Set those DVRs, because Miss Representation airs tonight on OWN at 9/8 central! The film, which explores the representations of women in the media and politics, is a must-watch for anyone who consumes media or cares about women (read: everyone). Check out the extended trailer for a sneak peek:
Miss Representation 8 min. Trailer 8/23/11 from Miss Representation on Vimeo.
Yesterday, Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain clashed with Piers Morgan about whether or not people are born gay. Here’s the video:
The important thing to know is that Cain sets out saying that “homosexuality is a sin” because of his “Biblical beliefs,” but Morgan quickly steers the conversation into “born this way” territory, outraged that Cain won’...
The journalist is employing the old trope of queer sex as spectacle, the idea that queer people’s sexual lives are open for endless speculation, rumination, ridicule, and evaluation by the larger heterosexual population. This is the trade off of burgeoning queer acceptance. You get straight friends that love and respect you, but who don’t understand that there are days when the...
Babies on TV serve as props for their parent’s character development. On reality TV, babies are dreams come true and cute fashion accessories (for celebrity moms) or evidence of bad behavior (teen moms). On Dexter, toddler Harrison exists solely as a plot device to anchor daddy Dexter to the non-sociopathic world, and on Up All Night, baby Amy helps her hard-...
So, Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle, songwriter and poet laureate of the existentially anguished, identifies as a feminist and has even said that his feminist ideals conflict with his Catholic faith. When I first heard this, I was quite surprised. Why? Well, listen to one reason, a song called “Bad Priestess” (lyrics).
Something is happening over at Bravo. Previously, its reality TV programming was all about rich, gaudy, ambitious, tanned, shit-talking, table-throwing, materialistic socialites. Now, these same people have babies.
Call me old-fashioned, but I think most of the best voices in the world come out of folk singers. Maybe that’s just because you can actually HEAR the singing, instead of the beats or the effects (which both have their places in my heart, don’t get me wrong). Over the last year I’ve immersed myself in the Pacific Northwest’s stellar Celtic folk music scene, and...
