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New Film "Belle" Skillfully Merges Historical Drama with Race, Class, and Sexism
I grew up seeing certain images in fairy tales. These images depicted a European, Victorian world that I wasn’t a part of and didn’t come from: bouncy dresses, British aristocracy, long robes, sharp accents, castles, virtue, and power. We were taught to revere these images, to associate royalty... Read more »
When Poor Women "Opt Out"
Photo: The New York Times piece on the “opt-out generation” focused on the lives of upper-crust ladies.
If there’s one thing the wives and husbands profiled in The New York Times magazine’s ... Read more »
Reading "Tankborn"— A YA Book About Race, Class, and Caste
In Karen Sander’s dystopian young adult book Tankborn, the world is a stringent caste system where race and origins determine all status. Tankborn was a... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: I Want Out Of My Small Town!
Welcome to the latest installment of Ms. Opinionated, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Here’s the latest of what we’re reading up on.
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Q&A with an Editor of Race and Class in Academia Anthology Presumed Incompetent
In my last post, I explained my love for the new anthology Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia. Using... Read more »
Daddy Issues: Keeping it (Upper Middle) Classy
With its over the top premise and mining of dementia for “comedy”, I could never get into Raising Hope, but there’s one thing I do appreciate about the sitcom: it’s one of very few successful shows to... Read more »
Fertile Ground: Food Banks, Nutrition, and the Romney Delusion
Though it may seem like old news now, Ann Romney’s positioning by the GOP as the epitome of womanly motherhood is important here. It is no secret that the Romney family is out-of-this-world wealthy. Ann Romney’s stayed-at-home child-rearing therefore brings up many issues, including... Read more »
The 99%: Thoughts from the 1%
One of my close friends pointed out when I began to write this series that I wouldn’t have the opportunity to explore a freelance writing career if I weren’t able to take risks with my own earnings. And she’s completely right. Bitch is wonderful, but as an independent... 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 »
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