Pop Goes Feminism: POP GOES FEMINISM: Help Yourself to Some Pie! The Help’s...
I initially gulped down Kathryn’s Stockett’s The Help, the book, applauding its nascent feminist representation of women – both black and white – and their experiences in Jackson, Missippi in the Jim...
View ArticlePop Goes Feminism: POP GOES FEMINISM: Connecting the Dots: How Tiny Gendered...
I loved doing dot-to-dots as a child. There was something grand about linking all the tiny dots together to reveal a bigger picture. As an adult, I still love dot-to-dot, but now I attempt to link...
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Pop Goes Feminism: POP GOES FEMINISM: Will the non-psychopaths please stand...
In “Mad, Bad Romance” an article published in The Sydney Morning Herald, a large Australian paper, Christopher Scanlon explores the popularity of male characters that have the markers of “compensated...
View ArticlePop Goes Feminism: POP GOES FEMINISM: What a difference a strong Snow White...
Though two new shows in the fall line-up – Once Upon a Time and Grimm – both use fairy tales as the basis for their narratives, blending the ‘real world’ with the ‘fairy tale’ world, the similarities...
View ArticlePop Goes Feminism: POP GOES FEMINISM: What happened to the hunger in The...
While reading the Hunger Games trilogy, I relished Suzanne Collins loving descriptions of food, especially given they were accompanied by a wider critique of the politics of hunger. As I read, I shook...
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Book Smarts: Girl Revolution
It’s an interesting political moment for women and girls as we enter the countdown to the election. Outrage around the shooting of 11-year-old Malala Yousafzai is still going strong and I want to be...
View ArticlePop Goes Feminism: What? No Guns in the Future? After Earth Angers Action...
Walking out of movies, I often disagree with the sentiments of the crowd. As they enthuse “That was so awesome!” and “Great action scenes!,” I silently bemoan the lack of female characters, the...
View ArticlePop Goes Feminism: San Diego Comic-Con 2013: A Great Carnival Atmosphere...
I enjoy going to Comic-Con. The creative costumes and the variety of people in them, old and young, fat and thin, gender normative and gender queer, as well as the diversity of non-costumed attendees...
View ArticlePop Goes Feminism: The Feminist Pull of Gravity
*This review does not contain spoilers.* The recently released, Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, is visually stunning with amazing cinematography that gives audience members the sense of being out...
View ArticlePop Goes Feminism: A Gendered Read on Comic Con
Hey Girl w/Pen readers! Don’t miss Girl w/Pen’s Natalie Wilson great post, now up right over here.
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