On Mad Men
So, Mad Men! Two pieces you should read: Alyssa Rosenberg on the show’s race and gender coverage, and Amanda Marcotte on watching 60s sexism in a year where retro misogyny is back in vogue. First Alyssa (spoilers!):
...read more“Confessions of a PUA Chaser” is OUT now! Also: Thank you, Feministe.
Love.
S&M.
Ethics.
Seduction.
Feminism.
Polyamory.
Pickup artists.
Chris Brown won’t let us forget: Domestic violence is okay if you’re hot
Trigger warning for domestic violence
Sasha Pasulka of HelloGiggles said it best: “I’m not okay with Chris Brown performing at the Grammys and I’m not sure why you are.” She points out that the popular response to Chris Brown’s beating of Rihanna was beyond disappointing, with fans and celebrities alike falling back on “No one knows exactly what happened” and “It takes two to tango” and “He’s such a great guy; he never would have done something like that unprovoked.” Jump forward three years, he was invited to perform at the Grammys (because the music industry appears to be okay with it). Because, says Grammys producer Ken Erlich, people deserve a second chance. And he hasn’t performed at the Grammys for two whole years now. And “we were the victim of what happened.”
But that was last night. That was Hollywood’s reaction. This morning, it’s the fans’ reaction, which appears to be: Chris Brown is so hot, it would be okay if he beat me.
It would be awesome if he beat me.
Examples hidden behind the jump, because seriously, triggering. I just can’t.
...read moreThe New Long Duck Dong
I have admittedly never watched 2 Broke Girls, mostly because it looked really fucking stupid (I have, however, watched multiple episodes of The Bachelor and Kourtney & Kim Take New York, so that says something). But apparently in addition to being really fucking stupid, it is also really fucking racist:
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Feminist-Friendly Marriages on Television… Or Not
This is a guest post by Ashley Lauren.
Believe it or not, fighting against patriarchal norms that come with the idea of marriage has been a piece of (wedding) cake compared to what it has taken for me to define myself as a wife in the face of what pop culture tells us wives in heterosexual relationships are supposed to be.
In which I indulge myself in brief admiration of Helen Mirren
I kind of love Helen Mirren. I just think that for the most part, she’s a classy dame. I like that she takes no shit. I like that it looks like she knows how to have fun. I like how outspoken she is about the dangers of gender stereotyping, and the importance of mentors and [...]
...read moreFlick Chicks
A guide to women in the movies, by Mindy Kaling.
...read moreAdieu, adieu to yeu and yeu and yeu
Thanks so much for the opportunity to guest-post here. I wanted to get one more post in about violence and representation of women on screen in student films (aka “I think your character just raped that lady”) but my semester starts this week so it’s back to syllabi and lesson plans for me for now. [...]
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