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“Remain Silent No Longer”: Rage Against the Polanski

Posted in Film, Rants, Television/Media, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 3, 2010 | 7 Comments »

I’ve written a lot about Roman Polanski since he was arrested – after 30+ years – for raping a 13-year-old girl back in the 70s. So now that he chose to speak out for the first time this weekend, it just seems right to “Rage Against the Polanski” once again. Because after all, “Polanski” has [...]

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Tina Fey: Victim of ‘Superior’ Feminism

Posted in Rants, Television/Media, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Writers: Do you ever get that feeling when you read something truly spectacular – whether it be a novel, a poem, or a commentary – and think, “Damn! I wish I wrote that…” Most likely you do, and I refer to this as “Writer’s Envy.” (Surely I am not the first to dub it this, [...]

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Jane Velez-Mitchell: ‘Wearing a Bikini on Spring Break is Asking for Rape.’

Posted in Rants, Television/Media, tagged , , , , , on March 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Listen. I didn’t ask for HLN to be on when I turned on my television after work today. And I didn’t want Jane Velez-Mitchell’s awful show, Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell, to be on either, mishandling the topic of rape. The “issue” at hand was the number of young women who have been raped in Daytona [...]

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Kathryn Bigelow: An End to the ‘Chick Flick’ Stereotype?

Posted in Film, tagged , , , , , , on February 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »

EDITOR’S NOTE: An updated post borrowing a little from my article at the end of last year, “The December Issue: Women in Film.” Last night, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the top honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards. She won Best Director of a Feature Film for her movie, The [...]

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Liz Lemon: Feminist Icon (Havin’ it All)

Posted in Television/Media, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2010 | 19 Comments »

I got to thinking about female television characters after reading Salon.com: Broadsheet’s commentary, “Carrie Bradshaw: Feminist Icon?” I recommend giving it a read whenever you get the chance, but basically: Writer Tracy Clark-Flory debates whether or not the character of Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City (played by Sarah Jessica Parker, of course) can [...]

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The December Issue: Women in Film

Posted in Film, Rants, tagged , , , on December 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This month, the New York Times seems to be rampant with features about women in film. It’s funny that it should seem that way, because in the past month, only two notable articles have been published on the subject. Two very lengthy, in-depth, and important articles, nonetheless. This all came to my attention when my [...]

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Commercials Upset Me This Week

Posted in Ads, tagged , , on December 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Admittedly, I watch too much cable television. However, I may have to cut back just because of the increasing amount of ridiculous material used for commercials lately. Is it just me, or is it getting worse? For instance, look at these Reebok commercials for their new Easy Tone sneakers (which are supposed to give your [...]

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