If you spend any amount of time in either feminist or gamer circles online, chances are you know about Anita Sarkeesian. If not, you should absolutely check out her web series Feminist Frequency, because what she lacks in delivery (seriously, Anita, I love you, but learn to inflect) she makes up for in detailed research and thought-provoking… Continue reading Reversing the Damsel in Distress Trope
Month: February 2014
Oscar Shorts 2014: Animated
Last week I told you what I thought of the live action Oscar nominated shorts for the upcoming Oscars, which means this week we get to talk about the much more light-hearted animated shorts. I don't know what it is about animation that makes people opt for happier stories, but pretty much every year the… Continue reading Oscar Shorts 2014: Animated
Barbie, Sports Illustrated, & Incoherent Rage
I now interrupt your regularly scheduled posts to bring you some feminist rage. Regular post will still go up on Monday. Being a person who believes that women are complex and intelligent human beings deserving of respect (read: a feminist) sometimes means having your entire day ruined by a headline. Today is one of those… Continue reading Barbie, Sports Illustrated, & Incoherent Rage
Oscar Shorts 2014: Live Action
For those of you new within the past year to this blog, one of my personal traditions is to watch & review the Oscar-nominated short films each year (2012, 2013). There's a local theater in Seattle (the Harvard Exit, now--it use to be at the Varsity) that plays both the animated and live-action shorts before… Continue reading Oscar Shorts 2014: Live Action
Drunk Movie Monday – Crybaby
Like many girls my age, I went through a period immediately after the release of Pirates of the Caribbean in which I was absolutely obsessed with Johnny Depp. My mother had a similar interest, and so we set out on a quest to watch every movie he had ever filmed, including the deeply questionable ones (there… Continue reading Drunk Movie Monday – Crybaby
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