Nickelodeon’s “The Legend of Korra” Makes Light of Abusive Women, and That’s...
[Spoiler Alert: This post discusses some minor plot details of The Legend of Korra, season 2, particularly of relationship dynamics and statuses] Friends, I have a confession: I am a nerd. One of my...
View ArticleDisney Finally Steps Past 90s Feminism with ‘Frozen’
Warning: This post contains spoilers to Disney’s Frozen. What was once so subversive has now become a bit passé. After producing generations of passive princesses in need of saving, Disney tried to...
View ArticleHow Disney Nearly Ruined ‘Frozen’
Disney’s newest movie musical Frozen has been hitting high notes ever since its release over Thanksgiving. Just last weekend, it accomplished the rare feat of re-emerging as #1 in the weekend box...
View ArticleBeyond Leaning In: Sandberg Must Realize That Not ‘All Women’ are White
by Judith Ayers and Barbara Sostaita Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, has been heralded by many as a “feminist manifesto” that accurately addresses the issues facing modern women at home and in the...
View ArticleSomeone Has to Say It: ‘Girls’ is Millennial Hipster Schlock
So, Girls. Internet opinion-makers have been parsing this show since it debuted in 2012. It’s feminist, it’s revolutionary, it’s the voice of this generation. Also: It kinda sucks. This post contains...
View ArticleThe Charm of Totalitarianism in Miyazaki’s ‘The Wind Rises’
Warning: This post contains spoilers. A young Japanese boy scurries across the roof of his home to greet his most prized possession: A gorgeous aircraft with wings like birds’ and smooth, gentle...
View ArticleThe Veronica Mars Movie Creates Possibly the Best Feminist Hero Ever
This weekend, the Veronica Mars movie premiered, bringing the saga of the most famous Kickstarter-funded movie to a close. The film has been met with nearly universal praise yet has only raked in a...
View ArticleGodzilla and the Insignificance of Man
Caution: This review contains spoilers. I felt guilty about enjoying the new Godzilla movie. Despite terrible development foisted on its minority characters, Godzilla makes a poignant point about the...
View ArticleNo, Inquiring About A Possible Biological Basis for Race is not “Scientific...
Ideology disguised as science is bad, bad, bad. That is the chorus-line of the most incisive critics (here, here, and here…there are many others) of Nicholas Wade’s latest publication, A Troublesome...
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Is Taylor Swift’s New Video Racist?
This week, Taylor “I single-handedly brought back red lipstick” Swift released a new single this week, “Shake it Off,” which she accompanied with a video. The song is off of Swift’s first pop album,...
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