If you're confused, it's because you've wandered into the middle of my series about the movie Easy A! Click for Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, or Part V. Last time, we talked about Olive's relationship to other women and how her reputation made her too dangerous for them to associate with, and… Continue reading Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part VI: Anson and the Boys
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Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part V: Mrs. Griffith
Hello! You've found Part V of my entirely overlong series on the film Easy A. Click for Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV. Yesterday, I touched on Olive's best friend, Rhiannon, and the way that sex-negative thinking can pit girls against one another and create rifts between friends. Today, I am going to… Continue reading Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part V: Mrs. Griffith
Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part IV: Rhiannon
This is Part IV of my ongoing series about slut-shaming in the movie Easy A. Click for Part I, Part II, or Part III. Welcome back! Yes, we're still talking about Easy A. Yesterday I talked about Brandon, and how slut-shaming affects the homosexual community, and why that's stupid. Today, though, we're back on women, because Easy A is… Continue reading Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part IV: Rhiannon
Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part III: Brandon
This is Part III of my series on the film Easy A. Click for Part I and Part II. Yesterday, we talked about Marianne as a representation of the role religious dogma and excessive concern about the opinions of others plays in slut-shaming, and how that way of thinking creates a communication barrier between accusers and… Continue reading Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part III: Brandon
Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part II: Marianne
Welcome back to another installment of Morgan-cares-way-too-much-about-movies: Easy A edition! For those of you just tuning in now, be sure to start with my post from last week about the film's protagonist, Olive Penderghast. Today, we're moving on to the character who is, arguably, the film's antagonist: Marianne Bryant, played by Amanda Bynes. Marianne's defining… Continue reading Easy A: A Study in Slut-Shaming, Part II: Marianne
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