I think most of us would agree there is no place on this planet that is utopian in the sense of being a perfect society (utopia literally means “no place”). […]
Author: Natalie Wilson
The Feminist Pull of “Gravity”
*This review contains no spoilers.* The recently released, Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, is visually stunning. Its amazing cinematography gives audience members the sense of being out there in space, […]
Dystopian “Elysium” Offers Utopian Feminism
Finally! There’s a big-budget, highly attended, intelligent summer movie with good acting, strong female roles, a cast comprised of many people of color, timely and astute political analysis and fully […]
Comic-Con’s Carnival Atmosphere Sadly Punctuated by “Slutty Victim” Feel
I enjoy going to Comic-Con. The creative costumes and the variety of people in them, old and young, fat and thin, gender normative and gender queer, as well as the […]
“World War Z” More Feminist-Friendly Than the Book
Max Brook’s massively successful book World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War ultimately suggests the only way to survive the zombie apocalypse is by all-out war. His […]
Man of Steel: Wonderful Women, Super Masculinity
Amy Adams is amazing as Lois Lane in Man of Steel. Her version of Lois is fearless, witty and wise. Diane Lane and Ayelet Zurer as the respective mothers of […]
Iron Man 3: The Series Drones On
In this third foray of the man in the Iron Suit with a weak heart but a strong libido, female characters fare a bit better than they did in the […]
Top of the Lake: A Non-Watered-Down Depiction of Rape Culture
Water has a complicated history in feminist thought. Women have been sometimes positively, sometimes negatively equated with water, with fluidity, with that which is not solid or tangible or rational […]
The Host: Less Anti-Feminist than Twilight, but Hardly a Sisterhood Manifesta
I readily admit I did not read The Host. I couldn’t face it after immersing myself in all things Twilight while researching my book Seduced by Twilight. I started it, […]
“Oz the Great and Powerful” Rekindles the Notion That Women Are Wicked
Dorothy Gale—the girl who went to Oz—has been called the first true feminist hero in American children’s literature. Indeed, she was condemned by many readers, including children’s librarians, for daring […]