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The Danish Girl movie review: sometimes it’s hard to be a woman

Wed, Jan 13, 2016
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Safe, conventional, and not particularly sympathetic to women, cis or trans. Mistakes the external signifiers of femininity with actually being a woman.

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87th Academy Awards: the Oscar nominees (and winners) for 2015

Mon, Feb 23, 2015
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Now with winners indicated.

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Where Are the Women? The Theory of Everything

Sun, Feb 22, 2015
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Man does science-ing, discovers secrets of the universe. Woman does selfless wife-ing. As usual. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Jupiter Ascending movie review: princess drearies

Thu, Feb 05, 2015
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Sees no need to engage metaphor or dispense with cliché, so when you haven’t seen it before, you can’t believe what you’re seeing. And not in a good way.

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