what she said: Melissa Silverstein at Women and Hollywood…
…about how Hollywood is flummoxed by Noomi Rapace, the original girl with the dragon tattoo…
hollywood hates women
tres cool: The Female Character Flowchart
mlawski at Overthinking It has created a wise and funny visual breakdown of how poorly women are treated by pop culture…
labor troubles on ‘The Hobbit’; Twitter effect doesn’t exist; terror nerds and outspoken bombshells; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
what she said: Emma Thompson…
…on what women in movies need to do to make their voices heard…
The Switch (review)
There are your everyday passive-aggressive Nice Guys. And then there’s Wally Mars, who deserves some sort of lifetime achievement medal for Most Passive-Aggressive Nice Guy Ever.
watch it: “The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time” (so NSFW)
Alison Nastasi at Cinematical, where I found this, says that Harry Hanrahan has here gathered “some of cinema’s funniest and most profane put-downs.” So, if these are the greatest insults in movie history — and perhaps they are; perhaps they are — it’s distressing to see how many of them are gendered. How is a … more…
deep thought (re ‘Despicable Me’)
None of Gru’s Minions are female because Gru’s archenemy Gargamel hasn’t yet gotten around to creating a Minionette to sow discontent in the land of Gru…
don’t blame Tom Cruise for ‘Knight and Day’; Hollywood still loves Comic Con; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (review)
The sparkly vampire guy and the shirtless werewolf guy, they’re still fighting over perfect, perfect Bella, whose perfection extends to a delicate and supposedly adorable feminine idiocy…
wtf: you too can be a Disney princess at your own wedding
Disney has a line of bridal crap. Someone please pinch me, because I must be dreaming. Every girl may spend her entire life fantasizing about her wedding day, but I’ve spend my entire life fantasizing about my cartoon wedding day. That will limit my choice of groom to, like Buzz Lightyear and the Iron Giant, … more…
