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links of interest
I have some posts in the works, but I’m dealing with some stuff right now. Meanwhile, have some links. *I enjoy a trip down memory lane with Pajiba’s top 20 films of the year I graduated high school. My heart … Continue reading
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links of interest
*The Seattle Medium examines how missing white women get more media coverage than missing black women and how that affects victims. *Shakesville has a post analyzing commercials that inadvertently reinforce the myth of chronic pain being “fake.” *From Pandagon, a … Continue reading
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in which things annoy me
The New York Times‘ What’s the Skinny on the Heftier Stars? is so mind-bogglingly stupid that I wish I weren’t trying to eliminate the useful but offensive insult “retarded” from my vocabulary. Apparently, the fact that 50-year-old stars aren’t as … Continue reading
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links of interest
Sacred Apacow sums up perfectly my discomfort with my love for the bromance: “Somehow, we’re expected to swallow the misogyny in these films because they’re coated in a syrup of kinder, gentler masculinity. . . . [L]et’s not give movies … Continue reading
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in which I start to think about something to which I will doubtless return time and time again.
There’s been a lot of talk the last few days in the feminist blogosphere about Observe and Report, a film I’d been looking forward to (I usually like Seth Rogen’s films, if not always his performances, and I adore Anna … Continue reading
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