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A Feminist Guide to Horror Movies, Part 9: Be Careful What You Wish For
Originally published by Ms. Magazine on October 30, 2015 Apparently the spirits of Halloween can be quick to respond this time of year, because no sooner did I wish for a Gothic horror-based film that enables its young heroine to save herself and even her family without the help of men, whether dead or alive, than I found…
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A Feminist Guide to Horror Movies, Part 8: Beware of Crimson Peak
Originally published by Ms. Magazine on October 28, 2015 Author’s Note: If the thing that scares you most is disagreement among feminists, you might not want to read this post—fellow feminist film buff Natalie Wilson gave this movie a glowing review on the Ms. Blog last week. Surely a well-cast hex or two will bring…
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A Feminist Guide to Horror Movies, Part 7: New Beginnings
Originally published by Ms. Magazine on October 27, 2015 Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the Internet around Halloween without being confronted with those pesky feminist analyses of every goth girl, riot grrrl and geek girl’s favorite genre—horror—SHE’S BACK with that darn Feminist Guide to Horror Movies. And this time,…
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Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare Saratoga Shakespeare Company, 2015 photos by Madison Caan costumes by Joan Lawson
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American Medea
written and directed by Holly L. Derr Skidmore College, Fall 2014 sets by Garret Wilson lighting by Jared Klein costumes by Patricia Pawliczak
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Advantageous: Feminist Science Fiction at Its Best
This article was originally published by Ms. Magazine on July 8, 2015. A sighting of that rare bird called feminist science fiction is truly a thing to celebrate. It does exist, sometimes by accident (see Alien), and sometimes on purpose (see almost anything by Octavia Butler). With Advantageous, a film written by Jacqueline Kim and Jennifer Phang,…
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Beyond the Aristocratic Theater
(This post was part of the blog salon curated by Jacqueline E. Lawton for the 2015 TCG National Conference: Game Change, originally published in June, 2015. The following questions informed the final plenary session, “Artistic Leadership: How We Change the Game.”) JACQUELINE LAWTON: What was the most game-changing production you’ve seen or created, and why? HOLLY L. DERR: The…
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ An Octoroon
Originally published by HowlRound on March 26, 2015 Dion Boucicault’s The Octoroon, first presented in New York in 1859, bears more than a striking resemblance to its better-known stage sister, George Aiken’s adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which premiered in 1852. Both plays, in their attempts to create sympathy for slaves while also…
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Oh, THAT Play
This is hilarious: Oh, THAT Play. via Oh, THAT Play.
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