A Mixed Bag: A Straight, White, Feminist Woman’s Take on “Bruno”

There will be spoilers for the movie Bruno in this post. Consider yourself warned.
Speaking of movies, interpretations, and feminist critiques, I finally saw Bruno last night. I do realize I’m a bit late on the subject (even though the movie was officially released in the US only a week ago), but I wanted to share [...]

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Guilt-tripping and the Art of Critique

I know: Just a couple days ago I said I couldn’t be bothered to blog. Well, that has changed, because I remembered something that bothers me  and that prevents a lot of people from listening to and considering feminist perspectives.
Let me illustrate this something with an anecdote.
Earlier this year, I went to see [...]

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Swing Vote: Racist, sexist, asshole tripe

Well, Kevin Costner’s done it again.  He’s made me want to vomit all over a movie screen.  If he’s good at anything — which is up for debate — he’s good at making me feel absolutely nauseated.
sirhC/Nigel and I went to go see Swing Vote on Saturday night — it was either that or The [...]

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Summer Reading – Links

AngryBlackBitch blinks at CNN’s coverage of the first white valedictorian at historically black Morehouse College.
Zombie Z has done had a little DIY Photoshopping done.
Indhu Subramaniam at UltraViolet makes the case for differential taxes.
Hoyden About Town have posted their FemmoStroppo Awards for 2007.
Nine Deuce at Rage Against the Man-chine has begun her latest series about the [...]

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Movie Review: Superbad, 2007

Superbad, 2007
Directed by Greg Mottola
Written by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
Produced by Judd Apatow
Cast:
Jonah Hill … Seth
Michael Cera … Evan
Christopher Mintz-Plasse … Fogell
Bill Hader … Officer Slater
Seth Rogen … Officer Michaels
Martha MacIsaac … Becca
Emma Stone … Jules
Aviva … Nicola
This movie begins with 20 minutes of unadulterated misogyny.  Literally, the two main high school characters’ exchange flows seamlessly from a misogynistic conversation about [...]

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