FFT: Bonus Essays--Beauty (2015) Part II

In which Walker hates on cosmetics, women in sci-fi movies, Rosie the Riveter, marriage, women’s magazines, and culturally diverse standards of beauty, we take note of sexism, racism and plagiarism, and Magic the Sporkers’ Cat gets a cameo.

Bonus Essays--Beauty (2015) Part IIn which Walker takes on patriarchal attitudes about sex, marriage and women working that seem to have more in common with the 1970s than now, patriarchal fashions that don’t exist any longer, and why high heels are totally the Western equivalent of footbinding ( Read more... )

Fifty Shades Freed--Fifty's First ChristmasIn which we get a Christmas episode that reads like a primer, ELJ is unaware of the word “nod,” Grace Trevelyan Grey doesn’t grasp the concept of scheduling meals, Christian Grey is an abusive bully at the age of four, we get a few more details about Christian’s biological mother Ella, and we receive ( Read more... )