Hollywood’s War on Women
May 15, 2012 by Natalie Wilson · 14 Comments
While Hollywood’s marginalization of women may not yet have reached the scale of the Republican Party’s, a study released today reveals that the top-grossing films of 2011 were far from ...Read More
The Hunger Games, Hollywood and Fighting Fuck Toys
April 6, 2012 by Caroline Heldman · 9 Comments
The Hunger Games should serve as a wake-up call to Hollywood that women action-hero movies can be successful if the protagonist is portrayed as a complex subject–instead of a hyper-sexualized fighting ...Read More
A Whitewashed Hunger Games
April 3, 2012 by Natalie Wilson · 31 Comments
Do I think Jennifer Lawrence is a phenomenal actress? Yes. Do I delight in her astute, feminist commentary? Yes. Do I love the fact she rejects the Hollywood pressure to be toothpick-thin and proudly ...Read More
Eating Up the Hunger Games, Romance and All
March 23, 2012 by Natalie Wilson · 12 Comments
Given Hollywood’s fondness for saturating films with romantic storylines–especially female-driven films–I feared what the cinematic version of Suzanne Collin’s novel The Hunger ...Read More
Senegal’s Feminist Hip-Hop Star
January 13, 2012 by Christie Thompson · 1 Comment
Sarabah, the stirring documentary directed by Maria Luisa Gambale and Gloria Bremer, will premier this Sunday, Jan. 15, on Link TV. Click here for showtimes and channel information. Sarabah is ...Read More
Lesbian Films: Alien No More
January 10, 2012 by Joan Lipkin · 1 Comment
What a banner few weeks it has been for lesbian-themed films gaining general release: Albert Nobbs by Roderigo Garcia, Pariah by Dee Rees and Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same by Madeleine ...Read More
David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Comes to Life
December 26, 2011 by Catherine A. Traywick · 22 Comments
I dreaded seeing David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In particular, I dreaded sitting through another graphic rape scene like the one in Swedish director Niels Arden Oplev‘s ...Read More
End of the World, Or End of Patriarchy?
December 16, 2011 by Janell Hobson · 2 Comments
From Independence Day to Armageddon to 2012 to Legion, movies have certainly mastered the art of fetishizing the end of the world in glorious special-effects fashion. However, 2011 marks a turning ...Read More
“Young Adult” Breaks All the Rules for Women in Film
December 12, 2011 by Danielle Roderick · 5 Comments
I love seeing disgusting women on the big screen. Every time we have an incorrect, impolite or flat-out mean woman as a protagonist, the angelic female figure of our cultural imagination loses her ...Read More
14 Questions To Ask in Choosing a Movie For Your Kids
November 29, 2011 by Margot Magowan · 5 Comments
Some of the most sexist programming in America is delivered to our kids through G and PG rated movies: yes, those movies specifically recommended by the MPAA as appropriate for children. The problem ...Read More
