Entertainment
How ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Flips the Script on Common TV Tropes
March 14, 2019
How ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Flips the Script on Common TV Tropes
Image source: YouTube. CC BY-NC 2.0. Upon hearing the name of the CW show, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” that premiered in 2015, I…
Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Be Ignored
March 10, 2019
Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Be Ignored
Girls in film are either sexual or superpowered. Can’t we make room for them to just be girls?
Captain Marvel is a Female Cowboy on a Mission to Obliterate Patriarchal Exploitation
March 9, 2019
Captain Marvel is a Female Cowboy on a Mission to Obliterate Patriarchal Exploitation
I’ll be clear: the bottom line of this article is you need to see “Captain Marvel.” Your daughter needs to…
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and James Gunn: Stop Writing Sexist Scripts
March 6, 2019
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and James Gunn: Stop Writing Sexist Scripts
There are endless amounts of ways to make people laugh without alienating or disparaging a group of people.
Liberating Hollywood: The Celebration of the Early Entrepreneurs of Modern Female Cinema
February 26, 2019
Liberating Hollywood: The Celebration of the Early Entrepreneurs of Modern Female Cinema
“Liberating Hollywood” is a series hosted by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American…
P.S. Biracial Representation Matters Too
February 16, 2019
P.S. Biracial Representation Matters Too
Though Lara Jean’s biracial identity plays a minor role in the overall plot of the story, it plays a major…
My Movie Valentine: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
February 12, 2019
My Movie Valentine: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
At the kickoff of yet another year of high-budget studio films, I find myself celebrating the anniversary of “A Wrinkle…
A More Ethical Audience: On Bryan Singer’s Sexual Assault Allegations
February 4, 2019
A More Ethical Audience: On Bryan Singer’s Sexual Assault Allegations
The question that begs to be asked in the case of Singer and “Bohemian Rhapsody” is one that has been…
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Proves There Are No Barriers to Becoming a Hero
January 12, 2019
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Proves There Are No Barriers to Becoming a Hero
The vast majority of Spider-Man coverage presents Peter Parker as the only Spider-Man, despite the huge quantity of different manifestations…
Not Another Queer Movie: The New Normal of Queer Trauma in Films
December 29, 2018
Not Another Queer Movie: The New Normal of Queer Trauma in Films
The combination of queer people and comedy must seem foreign to straight people who think queer people only suffer in…