My friends and I are into cultural criticism, so we like discussing the political and social implications of the copious amounts of media we consume. I've found though, that the value of feminist art tends to shine through better outside (posted to Comic books)
There are women who can handle themselves physically, especially in screen media. Princess Leia did kill Jabba the Hut and Buffy might have superpowers, but Willow didn't in the beginning. What about Sarah Connor in Terminator 2? (Especially because her (posted to Comic books)
As a former volunteer at Planned Parenthood and a documenter of the protests and attacks by anti-choicers, I feel that "choice" is the optimum word. The point is that no one has the right to mess with your body except (posted to Why Pro-Choice?)
The sequel was based on historical fact in that Pocahontas visited England with her husband John Rolfe, one of the English pioneers of agricultural science, and way less obnoxious than Smith (who liked to write about native princesses falling in (posted to Apparently You Can Get a Man With a Gun)
I am so disappointed by Whoopi Goldberg's role in this. What a great example of rhetoric in art. Bravo Mr. Trillin! (posted to A poem for Hollywood's Polanski supporters)
i love the sentiment of this poem, but i must object to one little thing in this post (yes, i know, i'm a pain in the ass).... can we not say things like "now THIS is art!" when it's something (posted to A poem for Hollywood's Polanski supporters)
They just despise the gutter morality that tells us big famous artistes shouldn't rape peasant children. We can't be expected to understand them. Theirs is a high and lonely destiny. (posted to A poem for Hollywood's Polanski supporters)
I took that as a sort of humorous, hyperbolous expression of approval, a la "now THAT'S a burger!" Of course it's a burger. It's a ground-beef patty on a roll. Definition of burger. But someone really likes it, so makes (posted to A poem for Hollywood's Polanski supporters)
