Rhiannon Giddens Reanimates Black Feminism

Antebellum bandleader untangles African-American music history

April 26, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Selling Feminism One Box at a Time

Girl Scout cookies are arguably the most misunderstood foodstuff in American culture

Jan. 22, 2016 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Cycling With the Psycos

Counterculture feminism in East L.A.

"...follow the activist group, which calls their work "women-of-color feminism." The film focuses on the Psycos' founding member Xela..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

V Is for...

‘Vagina’ Editor-in-Chief Hillary-Anne Crosby on zines, feminism, and – well, you know

"...excessively polite, it's all part of Crosby's inclusive stance on feminism. "My definition of feminism is just respecting and supporting..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Charlie's Angels

Gen Z get their wings in Elizabeth Banks' Angels continuation

"...Aughts action cinema, namely cheesy CGI and vapid pop feminism. Thankfully, in 2019, we’re spared most of that fate..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Beth Sullivan

Music on the Page at the Texas Book Festival

Music books strut their feminism, hip-hop, and emo

"...read like a song. Beyoncé in Formation: Remix­ing Black Feminism, out Nov. 6 on UT Press, offers said homage...."

Oct. 26, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Support the Girls

The hidden rules of life in Andrew Bujalksi's breastaurant comedy

"...here, but it feels like a critique of modern feminism through the type of “mixed signals” women are often..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Kunis and McKinnon run to Europe, but forget to pack jokes

"...Iserson also effectively mine lady-centric micro-jokes from Morgan’s conscious feminism and scene stealer Lolly Adefope as a textbook frenemy...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Smurfs: The Lost Village

The little blue critters are back

"...into unknown territory with predictable results. This is sham feminism in the first degree no matter how colorful the..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

20th Century Women

Bening shines in this tender, heartfelt film

"...Abbie (Gerwig), a photographer who turns Jamie on to feminism and punk music; another boarder, William (Crudup), a hippie..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Punk Singer

Kathleen Hanna, the ultra-charismatic co-founder of the third-wave feminist riot grrrl movement and full-on DIY icon is the subject of this documentary.

"...despite its archival nature. Time magazine famously asked “Is Feminism Dead?” The Punk Singer's resounding answer is a defiant..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sucker Punch

In this visually compelling but narratively bankrupt action fantasy, an institutionalized young girl finds escape through her vivid imagination.

"...sailor suit, sucking on a lollipop and calling it feminism ’cause she carries a gun, too. Sucker Punch is..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Everlasting Moments

Swedish master Jan Troell's period drama tells the story of a woman who learns new ways to see herself and her life as she discovers the art of photography.

"...the woman. Maria’s story combines a tale of embryonic feminism and photographic delight, each force inchoate yet a spur..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pride & Prejudice

This fresh adaptation of Jane Austen’s masterpiece starring Keira Knightley presents a witty and lovesick skirmish of the sexes that exceeds all expectations.

"...every time there’s a bachelor afoot, there’s a plucky feminism in this movie, embodied by Knightley’s eye-opening performance as..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ice Princess

This refreshingly femme-centric tale advocates on behalf of physics, feminism, and athleticism.

"...message – how many tween-targeted films equally advocate physics, feminism, and athleticism? – although Casey’s mom might cringe at..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mona Lisa Smile

The new Julia Roberts movie applies a retrofitted sense of feminism to the Great Housewife Debate of the Fifties.

"...an anachronism, a cardboard cutout tailor-made for some retrofitted feminism. The role of Katherine is but one piece of..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Secret Ballot

Iranian film is sharply observed and resoundingly funny, and tackles such heady topics as feminism, democracy, the voting process, communication, external and internal impediments to personal growth, and more.

"...resoundingly funny movie that tackles such heady topics as feminism, democracy, the voting process, communication, external and internal impediments..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Day the Sun Turned Cold

"...of characters than Taylor Hackford's effective but simplistic, one-note feminism. Fans of gifted director Ann Hui (Song of the..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Last Days of Chez Nous

"...meant to be iconographic of the state of modern feminism. That Beth is also the only sympathetic character in..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A League of Their Own

The story of the short-lived women's baseball league gives Marshall and her cast the opportunity to examine oblique roots of modern feminism and have a darn fine time doing it.

"...Marshall the opportunity to examine the roots of modern feminism and have a darn fine time doing it. Davis..."

July 3, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

V.I. Warshawski

"...& Louise, there's also little joy in this movie's feminism.) Director Kanew has no affection for the detective genre...."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sisterhood Is Still Powerful Flame Throwers

"...disillusionment that I eventually did. The watered-down version of feminism that we were handed in college was hardly galvanizing...."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature by Barbara Strickland

Heads in the Sky; Feet on the Ground

Interview with artist Leah DeVun

"...to ask questions about how we define "women" or "feminism" now, and those are questions that were definitely debated..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

Buzzfeed's Anne Helen Petersen on the Rise of the Unruly Woman

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud author comes to BookPeople

"...think that’s a really flimsy and empty understanding of feminism. But I don’t think that someone who doesn’t consider..."

July 18, 2017 Arts Post by Rachel Rascoe

Using the F Word: A Commentary On Feminism

In the nine choreographed dance-theatre pieces that make up Using the F-Word, REALMdanceproject fashions a collaborative yet tenaciously personal portrait of feminism.

"...cringing? While there may be a few varieties of feminism that are extreme, angry, or man-hating, the REALMdanceproject's Using..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Writes of Spring

Off the Bookshelf

"...The thesis put forth in Blues Legacies and Black Feminism by Angela Davis (Pantheon, $27.50 hard) is that the..."

April 3, 1998 Books Review

Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce Gets "Provocative and Political!"

Getting explicit and merciless in The Misandrists

"...largely on satire, boldly addresses a sect of second-wave feminism that spawned trans exclusionary radical feminists (known as TERFs..."

July 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

"Pillow" Talk

Terri Thomas on what's behind the sex in her Big Medium art show

"...trajectory of female representations and an interest in third-wave feminism. Pertaining to sex, this series of work investigates relations..."

June 5, 2014 Arts Post by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Mutantes: Punk, Porn, Feminism

Dinosaur DVDs with a smattering of punk, porn, and R&B

"...Mutantes: Punk, Porn, Feminism(Solaris Distribution)..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Love, Sex & Money: Helen Gurley Brown

Thanks, from one “mouseburger” to another

"...to their full height, promoting her own brand of feminism to the figures that defined sexual roles and fostering..."

Aug. 14, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

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