From an excellent comment on a fucked-up defense of Twilight as "feminist" (yes, seriously):

Feminism is not simply the ability to make a choice. The simple proof of this is that a woman can choose to be subservient to men or value men and masculinity more than women and femininity. This is undeniably anti-feminist. However, it is her choice to be ( Read more... )

Just found out that Chuck himself, Zachary Levi, is a hardcore Kristian who was in An American Carol ( Read more... )

Finally finished seeing the whole thing. Makes a big difference to not feel like I'm going to puke from the 3D. ;)

Yes, there is racefail. And some genderfail. I'll get to both of those in a few.

( Spoilery discussion )

Inspired by a bit of the comment chain in the previous post, I decided to do a little research on female roles in some of the all-time most popular films ( Read more... )

The Day Job can be really depressing sometimes. Working in media is tough enough, and entertainment media even more so. Case in point: I’m doing a bunch of year-end/decade-end content-best TV, movies, etc.-and looking at the lists of best films is just… crushing.

( Women in film and other mythical creatures )