Entertainment
Why You Should Be Watching “My Mad Fat Diary”
April 23, 2014
Why You Should Be Watching “My Mad Fat Diary”
If you’re not watching “My Mad Fat Diary,” you should be. The show handles its difficult subjects with surprising delicacy…
Snickers: The Misogynistic Snack
April 18, 2014
Snickers: The Misogynistic Snack
Thanks to the newest Snickers advertisement, we can now include them in the myriad of companies who do not have…
K is for Kurt Cobain
April 17, 2014
K is for Kurt Cobain
As copies of Kurt Cobain's suicide letter pass through the generations, many tend to feel a sympathetic pull to the…
Kirsten Dunst Is A Kirsten “Don’t”
April 15, 2014
Kirsten Dunst Is A Kirsten “Don’t”
The May issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK has Kirsten Dunst on the cover, but her style probably isn’t what’s going…
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Review **Spoiler Alert**
April 8, 2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Review **Spoiler Alert**
Marvel is doing their fans a huge disservice by refusing to make movies about their female superheroes, especially when fans…
Fouseytube and Feminism
April 5, 2014
Fouseytube and Feminism
With all these subjects, the main point is missed. The point isn’t “Oops, I accidentally sexually objectified a man that…
Why You Should Care About Kim Kardashian’s Blackface Incident
March 6, 2014
Why You Should Care About Kim Kardashian’s Blackface Incident
The fact that this racist incident happened to Kim Kardashian and inadvertently Kanye West speaks to the fact that no…
Actually, You Should Be Offended
March 5, 2014
Actually, You Should Be Offended
“It’s just a TV show, it’s just for fun. Stop being offended by everything!” is a pretty common refrain. While…
You’re So Skinny! Gross.
February 27, 2014
You’re So Skinny! Gross.
Nevertheless there is a failure to acknowledge that criticizing a woman’s body for any reason—big, small, short, tall—is a form…
Gamer Girl Shaming
February 24, 2014
Gamer Girl Shaming
A title of “gamer girl” cannot escape categorization. Like our actions, hobbies have gendered constructions. Even the term “gamer girl”…