Feminism For Everyone: A Response to Taylor Swift
by: Mariann Devlin “I’m not a feminist, but I believe in equality.” We’ve all heard those words before, by skeptics of feminism who are almost as frustrating to me as […]
Category Archives: Media/Entertainment
10 Love Lessons You Can Learn from the 80s
by: Nico Lang 1. Dancing is the key to winning someone’s heart. (Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, Footloose , Fame, Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo) For anyone who has seen Dirty Dancing […]
Dear Madonna: When a Point Has to Be Made on the Back of a Thong, Something Is Wrong
by: Sophie Turton Overt displays of political protest can work well for those subjugated and discriminated, with something of great importance to say and the courage with which to say […]
Results Not Typical: Why Banning Dior’s Latest Ad Is A Waste
by: Joshua Isaacson This week, a controversial new ad from Dior Cosmetics was released, and has since been banned in the UK for exaggerating the effects of the mascara presented […]
We’re Not Really Going To Kill The Heckler: A Defense of Crass Humor
by: Mariann Devlin I’m hard to offend. Even when I do draw the line between funny and not-funny, it’s usually on account of the joke being tired and unoriginal, not […]
Musing on the Huffington Post’s Transnormative Coverage of Lana Wachowski
by: ellie june navidson In October of this year, the Human Rights Campaign awarded Lana Wachowski with their “Visibility Award.” And as problematic as that organization, or even the name […]
Pop Punk Love: Sometimes Unrequited is Just Another Word For Creepy
by: Amanda Tague The “Boy meets girl, boy gets girl, and they live happily ever after. Or at least until the credits end or the next album comes out,” story […]
The Last Stall On the Right: An Open Letter To Roseanne Barr
by: Lindsey Dietzler Dear Roseanne, I grew up watching your television show. In fact, I have probably seen every episode of Roseanne, at least three times, no joke. Your politics […]
Why I’m Practicing Electoral Abstinence After Lena Dunham’s Ad
By: Ashley Weger I am watching this election season from the other side of Lake Ontario. It’s a land many of my fellow Americans imagine to be an ambrosial oasis, where […]
Home Sweet Homeland: The Marriage of Politics and Media
by: Kera Mouge Lebanon’s Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud threatened to sue the producers of American television series “Homeland” on October 19, 2012 for their negative depiction of Beirut as a […]
