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hollywood hates women

a feminist film critic defends the Onion’s Quvenzhané Wallis tweet

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
493 comments

Yeah, I’m going there.

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Escape from Planet Earth (trailer)

Thu, Feb 07, 2013
3 comments

Aliens. They’re aliens. They’re blue. They could have had no gender at all. And they’re still male. *grrrrr*

| 3 Comments

only men do SF/F adventuring, of course (and other adventures in social networking)

Mon, Jan 28, 2013
16 comments

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Olympus Has Fallen (trailer)

Mon, Jan 28, 2013
8 comments

It’s Die Hard in the White House. Without, apparently, the humor.

| 8 Comments

Bullet to the Head (trailer)

Tue, Jan 22, 2013
5 comments

Wow. They’re still making movies like this? In 2013?

| 5 Comments

question of the day: How can we update archetypal stories and characters (such as Sherlock Holmes) to be more gender equitable?

Thu, Jan 17, 2013
28 comments

Are there cases where it wouldn’t make the most sense to leave an entire story intact and simply change the protagonist’s gender? Would a better updating be retelling classic stories from the perspective of female characters who would have been on the periphery?

| 28 Comments

the audacity of Lena Dunham (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Jan 16, 2013
14 comments

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| 14 Comments

once again, The Onion has the pulse of the nation (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Dec 14, 2012
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question of the day: Why do you think three female Rebel pilots were cut from Return of the Jedi?

Thu, Dec 13, 2012
38 comments

And are you as angry about this as I am?

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bow before the sci-fi nativity (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Dec 08, 2012
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