Posts Tagged Joss Whedon

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By Dana Bolger • 9 years ago

On Anniversaries

1. When I graduate college, a friend sends me a poem. “It’s said it takes seven years / to grow completely new skin cells. / To think, this year I will grow / into a body you never will / have touched.”

1. When I graduate college, a friend sends me a poem. “It’s said it takes seven years / to grow completely new skin cells. / To think, this year I will grow / into a body you ...

Tony Stark tries to lift Thor's hammer in Avengers: Age of Ultron
By Jos Truitt • 9 years ago

Let’s talk about Age of Ultron‘s rape joke

Avengers: Age of Ultron opens today in the US; it’s already been released in a number of other countries. The movie’s posed to smash a ton of box office records – it’s going to be seen by an absurd number of people, more than your typical Big Pop Culture Thing. So as feminists we should probably talk about the movie’s rape joke.

Avengers: Age of Ultron opens today in the US; it’s already been released in a number of other countries. The movie’s posed to smash a ton of box office records – it’s going to be seen by ...
By Jos Truitt • 11 years ago

Much Ado About Slut Shaming

I’m a nerd for both Shakespeare and Joss Whedon’s writing, so I’ve been super excited for Whedon’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, which opens this weekend in New York, LA, and San Francisco. I’m a big fan of the play, which is full of some of Shakespeare’s most hilarious banter. It’s also a fascinating play from a feminist perspective, because the story hinges on an act of slut shaming. Knowing Whedon’s interests, I expected this element of the story to be emphasized. I had the opportunity to see the movie about a month ago at the San Francisco International Film Festival, and I was not disappointed.

Much Ado is above all a blast, capturing the infectious joy that I find ...

I’m a nerd for both Shakespeare and Joss Whedon’s writing, so I’ve been super excited for Whedon’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, which opens this weekend in New York, LA, and San Francisco. I’m a big ...
By Maya Dusenbery • 12 years ago

Joss Whedon endorses Romney and the zombie apocalypse

Oh noes! The First Evil must have got to our beloved Joss Whedon. “Let’s all embrace the future, stop pretending we care about each other, and start hoarding canned goods.”

Transcript after the jump. [Via]

Oh noes! The First Evil must have got to our beloved Joss Whedon. “Let’s all embrace the future, stop pretending we care about each other, and start hoarding canned goods.”

Transcript after the jump. [Via]