Doing the analysis so I don’t have to
Pixar’s Gender Problem, by Caitlin GD Hopkins at Vast Public Indifference, via ill Doctrine. . . . Whenever a new Pixar movie comes out, I wrestle with the same frustration: Pixar’s gender problem. While Disney’s long history of antipathy toward mothers and the problematic popularity of the Disney Princess line are well-traveled territory for feminist [...]
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It has not exactly gone unreported that the casting of 21 is racist. (One widely linked critique is here. I found another here but I feel like there must be a whole body of WOC coverage of this story that I missed. If I did, my mistake and I will gladly update if anyone brings [...]
...read moreApril 26th: Screening of “Still Black” in Chicago
“Still Black” is Nubian from Blac(k)acadmic’s film project. Screening details are: april 26th @ 8 p.m. @ GENDER FUSIONS 4 (Columbia College Chicago: Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, 1st Floor) $5 students / $10 general The headliners of the event: Marga Gomez, Matthew Hollis, Ryka Aoki de La Cruz, and Teatro Luna *all proceeds of [...]
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xkcd nails it.
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Horton Hears a Sexist
Peter Sagal asks, What did Dr. Suess do to movie producers to make them so desperate to pervert his work? This time around, film makers created a brand-new subplot wherein the Major of Whoville has 96 daughters and one son. Guess who gets all of his attention? Guess who saves the day? You should read [...]
...read moreA request
Probably a stupid one, but what the hell. I’ve been earwormed with a bit of song that I know is from a movie, but I can’t place it. Here’s the line: Moses supposes his toeses are roses. Help me out, people: is this from Singin’ In the Rain? Some other movie? What was the scene?
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4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
I still haven’t seen it, but Ms. Lauren gives it rave reviews. There’s an interview with the director, Cristian Mungiu, in the LA Weekly, and he makes a few comments I’d like to highlight. Mungiu says, It didn’t start from the idea of making a film about abortion. I hope that it speaks about this [...]
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Women win 50 percent of feature-length awards at Sundance
Image from The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo Great news from Women Make Movies: “Although only 25 percent of the films in the festival’s four feature-length Documentary and Dramatic competition categories were directed by women, they won 50 percent of the top prizes.” The full press release:
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Must-See
This has just jumped to the top of my movies-to-see list. In “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” a ferocious, unsentimental, often brilliantly directed film about a young woman who helps a friend secure an abortion, the camera doesn’t follow the action, it expresses consciousness itself. This consciousness — alert to the world and [...]
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Teen pregnancy will also restore your virginity and pay off your credit card debt
I still haven’t seen Juno, although I really want to. A whole lot of feminist bloggers have criticized its message, but Susie Bright’s take is my favorite so far. Head over there and read it. Anti-choice bloggers are calling these movies “gems” and saying that they reinforce a culture of life. I’m sure these films [...]
...read moreDamn Funny Women! (part 2)
I’m splitting my last post up into two sections, because it was too long, and the second half isn’t about the BBC’s horrible “science reporting” anyway. It’s about the related subject of whether women are allowed to be funny. So what is up with humor being characterized as inherently “aggressive?” Everyone seems to take this [...]
...read moreWhy strip? Because it’s good for your blog!
OK, I will probably go see Juno and I’ll probably like it. The title character is apparently one of the smartest, funniest, pluckiest female protagonists in a while: a 16-year-old who’s dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, initially goes to have an abortion, then ends up deciding to carry the pregnancy to term, with a nice [...]
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