Culture
Lady Liquor: Race, Femininity, and Moral Panics In History
In my last post, I wrote about (relatively) recent moral panics and the way they fixate on the foolish, experimental or wholly fabricated hedonism of teenagers or young adults. For this post, let’s take a brief look at some of the notable, intoxication-related moral panics of the past.
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When Women Run the Show
Though there’s been a lot of talk of girl power on TV, there’s not nearly enough gender parity behind the scenes of the small screen.
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The Ugly Truth Behind the Beauty Premium
If we, like Betty Suarez and Peggy Olson, possess talent and ambition but not fashion-model looks, is there hope for us in image-conscious workplaces?
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Ms. Opinionated: All the Advice You Asked For, and Some You Didn't
Welcome to the latest installment of Ms. Opinionated, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist values—as well as advice on what to do when they don’... Read more »
Waiting Tables and Waiting for a Big Break
Offscreen, service jobs are not just a trope. They are a fraught solution to economic problems that heavily impact young, college-educated, indebted women.
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Beyond the Silo
Of all the sexism-related problems we have in games, the low visibility of the women working in games steadily feeds into all of them them. And it starts with coverage.
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Daddy Issues: What's It All About?
Over the last two months, I’ve written more than 20,000 words (!) about male primary caregivers in popular culture. I hope I’ve illustrated that while the rise in non-stereotypical portrayals of men is in some ways a step forward, it... Read more »
Lady Liquor: Drugs, Alcohol, Moral Panics, and Children as Property
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
It turns out! Women drink too! Sometimes they even drink faster or more than men, according to a charmingly colloquially written science... Read more »
Where Are Her Clothes?
Art tells us a lot about game worlds—and art largely tells us that these game worlds contain highly sexualized women present for the heterosexual consumption of men.
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Daddy Issues: But What About The Moms?
While I ended my last post by snarkily suggesting that pop culture’s fascination with fathers might give way to an interest in motherhood, the truth is a lot of messages about moms are already encoded in... Read more »
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