2013

Ah, Jane Austen.  We know her, we love her, and we totally misrepresent her. It seems like the popular perception of Jane Austen is “That girl who wrote Pride and […]

Talking inanimate objects show up in children’s media from time to time as a sort of tide-me-over from talking animals.  But they had a problem that other kids’ movies lacked: […]

I’ll just come out and say it: I like Macklemore.  Yes, he’s kind of goofy, but he’s also genuinely enjoyable and funny, something that you rarely find outside of novelty […]

My previous post was a bit wandering, so here’s the point in brief: You can’t make exceptions for one thing or another just because you really like them.  You can’t […]

Last time, I discussed the curious phenomenon of male fantasy authors who create worlds that drastically restrict the roles their female characters can fill and then struggle to work around […]

Even today, many male fantasy authors are blithely willing to include female characters only as subjects for male characters’ heroics and sexual conquests, but even among the better authors, the […]

When Argo was nominated for Best Picture, it set off a wave of criticism surrounding Affleck’s casting of himself–a white actor–in the lead role of Tony Mendez, who is Latino […]