It’s been a few years since I’ve checked in with The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies so I thought it would be a good time to look in on… It’s been a few years since I’ve checked in with The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies so I thought it would be a good [...]

Filed under: Movies
Tags: Academy Awards, Allison Bechdel, Bechdel Test, Bechdel Test for People of Color, Dykes to Watch Out For, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Films, Gender, Hollywood, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Money Ball, Movies, Oscars, Reverse Bechdel Test, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, Tree of Life, Tropes, True Grit

Watch Part 1: LEGO Friends In part 1 of my two part LEGO and Gender series, I explored how LEGO went terribly wrong with LEGO Friends and provided a brief… Watch Part 1: LEGO Friends In part 1 of my two part LEGO and Gender series, I explored how LEGO went terribly wrong with LEGO [...]

Filed under: Advertising
Tags: Advertising, Gender, Girls, LEGO, LEGO Friends, Marketing, Toys

Watch Part 2: The LEGO Boys’ Club LEGO announced that after 4 years of intensive research, they have finally come up with a LEGO product that fulfills the desires of… Watch Part 2: The LEGO Boys’ Club LEGO announced that after 4 years of intensive research, they have finally come up with a LEGO product [...]

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Tags: Advertising, Gender, Gendered Stereotypes, LEGO, LEGO Friends, Toys

Created for Bitch Magazine’s Mad World Virtual Symposium I recently watched afternoon cartoons on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network and I was shocked to find a flood of highly gendered toy… Created for Bitch Magazine’s Mad World Virtual Symposium I recently watched afternoon cartoons on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network and I was shocked to find a [...]

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Tags: Advertising, Barbie, Cartoon Network, Commercials, Gender, Iron Man, Nerf, Nickelodeon, Reel Grrls, Sexism, Socialization, Toys, Youth

I organized “Remixing Popular Culture: Subverting Gender and Sexuality with Remix Video” at California State University, Northridge in March 2010 to explore how remix video can subvert gender and sexuality….I organized “Remixing Popular Culture: Subverting Gender and Sexuality with Remix Video” at California State University, Northridge in March 2010 to explore how remix video can [...]

Filed under: Event
Tags: Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Gender, Political Remix Video, Remix, Sexuality, Vidding

I have recently published a lecture series featured on Critical Commons.  This collection of video clips and commentaries analyze the gender politics of TV shows ranging from Roseanne, to Gossip…I have recently published a lecture series featured on Critical Commons.  This collection of video clips and commentaries analyze the gender politics of TV shows ranging [...]

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Tags: Critical Commons, Fair Use, Fringe, Gender, Glee, Gossip Girl, Patriarchy, Roseanne, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Terminator, Veronica Mars

I have been busy organizing this great event coming up in March at California State University, Northridge.  If you live in or are visiting the Los Angeles area you should…I have been busy organizing this great event coming up in March at California State University, Northridge.  If you live in or are visiting the Los [...]

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Tags: Gender, Remix, Sexuality, Vidding

Veronica Mars has got to be one of my favourite shows of all time.  No seriously, it’s funny, witty, smart, progressive.  Women are technologically savvy, the privilege of white rich… Veronica Mars has got to be one of my favourite shows of all time.  No seriously, it’s funny, witty, smart, progressive.  Women are technologically savvy, [...]

Filed under: Television
Tags: Buffy, Classism, Gender, Joss Whedon, Racism, Veronica Mars, Violence