Where Are the Women? The Last Witch Hunter
The only significant female character is nothing but a helpmeet and romantic reward for the male protagonist.
The Last Witch Hunter movie review: burn it at the stake
If this were Law & Order: Black Magic, which it almost seems like it wants to be, it’d be a helluva lot more interesting than it is.
Where Are the Women? Goosebumps
Women as nothing but emotional support and romantic rewards for men is a tedious, tired, insulting trope. This movie takes it to a deplorable new low.
Goosebumps movie review: stick with the books (LFF 2015)
More theme-park attraction than movie, and paradoxically distastefully self-congratulatory about the Goosebumps phenomenon and insulting toward its author.
Paris photo: graffiti fashion
Graffiti artist and fashion artists at work on the same street in Belleville.
Doctor Who blogging: “The Girl Who Died”
Ah, so that’s my problem with the show lately: it’s a bit too Monty Python.
Paris photo: through the cathedral window
The rose windows aren’t the only interesting windows in Notre Dame.
Where Are the Women? Steve Jobs
The female characters here support the journey of the male protagonist, but they are not especially supportive: they are too challenging of him for that.
Steve Jobs movie review: insanely great (LFF 2015)
You’ve never seen such a compelling, entertaining movie about a genius jerk. As smart and as sleek as a Macbook Pro, and a compulsory bit of modern history.
Paris photos: Statues of Liberty
I guess the French really hated to see her go to New York…
