Helen Mirren has been in the biz for more than 40 years; she’s won an Academy Award and is one of a very small handful of women over 60 to have a (semi-) permanent spot on the big screen. If anyone is qualified to comment on the state of women in Hollywood, it’s Helen. She’s ...
“Poor Ange,” you must be thinking, “She only makes 30 mill a movie.” While the problems of the rich and the famous often leave us feeling more bitterness than sympathy, the fact of the matter remains that Hollywood’s actresses earn far less than its actors. This week Forbes Magazine’s list of the top earning male ...
This week the Oscar nominations were announced and everyone seems to be discussing who will win, who was dissed and why The Academy is hating on the blacks. The assumption is that with enough money or fame, anyone can take Oscar home. So to repair his reputation we present the Quickie Awards! (And because the ...
I’ll just say it: the most misogynist film of the last 20 years has to be Wayne’s World. Way! If you leave out the movies that are purposefully trying to be demeaning to women, Wayne takes the cake. I’ll explain why and give you a few more of my picks after the jump.
The Other Man
Born into Brothels is an Oscar-winning documentary filmed by children of sex workers in Calcutta, India. Because of its success, one of these children, Avijit, now 20-years-old, has been given scholarships and is changing his life by studying film making at New York University. “When the film Born into Brothels was being made, we were not aware ...
A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts. Nicole Kidman has accused ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
