Tag: patriarchy
Change Your Gender, (Maybe) Change Your Life: Emilia Pérez
If some story aspects of Emilia Pérez seem familiar, it’s because writer-director Jacques Audiard was inspired by a particular chapter in Boris Razon’s 2018 novel, [Read More…]
The Three Instances of Monoculture in 2023 Were Helmed By White Women: Taylor, Barbie and Britney
As the halfway mark of 2024 occurs, further reflection on where society was this time last year can’t help but come to mind (and, for [Read More…]
Blow Up the Patriarchy, Or: The Barbenheimer Experience
Perhaps what they don’t warn you about with regard to “the Barbenheimer experience” is just how jarring it actually is. Certainly, that’s the entire “point” [Read More…]
When Beyoncé Said, “Who Run the World? Girls,” This Isn’t What She Had In Mind… But It Was More of a “Symbolic” Statement Anyway
While a “pretty thought” to express, the assumption made by most (realists) when Beyoncé said, “Who run the world? Girls” back in 2011 was that [Read More…]
The Correlative Qualities of The Sandman’s “Dream of a Thousand Cats” and “Calliope” With Regard to Enslavement by a Self-Appointed Oppressor
Having worked as a staff writer on a number of other episodes from The Sandman’s first season, Catherine Smyth-McMullen has taken the helm for a [Read More…]
Kesha’s Timely Revival of “Rich, White, Straight Men” For An Eerie Lil’ Puppet Show in Music Video Form
Of course, it’s always been very dubious just how “straight” a straight man in the upper echelons of society really is. For his preference for [Read More…]
“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” Presents a Woman’s Persistent “At War” Nature of Wanting to Be Taken Seriously Versus Wanting to Fuck Around
Because women’s “liberation,” as a rule, is really not all that “old” or “time-honored,” the gender, unlike the male one, has had to deal with [Read More…]
Patriarchy Is… Bill Cosby Being Released the Same Day Britney Spears Is Denied Some Form of Freedom
As Olivia Rodrigo recently said in song form, “It’s always one step forward and three steps back.” That statement never seemed to be more apropos [Read More…]
Should White Males Actually Be Afraid of a Female Uprising?
A latent phobia on the part of white men has seemed to be bubbling to the surface in recent months. The sudden need to apologize [Read More…]
