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As we learned last time, women can and do appreciate attractive male characters in a sexual way, a fact that is not respected by male fans or male content creators.  […]

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My posts usually have boring titles, but this one ought to attract some attention.  So: Sexiness.  It’s one of the key ways that content creators attract (or pander to) a […]

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Dr. Seuss is unique. The mid-20th century was a great time for picture books in general, especially rhyming books and those with minimal words; in addition to Seuss, we had […]

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I’m probably not the only one who reacted to the news of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado about Nothing with “Wait, didn’t we just have a version of Much Ado?”  Then […]

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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 […]

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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: […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]