Tag: feminism
Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters Is a Quarantine Dream
From the frenetic, moody opening that is “I Want You to Love Me,” it’s clear that Fiona Apple is experiencing the same rat in a [Read More…]
The Gender Double Standard of Drinking in the 60s & Beyond
It was at the end of the 1960s that a staged protest by Betty Friedan and other feminist activists supporting the National Organization for Women [Read More…]
Americans Thinking They’re in Bona Fide Quarantine Presently Understand Why 50s Housewives Went Insane
In 2011, after three Cornell alumni of Long Island privilege used said privilege to nurture the success of a website called Betches Love This, which [Read More…]
Where Depraved Housewives are Concerned, Betty Draper Has Nothing On Hunter Conrad in Swallow
As far as The Bell Jar moments go in terms of applying to housewives forcing themselves to be resigned to watching any other potential they [Read More…]
Tied Together Sonically By Ariana Grande, “Don’t Call Me Angel” Builds Somewhat More Hostilely on the Themes Destiny’s Child Established With “Independent Women Pt. 1”
Another decade, another remake. Charlie’s Angels was doomed to be next, of course, and even famously lampooned film remakes via LL Cool J on a [Read More…]
The New Kimoji Pack, Or: Is the Increased Commodification of Feminism Wrong?
When it comes to even normal emojis, things can tend to get scandalous with innuendo-laden dissection (the dictionary finally ceded to those with any lingering [Read More…]
Suffocating/Drowning in Estrogen: The Love Witch
Pop culture has been rather attuned to certain gender-related events of late–chiefly, Hillary not getting elected. Anna Biller’s sixth film, The Love Witch (a triumph [Read More…]
J. Lo Takes Us on A Decade Safari of Used & Abused Women in “Ain’t Your Mama” Video
If you haven’t already become privy to the anti-Oedipal anthem, “Ain’t Your Mama,” it’s time to give Jennifer Lopez’s latest single a listen accompanied by [Read More…]
Sisters Helping Sisters Uses Humor To Highlight A Sad Truth: Don’t Nobody Wanna See More Than Two Women Onscreen At Once
A promotional video called Sisters Helping Sisters created in honor of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s upcoming film, Sisters, incorporates Poehler acolytes Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson [Read More…]
Lena Dunham & Her Constant Need to Make Everything A Feminist Issue
We all have our things. I guess mine is analyzing and condemning celebrity behavior. Lena Dunham’s is turning every minute element into a feminist cause. [Read More…]
