Walk of Shame movie review: Slut Shaming, The Motion Picture
If you don’t think it’s hilarious that a woman dressed for a night out would “naturally” be mistaken for a prostitute, there is nothing here for you.
hollywood hates women
the Force is with white men, and hardly anyone else [update]
Star Wars is stuck “a long time ago”: in a 1950s mindset that was already outmoded when the first film was released in 1977.
movies that pass the Bechdel Test make more money than movies that don’t
If Hollywood were truly all about money, Hollywood would know this already.
Frozen now biggest animated movie ever; Hollywood execs to declare “Golly, people sure do like ice!”
The success of this flick is likely due to global warming. People are nostalgic for cold and snow, you see…
girls just wanna be superheroes
No one daydreams about standing on the sidelines watching someone else have all the fun. We want to do things ourselves!
here is why unrealistic depictions of women in the media matter
There are good reasons why just ignoring it or turning off the TV and not buying the magazine isn’t enough.
thing I’m pissed off about today: token-girl movie posters (and movies)
For an excellent illustration of how The Smurfette Principle guides filmmaking, one need only look at the posters used to sell movies.
smacking sexist Broken Circle Breakdown marketing
C’mon, people. This stuff… it’s not that difficult to not be jerks about it.
New York Times critic AO Scott is all boo-hoo waaaa grrl power
Do you imagine that anyone — any single person — will accuse Scott of dragging feminism into everything?
what if women treated men the way men treat women?
And what if women filmmakers treated male subjects — even the ones they’re sympathetic to — the way male filmmakers treat female subjects?
