February 15, 2012
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
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
September 23, 2010
Tuesday night’s season premiere of Glee may have been one of the most offensive hours of television I’ve watched in a long time. It seemed like every minute or two…Tuesday night’s season premiere of Glee may have been one of the most offensive hours of television I’ve watched in a long time. It seemed like [...]
Filed under: Television
Tags: Abilism, Glee, Homophobia, Racial Stereotypes, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Tropes
March 1, 2010
In the new SyFy show Caprica we are introduced to a queer character, Sam Adama. Here is the good and the bad of his queer representation. Check out other great… In the new SyFy show Caprica we are introduced to a queer character, Sam Adama. Here is the good and the bad of his queer [...]
Filed under: Television
Tags: Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Sexuality, SyFy, Tropes