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How genuine is the Susan G. Komen backtracking and apology? Here are a few... Read more »
Double Rainbow: Tony Attwood tells us to "make lemonade."
Well, he tells non-autistic people to make lemonade, specifically. Guess who the “lemons” are in this metaphor.
Popular fiction both shapes and reflects cultural attitudes. In a previous post, I picked... Read more »
Bechdel Test Canon: Pumzi
In a recent interview with Samantha Burton for Bitch, Kenyan writer-director Wanuri Kahiu recalled a lovely endorsement she received from a film festival attendant in Zanzibar. Speaking of her 2009 short Pumzi, he said:“If you ask... Read more »
Pop Pedestal: Two Fat Ladies
Clarissa and Jennifer could be seen making impressive meals on the go for their Two Fat Ladies cooking show on the BBC in the late ’90s, and you can currently catch them (in reruns) on the Cooking Channel.
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Douchebag Decree: Jan Brewer
“Finger wagging” doesn’t really sum up the tense moment on the tarmac: Brewer is using her white privilege to mask her anger, in an attempt to assert power over Obama. The little power play at the Phoenix Airport speaks to the age-old stereotype of black men being seen as a threat to white... Read more »
The 99%: The (Class) Difference Between
Harry and Katniss are very different heroes because they live in very different worlds. But if I had to guess whether most people felt their world more closely resembled the private boarding school with clear-cut lines between good and evil, or the dystopic district with frustrated and... Read more »
10 Quotes From "Girl Land," Made Palatable by Cat Photos
I have combined choice Girl Land quotes with cat photos here to both illustrate the ridiculousness that is this book and to keep you from having to read it yourself. Plus, everything—even rage-inducing Flanaganisms—is easier to handle when accompanied by a cat photo.
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Bechdel Test Canon: High Art
In Lisa Cholodenko’s High Art, Ally Sheedy and Radha Mitchell demonstrate that making love with your muse is part of the creative... Read more »
Double Rainbow: Autism vs. Asperger Syndrome
There has been disagreement among researchers and diagnosticians about whether the two diagnostic labels really represent distinct conditions since Asperger syndrome first became its own recognized and “official” diagnostic category. There are multiple sets of diagnostic criteria for Asperger... Read more »
The 99%: The (Class) Difference Between
In Harry Potter, then, social class is a way of telling us something about the characters more than the actual lived reality or a source of conflict that it becomes in The Hunger Games. This is because in the wizarding world, power doesn’t come just come from... Read more »
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