Where Are the Women? Dawn Patrol
A proudly sexist movie in which slut-shaming and policing a woman’s sexual agency is inherent to the plot, and not in a way that condemns those attitudes. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Year: 2015
Dawn Patrol movie review: total wipeout
A repulsive and disgustingly manipulative roundrobin of revenge that veers from softcore porn to an emotionally ignorant parody of a family drama.
London photos: inside Fitzroy Square
It’s normally closed to the public, but the public got a peek this past weekend.
why I am done with fantasy that abuses women in the name of “realism”
I am looking at you, Game of Thrones. (But not you alone.)
London photo: country cab
I wonder if this actually entices Londoners to visit Nashville…
Where Are the Women? London Road
In a portrait of a community impacted by a terrible crime, girls and women have as much of a presence as they do in reality. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
London Road movie review: the real world’s a stage
No one has done a musical like this before, keeping an uneasy beat to craft a dark replica of scared community spirit in the wake of a shocking crime.
London photo: the view from Muswell Hill
Absolutely gorgeous.
Where Are the Women? Jurassic World
The female coprotagonist is a Jurassic World administrator of some sort and ostensibly an authority figure, but she is constantly undermined by men. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Jurassic World movie review: lack of humility before blockbusters
I am the prime demographic for this movie, and I found it only sort of inoffensively blah. Chris Pratt: He’s no Jeff Goldblum.
