At Women Write About Comics, Véronique Emma Houxbois and Alejandra “Effy” Gutierrez talk about style, styling, fashion, beauty and character in a new series, “Triangulating Looks.” “In fashion we’ll cover originality, innovation and taste, design choices and how they help build a character. Beauty will focus a bit […]
What happens when a Bollywood film gives the female lead all the privileges and powers that male leads get and she does things that very few women on screen ever get to do, including making herself and others laugh while still being taken seriously? Aiyyaa (2012), a nearly […]
“Marvel Comics has been having a rough time lately. Readers and critics met last year’s Civil War 2—a blockbuster crossover event (and a spiritual tie-in to the year’s big Marvel movie)—with disinterest and scorn. Two years of plummeting print comics sales culminated in a February during which only […]
Angelica Jade Bastíen writes about white femininity and oppression in the television adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale. “It’s easy to rest the blame of the horrors of Gilead solely at the feet of men like Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes). But no system this deeply entrenched and high […]
“Create new loves for the person suffering from love sickness; find new joys to ease the domination of the old.” ~ Dr. Hippolyte Petit There was a time when nostalgia was an illness, not a pleasantly bittersweet feeling that arises when contemplating another time. Nostalgia was an illness […]
Caity Weaver spends the day with Dwayne Johnson and writes about it for GQ. “When Dwayne Johnson meets you (and I can assure you, he would love to), the first thing he will do is ask you six thousand questions about yourself, and remember the answers forever. If […]
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