Sad Men in Texas Host All-Male Screening as a Joke, and We’re Laughing…But Not For the Reasons They Think
I sometimes have to wonder if people who fight so hard trying to derail already marginalized communities would instead focus their considerable energy into something more productive, if we wouldn't have a cure for cancer by now.
Read MoreThe Media Keeps Asking Why Cameron Diaz “Waited” to Get Married Until Her 40’s
There's been a recent flood of stories that breathlessly cover actress Cameron Diaz's decision to get married when she was (shock! awe! gasp!) all of 41 years of age. Get ready to clutch your pearls.
Read MoreJoss Whedon and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Script: A Wonder Woman Story
One of the great pop culture white whales of recent years has been Joss Whedon's mysterious Wonder Woman script. As audiences begged for the iconic superheroine to hit the big screen, and Whedon's take was rejected, that rejected script became a symbol of Everything That's Wrong with Hollywood. It became a symbol of an All Boys' Club trying to keep superhero movies For Men Only. Turns out? That script was just bad. And also hella sexist.
Read MoreUber Board Member Made a Sexist Joke During a Meeting to Discuss Problems With Sexism
How many sexists does it take to run Uber? A lot, apparently.
Do we need to point out the unpleasant irony that Bonderman, a man, interrupted Huffington, a woman, to talk about how women are always talking out of turn? I wouldn’t think so, and yet here we are.
Read MoreMaryland City Ordinance Proves That Society Is Still A-Scared of Boobies For Some Reason
The world doesn't need to be "protected" from the sight of women's breasts. It needs to be protected from sexual violence and gender discrimination. Let's keep our priorities in order, shall we?
Read MoreIce Cube Appears on Real Time to School Bill Maher on the N-Word
Bill Maher is problematic. So is Ice Cube. But in this case, it took the latter to remind the former that you shouldn't feel "too familiar" with oppressed groups. Certainly not "familiar" enough to feel comfortable dropping a racial slur.
Read MoreWonder Woman, Doctor Poison, and Solidarity In the Face of Patriarchy
One of the things that fascinated me most about Wonder Woman was the use of DC villain, Doctor Poison, known in the film as Doctor Isabel Maru. How she is handled, and her subsequent fate tell us a lot about what Diana learns about humanity and the importance of mercy. However, can how Diana chose to deal with Doctor Maru teach us something about solidarity in the face of oppression? **SPOILERS, YO.**
Read MoreJ.K. Rowling Calls Out Liberal Sexism in Epic Twitter Thread
J.K. Rowling is not having your liberal, sexist bullshit, thank you very much.
Read MoreChoosing Boys’ Delicate Sensibilities Over Girls’ Education: The Never-Ending War on Bra Straps & School Dress Codes
Summer weather's heating up, which means we can be sure of one thing: That high school girls everywhere are having some bullsh*t encounters over their school's dress code. There are a lot of things I don't miss about middle and high school, but trying to wear a dang tank top in peace in not one of them.
Read MoreAttendee Shames Mostly-Male Science Panel For Mansplaining to Female Theoretical Physicist
First, let's look at the image above of a panel on "Pondering the Imponderables: The Biggest Questions of Cosmology" which was held at the World Science Festival at John Jay College in New York City this weekend. On this seven-person panel, only one is a woman, the literal odd person out. One gets the feeling they had a six-person panel, realized there were no women, then rushed to find one. This is the scientific community, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Read MoreThe Steve Trevor Factor: Wonder Woman Gives Us a Template for What Gender Equality Can Look Like
As female-led as this film was, and as important as the variations on femininity it portrayed were to it, the thing that firmly locked its message in place was Steve Trevor. **SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM**
Read MoreI Went to Alamo Drafthouse’s All-Women Wonder Woman Screening and No One Died
With the intense hostility and aggression being directed towards the all-women screenings of Wonder Woman in Alamo Drafthouses around the United States, you'd think the stakes of such a gathering were life-threatening. However, when I went to Alamo Drafthouse's Brooklyn location at 3 P.M. on Sunday, imagine my surprise: there was no manpocalypse.
Read MoreBirthright: A War Story Doc Offers Chilling Glimpse of the Real-Life Handmaid’s Tale We’re Living
There's a reason why watching Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale feels so eerily relevant. It's because we're currently living in a country in which what's depicted on that show or in that novel isn't too far off from what's actually happening in real life. Right now.
Read MoreArgentinian Women Show Their “Fuerza Artística” Through Intense Protest of Femicide
The women of Latin America are on fire right now with their activism and protest as they fight not only for their rights, but for their very lives. In Argentina, a feminist arts collective demanded that the lives of women be taken seriously. **Warning: Nudity, and if you speak Spanish, there are some harsh statistics about violence against women.**
Read More“The Monster Gaze” Video Essay Shows Horror Fans What Sexist Perverts Monsters Actually Are
Yes, even The Count on Sesame Street.
We know about the male gaze in film and TV, but what about the "monster gaze." You may have noticed that, generally, monster movies always feature a young, nubile female character for the monster to ogle. Sometimes she's a lead character, but often times she's some nameless woman who screams while she runs and jiggles. Or alternately, she's made to stand under the monster's glare.
Read MoreAustin’s Mayor Viciously Shuts Down a Wonder Woman-Hating MRA Troll
Boy, bye.
Ever since the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin announced its plans for a women-only screening of Wonder Woman, a small male subset of the internet seems to be competing for Worst Reaction. The city's mayor responded to one of these men, and it's perfection.
Read MorePeople‘s Jennifer Garner Cover Story Not Only BS, But Sexist and Ageist as Hell
Sometimes, I forget that People is a tabloid dressed in a Real Magazine costume. Thankfully, I have things like this bullshit Jennifer Garner cover story to remind me.
Read MoreColin Trevorrow Suspects He Might Be Naïve Re: the Subject of Female Directors. He’s Right.
A fan reached out to Colin Trevorrow on Twitter to ask a very important question regarding female directors, which you can see after the jump.
Read MoreCan We Just Let Priyanka Chopra and Her Legs Live?
In news that isn't surprising but incredibly frustrating, actress Priyanka Chopra was called disrespectful and indecent for her attire when meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Read More“Pro-Feminist” Artist Criticizes “Fearless Girl” By Placing Statue of a Dog Peeing On Her Leg Beside Her, Because Feminism
You know what I love? When people (usually men) insist that they're feminists, only to have their actions prove exactly the opposite. The "Fearless Girl" statue in the Wall Street area of New York City is at the center of some controversy again. This time, she's getting peed on.
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