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Tales From The Crip: Maysoon Zayid: Arab Gone Wild
“For those of you who don’t know me, I’m not wasted, but the doctor who delivered me was.” So begins the standup comedy set from Maysoon Zayid: disabled comic, actor, humanitarian, and “Arab Gone Wild.”
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Backlot Bitch: In Defense of "Wreck-It Ralph"
There are movies you see once and you never want to see again. Other movies require multiple viewings in order to pick up on the subtext and subtitles. And then there are the enjoyable enough movies to leave on the TV over and over again just because they’re fun. Wreck-It Ralph... Read more »
Daddy Issues: My Two Dads And The Policing of Young Women
I used to love My Two Dads. To recap, or in case you (shocked face) never saw it: the show was about two single, straight Manhattan bachelors who were given joint custody of 12-year old Nicole after her mom/their joint ex-girlfriend died. Living with just one mom, I was fascinated by... Read more »
Lady Liquor: Teri Fahrendorf and the Pink Boots Society
Last week I had the pleasure of talking with Teri Fahrendorf, who started the Pink Boots Society in 2007 after a road trip to check out breweries all over the country. Again and again, she said, she encountered women who worked in craft breweries who had never before met another female brewer, let... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Jean Rhys
In 1966, when Jean Rhys was 76 years old, her novel Wide Sargasso Sea was published. The novel, a prequel to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, is told from the perspective of the Caribbean Creole “... Read more »
On Our Radar: Election Day, Masculinity, and Margaret Cho
Phew, we can all relax a little now that Election Day is over. GOBAMA!! In case you missed out on your internet browsing during the fury of all that was November 6th, here’s a round-up on what we’ve been reading:
Sure, there’s always room for more progress, but let... Read more »
Backlot Bitch: The Trouble with James Bond and Skyfall
This tepid installation of the longest-running movie franchise in history still peddles woman’s bodies as disposable, continues the tradition of white-valued imperialism, and features a mark of homophobia. Shocked? You shouldn’t be.
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Daddy Issues: Man And Baby,
I’m reliably informed that the poster (right) grandly named L’Enfant but more commonly known as Man and Baby wasn’t a phenom in the United States like it was in the U.K. Here, it... Read more »
Lady Liquor: Boozing It Up in the Animal Kingdom
That many nonhuman animals seem to have a taste for alcohol is often used as support for the claim that the desire for intoxication is universal, though some stories—like those about elephants getting drunk on fermented marula fruit—have been disputed by scientists, who note elephants actually eat... Read more »
Daddy Issues: Three Men, A Baby, And A Surprisingly Progressive Plot
Three Men and a Baby isn’t the first pop cultural example of a male primary caregiver, but it is arguably the most iconic and definitely one of the most successful. Released in 1987, it was the first Walt Disney Studios production to gross over $100 million domestically, taking $... Read more »
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