Tropes vs. Women: #1

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Tropes vs. Women is a six-part video series by Feminist Frequency that explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV shows. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a cute, bubbly, young (usually white) woman who has recently entered the life of our brooding hero ( Read more... )

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So, I'm applying to jobs/internships right now and this occurred to me ( Read more... )

iphone art by jorge colombo.
I find this really beautiful and unique for some reason, likely because it evokes what's best about good photography, without actually being a photograph. It's also impressionist yet modern, which is a neat combination.

Links regarding gender studies, which I collect way too many of:
• Why Strong Female Characters ( Read more... )

Meet an incredibly enthusiastic 7 year old feminist. It's pretty impressive- I think she has a better understanding of feminism than 90% of adults- she grasps the concept that things have improved here in the US, but not necessarily in other areas! Someone please get her to tell Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh et al the concept the the world doesn't ( Read more... )

So, it seriously took a second or two for me to parse this picture. It's the whole concave/convex way of viewing things. In any case, cool picture.

You know how, once you finally feel like you know a place, and you've got the hang of things, and then you have to leave, and you are all saddened by this despite other reasons you shouldn't be? Yeah, that's kind of how I feel right now. Inexplicably, perhaps, for other reasons, but meh.

In other news, this is hilarious: We got that Broll!!

Yep, that's the place to be here in suburban virginia, but don't get me wrong I love it very much. Free Wi-Fi that is faster than the one at Panera (my previous source of internet), and better yet, megavideo loads! This means I can catch up on more tv shows (I just started Torchwood) given that finding a reliable place to download episodes for most ( Read more... )

From the ever-addicting tvtropes:
Somewhere in byzantine tax codes (Toy Biz v. United States), dolls representing humans end up getting taxed heavier than toys not representing people (such as dollhouse tables or kitty cats or whatever). To capitalize on this during the release of the X-Men movie, attorneys for Marvel successfully argued that ( Read more... )

Behold: Twilight Edward Body Shimmer !
Taking the worst part of the movie/book and marketing something out of it? No big surprise there! Of course the real worst thing about this product is that people buy it and it apparently sold out at one point.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL wow.
Making fun of Twi-heads: it never gets old.