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Bechdel Test Canon Double Feature: Water Lilies and Show Me Love
Water Lilies and Show Me Love celebrate and trouble girl love.
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Adventures in Feministory: Vi Subversa
Vi Subversa took late ’70s British punk idealism and held it up to its own values. She challenged the seas of angry, violent young men that crowded British clubs and opened punk up for personal expression. With her band the... Read more »
The 99%: "But look how far we
Yet, what Downton Abbey also offers for the modern viewer is the idea that, today, class differences have been overcome. The stark separation between the lives of the family and the staff illustrate a segregation that is no longer overt in today’s society. Few people have... Read more »
Pomp and Quirkumstance: Portlandia Season Two Airs Tonight, Air Your Thoughts
I have a complicated relationship with Portlandia. To start, I was born in Portland and I still live here, and I want everyone in the world to know that it’s a great city with more to offer than coffee and bearded white... Read more »
Project Runway All Stars: Mondo, Mondo, Mondo!
Project Runway All Stars premiered last night, and though a few familiar faces were missing (wherefore art thou, Nina Garcia?) there was plenty to talk about. Let’s get to it!
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On Our Radar
We’ve got blogs bursting at the seams!
Soraya Chemaly’s responds to the Iowa caucuses with a piece on the incredible inequality for women in US politics.
s.e. smith looks at the ridiculous... Read more »
Bechdel Test Canon: I Like It Like That
Darnell Martin’s I Like It Like That may push the boundaries of the Bechdel Test, but its insights into black Latina motherhood, sisterhood, and professional identity are fascinating, rare, and in need of recognition.
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Double Rainbow: Erasure and Asexuality
The result of prevailing cultural attitudes is that autistic people are perceived as inherently non-sexual. Not as asexual—the mainstream paradigm erases the experiences of asexual autists right along with those of other queer people on the spectrum.
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Douchebag Decree: Sarah "Human Barbie" Burge, Mother and Plastic Surgery Voucher-Giver
What do you get the seven-year-old girl who has everything? Well, if you’re Sarah Burge, self-proclaimed “Human Barbie,” and the girl in question is your... Read more »
Double Rainbow: On Lisbeth Salander
When I first conceived the idea for this blog, I knew that I had to write a post about Lisbeth Salander. For the most part, any discussion of queer autistic sexuality in fiction must focus on lack, on the absence of representations, but Stieg Larsson’s lurid... Read more »
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