Tag Archives: Popular Culture
Guest post: Slate writers’ defense of Bridesmaids misses the mark
This is a guest post by Silpa Kovvali. In response to my recent post about the prevalence of tired stereotypes in the comedy Bridesmaids, Double X’s Amanda Marcotte writes: The recent explosion of prominent women in comedy has brought with it an unfortunate but predictable debate about whether or not the characters that have resulted [...]
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What if Rihanna and Chris Brown get back together?
After reports surfaced that Rihanna and Chris Brown were seen leaving the same recording studio, I knew that what would come next wasn’t going to be good. Now it’s confirmed: Rihanna and Chris Brown have collaborated on a remix of her song “Birthday Cake” and may have even spent time together at her recent birthday party. [...]
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Whitney Houston and moving beyond tragic narratives for women
Given the frenetic pace at which we overcome public deaths–writing about Whitney Houston five full days since she passed feels like old news. This, in and of itself, is sad. But even sadder is the lessons we learned this week about fame, addiction and tragedy, which are lasting. Like many others, Whitney Houston’s death felt [...]
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Does the “shit girls say” meme perpetuate sexism?
I have been living under a rock (OK, I was traveling in India and not keeping up with the latest internet memes) and I missed the series of videos that actually prompted the “shit so and so says” meme. The one that I had seen was Franchesca Ramsey’s “Shit white girls say to black girls,” [...]
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Quick hit: Four fictional heroines walk into a bar…