Category Archives: Popular (and unpopular) culture

Ten movies (or more) I’ve seen ten (or more) times

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Ampersand

David Neiwert created this meme on Facebook, and it seemed like a good way to waste time to me. :-) 1. City Of Lost Children (1995) 2. Duck Soup (1933) 3. Passion Fish (1992, an obscure gem) 4. Mulan (1998) … Continue reading →

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What’s Sexist About The Faces In Disney’s Frozen

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Ampersand

Animation student Gianna has blogged an excellent essay critiquing the identical faces of the protagonist sisters in Disney’s Frozen. Disney has already proven that that they can easily design female characters who don’t have the Exact Same Face. Then they … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 46 Comments

If Only More Oppressed People Were White Cis Ex-Models In Their Twenties

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Ampersand

Watching the trailer for “Divergent,” I just can’t help but imagine a bunch of Hollywood types sitting around a conference table and complaining that “Civil rights struggle stories are cool. If only they were about gorgeous thin straight white people, … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Ampersand

I don’t know who created this animation, but it’s lovely. I keep finding myself focusing on the nose shape morphing. So: The 50th anniversary special. What did you think?

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Race and Sex on American Network TV, and in the Real-Life US

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Ampersand

Alyssa Rosenberg counted up the race and sex of the main characters on scripted prime-time network TV. I thought it would be interesting to present Alyssa’s count side-by-side with the US’s demographics.

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Just Saw “Rear Window” For The First Time

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Ampersand

Just saw “Rear Window” for the first time. What a stunning, amazing movie! Actually – hard as this is to believe – as of a few days ago I had never seen any of Hitchcock’s movies. Now I’ve seen “A … Continue reading →

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Stand-Up Comedy, Rape Jokes, and the Word “Faggot”

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Ampersand

The New York Times quotes Sarah Silverman: “I need more rape jokes,” she shouted nasally before letting her fans in on what she called a comedy secret, that such jokes are actually not so “edgy” after all. “Who’s going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 7 Comments

Star Trek: Into Darkness. It’s a White Man’s Universe, Spock.

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Ampersand

I’m seeing a lot about the sexism in Star Trek, Into Darkness. Mostly about the gratuitous scene of Carol Marcus stripping. And I agree, that was annoying and sexist and just plain cheesy and really badly written, to boot. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 42 Comments

Over a hundred thousand sign petition against Disney’s Merida Makeover

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Ampersand

To celebrate Merida of the Pixar film Brave “officially” joining the Disney Princess line, Disney released some new illustrations of her. In the new illustrations, Merida is even thinner than her already-thin movie version (as Alyssa put it, “what appears … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 25 Comments

I’m still not buying it. The Imperials wouldn’t just lie to us.

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Ampersand

Regarding the title, “Luke’s Change,” remember that there’s a well-known truther documentary named “Loose Change.” Also, the title of this post isn’t mine, it’s a YouTube comment, read via Andrew Sullivan.

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