Just when you thought Twilight had receded into the zeitgeists-of-popular-culture-past, a new short film contest called “The Storytellers— New Voices of The Twilight Saga” promises to bring the series, and its vibrant fan […]
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We Heart: Kristen Stewart for Calling Out Anti-Feminists
Kristen Stewart has grown a lot from her Twilight years: She’s no longer the meek Bella Swan waiting for a vampire in glittery armor to save her, but instead is […]
Lost in a Maze of Males
The Maze Runner, the new post-apocalyptic film based on James Dashner’s 2009 book, has a strong lead female and a diverse cast in terms of race (what a nice change from […]
Why Couldn’t “Divergent” Give Peace a Chance?
Divergent isn’t perfect. And I am not referring to the film’s dystopian world, wherein society has been split into six “factions”—the smart (erudite), the peaceful (amity), the truthful (candor), the […]
Feminist Face-Off: Beautiful Creatures vs. Twilight
It’s hard not to make the comparison: two supernatural teen romances, both adapted from Young Adult novels, both involving a Romeo and Juliet-like attraction between a human and a superhuman. […]
Warm Bodies: Romance Is So Dead
Warm Bodies: For once the woman has the brains in the movie. If only there were more of these type of lively ladies and less dead male romantic heroes.
Breaking Dawn Part 2: And They Lived Happily Twi-After
The Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn: Part 2 tries hard to be epic, and in ways it is. Not all of them good. On the plus side, it has a grander scope, […]
Fifty Shades of Mommy Porn
I’d never heard of Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James until my 65-year-old sister-in-law clued me in. Her book group in New Jersey is tackling the best-selling trilogy that […]
Breaking Dawn: Part 1—An Anti-Abortion Message in a Bruised-Apple Package
[SPOILER ALERT: This review reveals major events in Breaking Dawn.] As I sat watching the vampiric ode to white weddings that dominated the opening scenes of Breaking Dawn: Part 1, […]
Wed, Bed and Bruised–But Certainly Not Equal
As today is the 40th anniversary of Women’s Equality Day, it’s an appropriate moment to consider the continuing inequalities women face. As a scholar of popular culture who tracks the […]