Tag Archives: Leslie Knope

Leslie Knope’s sexuopolitical dreams are coming true

By Chloe | Published: November 8, 2012
Tweet“Sexuopolitical” is a word I just made up for when you think a political figure is super sexy. This is how certain members of the Feministing crew feel about Barack (though I reckon more of us feel that way about Michelle). It’s how almost all the young women of America in 1961 felt about JFK. [...]
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WTF: NBC to end Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, and Community after next season?

By Maya | Published: May 11, 2012
Tweet Knope 4 Life. Say it isn’t so! No, really–tell me I’m wrong. While NBC has said that 30 Rock will have just one more abbreviated final season, the fate of Parks and Rec and Community is still unconfirmed. But with rumors that they too will end after next season, the internet–or at least my [...]
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Has Leslie Knope become a damsel in distress?

By Maya | Published: February 3, 2012
Tweet Over at The American Prospect, Amanda Marcotte argues that Leslie Knope has fallen from her previous heights of feminist heroism and become a “damsel in distress” in this season of Parks and Rec. I disagree. Things started to go off the rails with an artificial obstacle thrown in the way of Ben and Leslie’s [...]
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Parks and Recreation: Thank You for the Pawnee Goddesses

Originally posted in Community Blog

By Claire Moshenberg | Published: October 21, 2011
TweetI used to babysit a house full of smart, awesome girls. They played pirates, staged elaborate kitchen science experiments, and read books by the case-full. For half an hour every evening, we sprawled out on the couch and tuned in to the ongoing exploits of a myriad of makeup lacquered, fresh out of elementary school [...]
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