pop culture
-
La Intellectuelle: Manic Pixie Dream Girl
La Intellectuelle is a feminist pop culture nerd looking for smart things in dumb places. Today she begins a series…
Read More » -
Bless You, Clarissa Darling
I, like many children of the 1990s, was thrilled upon learning that Nickelodeon, starting in late July, would be rerunning…
Read More » -
Footloose: The Feminist Review
Have you ever watched a movie meant for kids and wondered how on earth it got a PG-13 rating? This…
Read More » -
Tom Haverford Appreciation
I love Tom Haverford, the nasally-voiced government employee on “Parks and Recreation” whose R&B-esque musical outbursts and slang-laden vocabulary are…
Read More » -
All Women Are Like That: Sexism in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte”
It is never surprising to find instances of gender inequality and problematic constructions of women in pop culture. However, I…
Read More » -
Uncategorized
Vh1’s Tough Love: The Single Woman as Hopeless Pariah
Vh1, the infamous home of reality television, is perhaps my least favorite television channel for many reasons. The channel airs…
Read More » -
Uncategorized
Andy Samberg: My Dream Feminist Boyfriend
Every week, blogger and columnist Sahar Shiralian explores a different aspect of popular culture through a feminist lens. Men everywhere,…
Read More » -
Uncategorized
Millionaire Matchmaker’s Patti Stanger: Friend or Foe?
Every week, blogger and columnist Sahar Shiralian explores a different aspect of popular culture through a feminist lens. Patti Stanger,…
Read More » -
Uncategorized
Keeping it Klassy with the Kardashians
Every week, blogger and columnist Sahar Shiralian explores a different aspect of popular culture through a feminist lens. Summer 2011…
Read More » -
Uncategorized
Reconciling Sex, Reality and Romance in Summer Rom-Coms
As a moony adolescent, romantic comedies were the bread and butter of my over romanticized, daydream-filled existence. I lusted after…
Read More »