characters or dialogs that address the issue, though this only works when it’s in line with the development of the characters and storylines themselves. No character– no aspect of an artistic work at all– can exist merely for ideological reasons. In poetry, I’m generally maneuvering in a much smaller space which calls for more fine-tuned alterations: change a word to make the sense ambiguous, add a full rhyme to create a doubt-inducing jangle. It’s a difficult balancing act, but then there’s hardly any sense in writing something that’s easy to complete. [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:59:17 +0000

Holly, huge ups on the Baffler/Jaspers analogy – that really precisely nailed my slight revulsion with this schtick, and I’ve read both the book and the script.

I would support swift and brutal vigilante justice against anyone who uses the term “honest to blog” in conversation. Locking them in a room for a month with nothing but early copies of Wired magazine seems entirely appropriate.

I would absolutely love to see the Baffler folk take on this movie and Diablo Cody. They eviscerated Tarantino; Cody’s status as a sort of Taran-tween-o really begs for their treatment.

By: Sabotabby

Sabotabby — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:30:03 +0000

I saw it a few days ago (without knowing anything about Cody, her writing, her stripping, or that glove thing).

I really liked it. I mean, it wasn’t realistic, but it’s a comedy, so you’re not expecting it to be realistic. I read it as pro-choice—Juno is weird and quirky, and so she makes a weird and quirky decision, but her parents, best friend, and boyfriend all keep telling her that they’ll support any choice that she makes, including abortion. But beyond that, I liked its view of families, both blended and adoptive.

One could totally make a comedy about abortion, though. Make it about the clinic escort or receptionist with lots of waiting room scenes. It’d be awesome.

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:41:26 +0000

Sorry folks, if she was as brilliant as the trailers show, she’d use BC. If it failed, she would take measures to keep her life on track.

How about a movie with a female that isn’t slutty, stoopid, or deranged?

Honestly, this is one of the shittiest, most offensive things I’ve read in a long time. It’d be shitty and offensive if it were posted anywhere, but it’s particularly appalling on this blog. I’m going to guess that you’re a pretty recent reader, and I don’t think you’d have said that if you weren’t.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:33:05 +0000

the movie was too precious. teenagers do not talk like that at all. MSCL blows this dialog away. the tic-tacs, oy
the dave letterman interview made me think she was an ass. if i had seen that first, i would not have seen the movie. it’s almost like she needed to strip to prove something to. . . the world? herself?

By: annalouise

annalouise — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:38:34 +0000

I’ve spent a fair amount of time hanging with large number pregnant teenagers in the years I spent volunteering at a high school for young mothers. I’ve also spent a fair amount of time hanging with a much smaller number of strippers.
I can tell you, very little makes a person have sass, quite like being the subject of much ignorant hand-wringing by earnest liberals who are convinced your life is just one big pile of poor choices and misery. The goes double if said earnest liberals shhhhh you hard anytime you mention that your life has moments of joy. Because if, god forbid, some naive young person notices you demonstraing one second of happiness she might fall into the same trap.

jesus christ.

By: Mold

Mold — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:40:27 +0000

Oh god, another spunk-filled teen movie. It’s bad enough to sit through the idiot boy ones. Now an idiot girl movie that hides the stoopid.

Sorry folks, if she was as brilliant as the trailers show, she’d use BC. If it failed, she would take measures to keep her life on track.

How about a movie with a female that isn’t slutty, stoopid, or deranged?