Category: Film/TV
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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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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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Hollywood, Misogyny, and the Jagweed of Isla Vista
I’m staring at a blank screen, trying to figure out how to write about the thing I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. I won’t say his name: I won’t give him that. I won’t read his manifesto: I won’t give him that. I won’t watch his video: I won’t give him that. The […]
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5 Things I’m Going to Miss About How I Met Your Mother
5. Slap bets, Slapsgiving, and all the other ways we get to see the sexist and manipulative Barney get the shit kicked out of him. 4. The complex narrative structure at the heart of the show: Stories within stories, jokes that continue to pay off season after season, and a complete disruption of the idea […]
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So You Have a Theater Degree
Originally posted at Ms. in the Biz Got your B or MFA from a theater program? Congratulations! Looking at 30 years of consolidated loan payments even as you get further and further away from the training you’re still paying for? Take heart! Your training matters, even in Hollywood. Just ask Winona Ryder, Felicity Huffman, Alison […]
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Women’s Bodies in Oscar Nominated Films
Originally posted at Ms. Magazine Jake Flanagin at Pacific Standard and Victoria Dawson Hoff at Elle recently floated an interesting idea: The Oscars should be entirely segregated by gender. Their proposal would create categories such as Best Female Director and Best Female Writer in addition to the already segregated acting awards. Though this would lead […]
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7 Ways Stars Can Challenge Hollywood This Award Season
Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett, and Meryl Streep have already given the proverbial finger to Hollywood’s sexism this award season. Here are a few ways other stars can follow in their footsteps. As a fitting end to a year during which one Hollywood star after another proclaimed her devotion to feminism (see here, here, here, and […]
Holly L. Derr 