I’m sure by now you’ve all heard of the most recent addition to the category of unsettling television programs: Toddlers in Tiaras. The show airs on TLC (but I guarantee the previews alone will make you uncomfortable, if not trigger your gag reflex). Anyway, after months of passive aggressively shaking my head at the show, […]
Read More What’s Wrong with Toddlers in TiarasSo, hopefully you watched that video. I wanted readers to view the video first, think, and then proceed with an analysis. A relatively new form of Caribbean, Dancehall dancing has come to life. A dance which includes highly sexualized, excessive pulsations, aggressive, and occasionally, violent forms of dancing. Dance positions generally but not exclusively, include […]
Read More Grinding, Daggering, StimulatingTo kick off my blogging for the semester, I’d like to start with a lighthearted topic. There are endless criticisms to be made from a feminist’s standpoint, but today I have nothing but praise for Tina Fey’s autobiographical novel, Bossypants. The author blends together what I believe to be the most beautiful combination since chocolate […]
Read More Tina Fey’s BossypantsMy mom always told me “Em, if you ever and I mean EVER beg a man for a date like the women on those trashy TV shows do, I will kill you.” And while I always knew that my mother would never harm a hair on my head, she meant business. But ever since The […]
Read More Millionaire Matchmaker: Respect for Women Mismatched?Hey there! So just a quick hit: I wanted to link you all to a feminist playlist I collaborated on with the lovely JMUFeminist. Just in case you’re looking for new music this summer, or you’re sick of Taylor Swift and you want some actually feminist music in your life, or you’re bored and you […]
Read More Quick Hit: Some Awesome Feminist MusicOh, but haven’t you heard? Yesterday was Thursday and tomorrow is Saturday… and after that is Sunday! Thank you, 13-year-old Rebecca Black, for keeping us in the loop… I first saw this video Tuesday night at the prompting of my roommate. At first, I laughed off how mundane the lyrics are (“Kickin’ in the front […]
Read More It’s FRIDAY!Last week in my queer lit class we watched a film released in 1961 called The Children’s Hour, featuring Audrey Hepburn, James Garner and Shirley MacLaine, all looking like this: Now, why am I talking about an old black-and-white film? Well, the premise of the film is that two teachers (Hepburn and MacLaine) start a […]
Read More Oh, Audrey Hepburn. You will always have my heart.You may have heard or read that CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan has recently arrived in Washington, DC to be treated after being sexually assaulted and beaten by a mob in Egypt. The question I would like to pose is if women should report news in situations where mobs have broken out? In areas […]
Read More Should Women Report in Confliciting Areas?“Think Before You Speak” the Advertising Council’s first LGBT awareness campaign is working to prevent the use of the phrase “that’s so gay.” The campaign has enlisted celebrity singer Hilary Duff and comedian Wanda Sykes to call teens out for using the phrase in two of the commercials. After each video, the campaign displays their […]
Read More Quick Hit: “Think Before You Speak” Ad Counsil CommercialsRecently, TBS and E! have been playing re-runs of the popular HBO series Sex and the City. I’ve been watching the show in syndication on and off since high school, but lately I’ve become more aware of the show’s anti-feminist tendencies. While many critics of the show claim that it gives a glimpse into the […]
Read More Sex and the City: Friend or Foe?
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