May 28, 2013
TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains a handful of graphic scenes involving violence against women. Parents should preview the video first before sharing with young children. VIDEO DESCRIPTION This is the… TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains a handful of graphic scenes involving violence against women. Parents should preview the video first before sharing with young children. [...]
Filed under: Video Games
Tags: Damsel in Distress, Tropes vs Women, Tropes vs Women in Video Games
March 7, 2013
This video explores how the Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered cliché in the history of gaming and why the trope has been core to the… This video explores how the Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered cliché in the history of gaming and why the [...]
Filed under: Video Games
Tags: Damsel in Distress, Tropes vs Women, Tropes vs Women in Video Games
December 5, 2012
I was excited to participate in this year’s TEDxWomen in Washington, DC, an annual event organized by the Paley Center for Media. I presented a 10 minute talk about… I was excited to participate in this year’s TEDxWomen in Washington, DC, an annual event organized by the Paley Center for Media. I presented [...]
Filed under: Harassment
Tags: cyber mobs, online harassment, Tropes vs Women, Tropes vs Women in Video Games
September 23, 2011
This is the last of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV… This is the last of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women [...]
Filed under: Television
Tags: Cannibal Women from the Avocado Jungle of Death, Commander in Chief, Disney, Family Guy, Legally Blonde, Married with Children, Mary Poppins, Rugrats, Rush Limbaugh, Straw Feminist, The Ice Princess, The Powerpuff Girls, Tropes, Tropes vs Women, Veronica Mars, Y The Last Man
July 28, 2011
This is the fifth of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV… This is the fifth of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women [...]
Filed under: Television
Tags: Angel, Battlestar Galactica, Cordelia Chase, Dana Scully, Deanna Troi, Doctor Who, Gwen Cooper, Lost, Planned Parenthood, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Sarah Connor Chronicles, science fiction, Speculative Fiction, Star Trek, Starbuck, Torchwood, Tropes, Tropes vs Women, X-Files
May 19, 2011
This is the fourth of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV… This is the fourth of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women [...]
Filed under: Movies
Tags: Batman, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sexuality, Species, Tropes, Tropes vs Women, Vampires
April 21, 2011
This is the third of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV… This is the third of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women [...]
Filed under: Movies
Tags: Bechdel Test, Daily Show, Hollywood, Inception, Jim Hensen, Jon Stewart, Katha Pollitt, Smurfette Principle, Smurfs, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Muppets, Tokenism, Transformers, Tropes, Tropes vs Women, Winnie the Pooh
April 7, 2011
This is the second of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV… This is the second of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women [...]
Filed under: Comics
Tags: Batman, Big Barda, Captain America, Comics, Dead Men Defrosting, Green Goblin, Green Lantern, Gwen Stacy, Heroes, Lost, Nick Fury, Spiderman, Splinter Cell, Stephanie Brown, Superheroes, Superman, The Flash, The Hulk, Tropes, Tropes vs Women, Violence Against Women, Women in Refrigerators
March 24, 2011
This is the first of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women in Hollywood films and TV… This is the first of a six part series created for Bitch Magazine. Tropes vs. Women explores the reoccurring stories, themes and representations of women [...]
Filed under: Movies
Tags: (500) Days of Summer, Almost Famous, Autumn in New York, Charlize Theron, Elisha Cuthbert, Elizabethtown, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Hollywood, Joe Versus the Volcano, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kate Hudson, Kirsten Dunst, Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Meg Ryan, Movies, My Sassy Girl, Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson, Sweet November, the Last Kiss, Tropes, Tropes vs Women, TV Tropes, Winona Ryder, Zach Braff, Zooey Deschanel