Assassination Nation

Dark satire lets social media tear us apart

"...online celebrities, gun violence, sexual harassment, the male gaze, objectification: Successfully taking on all these issues as parts of..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Boxing Helena

"...Boxing Helena's treatment of obsessive love, gender roles, the objectification of women, disabilities, or the psychology of prisoners and..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Felt

In this psychological horror story, an artist uses her craft to fight rape culture

"...work as a response to rape culture and society’s objectification of women. She dons this garb as though it..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Two Actresses, Fat and Thin

Staging Neil LaBute's 'Fat Pig' is a heavy proposition

"...on the situation and on the general habits of objectification and size-judgment in the performing arts. So your man..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beast Beast

Lyrical look at Gen-Z life trips on its own good intentions

"...a way to strike back at sexual harassment and objectification. In Beast Beast the returning Chen plays a different..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Back Roads

Dark family drama works, but was better as a book

"...women around him skew those relationships into bouts of objectification and obsession. Back Roads’ tone would be tricky to..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Revenge

Bloody vengeance fit for the #MeToo era.

"...her. This is underlined by the fact that the objectification of Jen by the men continues even after they..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Boy Next Door

Jennifer Lopez stars in this brazenly dumb MILF thriller.

"...the fortysomething producer and star Lopez just fine. The objectification of the studly actor allows her to have it..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Beyond the Lights

A popular singer finds the courage to be herself with the help of a friendly cop.

"...It’s an effectively uncomfortable contrast, objecting to the objectification of talented young women without becoming preachy. That level..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Luv Doc Recommends: Cleavage Chronicles: Everybody Loves Boobs

The Vortex, Saturday, February 12, 2011

"...are objects – objects that for centuries have inspired objectification. It's no wonder. Sometimes when you bump into a..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

'Fired Up!'

This ceramic, glass, and steel art's beauty and wit will knock you on your ass

"...as materials and industry will allow. The results of objectification will vary, of course, depending on the inciting idea,..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Lots of information and finely honed arguments characterize this vicariously thrilling and joyous documentary that explores heavy metal’s many permutations and sheer endurance over the past 30-odd years.

"...is touched on as well as is its supposed objectification of women. (At one point a matriarchal metal detractor..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

She Hate Me

Spike Lee strikes out with his new "joint" about an unemployed whistle-blower who makes a living impregnating sperm-deprived lesbians.

"...suspects that the filmmaker is trying to address sexual objectification in a way that Girl 6 did. But female..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Booty Call

"...of its ilk in the sense that blatant sexual objectification is taken as a given, and the females are..."

May 30, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Eighties Punks Meat Joy Reminisce After Landing in Austin for Reunion Dates

Triple homecoming shows around their 1984 LP reissue kick off tomorrow

"...on cathartic humor to assuage the all-too-familiar wounds of objectification: “But there's another pair of breasts on the other..."

Oct. 17, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Five Things in Austin Galleries You'll Want to Appreciate

From unique photography to craftily duplicate furniture, the most gorgeous items on display

"...into the nature of being human. "The context of objectification sets the stage for inhumanity," says the artist, whose..."

April 1, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Mahogany Project Makes Space for Queer People of Color

The latest performance by the theatre collective embraces joy

"...over the years include love, sex, gender, homophobia, racism, objectification, and intersectionality, to name a few. [inset-1-right]..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Sound on Sound Review: Yelle

The book of David Byrne with a chapter on French seduction

"...the rock star gender gap and the singer’s tongue-in-cheek objectification of her two male bandmates proved refreshing...."

Nov. 12, 2017 Music Post by Lauren Modery

The Luv Doc: A Carp in a Sand Trap

There's nothing much sadder than a stripper in a golf cart

"...to know whether or not he is into the objectification of women. You also know him well enough to..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Titty Bar Lunch

The chef knows what medium rare is, so don't send your steak back because it's undercooked

"...to a place that profits primarily from the sexual objectification of women. Nice as he may be, that should..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...she uses her art to take aim at the objectification of women in advertising. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dita Von Teese: Your Beauty Mark

Our intrepid reporter and his friend take the new book for a test drive

"...all that the whole book is about surface, about objectification – it goes a bit below the surface, too...."

Dec. 9, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Knowing One's Station

What does it mean to be the hostess with the mostest?

"...The feminist gut response to this kind of objectification is outrage and revulsion, naturally, but personal circumspection is..."

June 19, 2015 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW LGBTQ Pro Tips: UPDATE

Finding community in the land of overstimulation

"...how to say this without blustering into the crass objectification of some of hardest working folks of festival season,..."

March 17, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The Year in Food

The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about

"...antagonizes while also offering a subtle criticism of the objectification of women in the mass marketing of beer...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Food Feature by Anna Toon

How Do You Spell Trouble?

The Soska sisters on breaking the rules in the alphabet horror anthology ABCs of Death 2

"...our entire thing.' Sexual content, and a commentary on objectification." Ever the rule breakers, the Soskas gleefully violated the..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: July 23

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...for the hell of it, here’s some more male objectification:..."

July 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

"Pillow" Talk

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

"...are objectifying every woman? What is your stance on objectification?..."

June 5, 2014 Arts Post by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Girls Gone Geek

Weird Girls is an Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all things geeky, but from a female perspective

"...misguided attacks. She says, "There's this great misunderstanding that objectification of female characters means them being scantily clad." Case..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Homophobe! Homophobe! Homophobe!

Your AggreGAYtor begins hir search for a kinder, gentler word

"...women. His cup of entitlement runneth over, his obnoxious objectification is seldom checked, and when it is, the checker..."

May 12, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

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