Feminist-ish

Feminist-ish: The “Cool” Asian Hair Streak Trope

Knives Chau has a choppy bob haircut with a blue streak. She has a purple outline against a turquoise background. Bold black text says “Episode 3 The Asian Hair Streak"
by Marina Watanabe
December 2, 2021 at 12:49pm
In its most egregious examples, the “cool” Asian hair streak trope is used to camouflage underwritten characters who lack personality. 
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Feminist-ish: The “Little Miss Badass” Trope

by Marina Watanabe
November 18, 2021 at 9:00am
The trope itself is powerful because audiences also often perceive young women as vulnerable and nonthreatening, and the reveal that a character is secretly a Little Miss Badass subverts their own expectations of the narrative. Read more »
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon is smiling with an embarrassed expression against a yellow background. Black letters with orange accents say “Episode 1 The Straw Feminist”

Feminist-ish : The Straw Feminist Trope

by Marina Watanabe
November 11, 2021 at 12:07pm
Welcome to Feminist-ish: a video series deconstructing the feminist-adjacent tropes that we love to hate. Read more »