Amy Poehler
Yes on Knope
“She’s the kind of person who believes that, no matter how much power you have, you can make a difference, you can contribute, you can change things. Her kind of blind spot is how slow and hard it is. How slow change it happens.” – Amy Poehler on Leslie Knope
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Amy Poehler's New Film "They Came Together" Is Over-the-Top Stupid in the Best Possible Way
If NYC single life actually resembled every bad rom-com ever, I’d be telling you about my ultimate meet-cute right now: me, a feminist media critic alone at the Brooklyn Academy of Music to review a movie for Bitch, him a handsome, witty stranger reading Naomi Klein’s Shock... Read more »
Only Five of Fall's 21 New Network TV Comedies Focus Primarily on Female Stars
Anna Faris (left) and Rebel Wilson star in two of network TV’s five new female-focused comedies coming up this fall.
What are you doing with your summer? Catching up with friends? Starting a fun, new creative project? Just kicking back and relaxing?
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Suburban Teen Girls Draft a List of their Favorite Feminist Celebrities
I’m a feminist and a high school English teacher in the south suburbs of Chicago. Last year, one of the students in my class was inspired to start a group for girls at our school and approached me about sponsoring it. Of course I agreed! A few weeks ago, we tackled the topic of positive... Read more »
Bechdel Test Canon: Spring Breakdown
Monday's inaugural entry focused on a Palme d'Or winner. Thus it seems only appropriate to switch gears today and discuss a movie that was shelved for three years before it went straight to DVD in 2009.
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Smart Girls at the Party Season 2 is here!
Time to let out a collective “yesssss,” because season 2 of the amazing online show Smart Girls at the Party is here!
Find more videos like this on Smart Girls at the Party
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Douchebag Decree: Smart Girls Gone Wild?
Smart Girls at the Party fans, prepare for a disappointment of the douche kind. In order to increase viewers for their second season, the SGATP team (whose first season focused on young girls kicking major ass – check it out... Read more »
Poehler Goes Wild in "Wild Girls Gone"
It’s just about time for Spring Break, and you know what that means don’t you? Well, for some of you it might mean a trip down to Señor Tadpole’s to have a margarita made in your mouth, but if you’re a pop culture lovin’... Read more »
A Big Feminist Yep to Leslie Knope
The general consensus at the end of Parks and Recreation last season was that the show was a sometimes funny, sometimes not, could be better Office knockoff (which was itself a knockoff). Well, times have changed.
It’s a new season for... Read more »
30 Rock and Liz Lemon and Feminism - Oh Blurg!
From her television appearance as a phone sex operator to her penchant for night cheese, 30 Rock’s Liz Lemon has provided a lot of laughs this season. Since the season finale of 30 Rock airs tonight on NBC, this seems like as good of a time as any to... Read more »
