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In Classic Western Films, Cowboys Wander While Women Stay at Home
The classic image of a cowboy is a wandering man. Symbolically, the American Cowboy has come to represent large, abstract values: freedom, honesty, bravery. In these stories, cowboys meander and conquer the open range alone with their trusty steeds.
But how do women fit into these pervasive stories... Read more »
Spy Show The Americans Takes on Real-Life Military Issue: Rape.
The Americans, a new FX Network spy show developed by ex-CIA agent Joe Weisberg and... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Good morning! Here’s the list of feminist news we’re reading this Tuesday.
• Over 700 people have signed our letter demanding five changes at the Oscars. You in?
• In case you need a reminder... Read more »
Screw the Rest of the Oscars, Jennifer Lawrence is the Best
Last night’s Oscars ceremony was a hostile shitshow. Which is too bad, because if the night wasn’t marred by sexist jokes, all the headlines today should have been about the fabulous Jennifer Lawrence.
She... Read more »
Four Reasons Gay Culture Loves Shows About Straight Older Women
On a chilled-out weeknight in a chilled-out gay bar, you wouldn’t be surprised to see clips of Designing Women or The Golden Girls playing on the big-screen TVs. That seems intuitive, right? Gay culture has long embraced these shows, to the point that seeing Rose and Blanche... Read more »
A Brief History of America's Obsession With Epic Slavery Films
Scarlett O’Hara and her mammy in Gone with the Wind.
With their Oscar wins last night, Django Unchained and Lincoln have taken their places in the top-tier pantheon of Hollywood’s... Read more »
Girls, Girls, Girls: Recap of Episode 7 “Video Games”
Throughout this season, the characters of Girls have been trying on different lives and personas. They try to be different people and better people, eventually defaulting back to the familiar and the easy.
In night’s episode, “Video Games”, a minor character says she... Read more »
Best and Worst Moments from the 2013 Oscars: Seth MacFarlane, Domestic Violence is an Awful Punchline!
Last night was the Academy Awards, which means my Facebook feed was awash in comments from high school acquaintances along the lines of, “WTF was up with Kristen Stewart!?!? She was totally frowning ... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Good morning! Hopefully you’re recovering from spending four long hours watching the Oscars last night. Gah! Here’s your list of feminist news for today.
• The White Male Vote: The NYTimes put together this... Read more »
Your 2013 Academy Awards Reading List!
This Sunday is the Academy Awards which, while increasingly tedious and irrelevant, still has a major impact on the kinds of movies that we’re able to see in theaters. Let’s at least hope no one... Read more »
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