Author Archives: Theresa Basile

InterviewsFemale Empowerment at the Fringe Festival: Roundtable Interview with Playwrights Michelle Ramoni, Dani Vetere, and Alice Winslow (Part 2)

[On Tuesday, August 7, I had the privilege of speaking with three female playwrights who have shows premiering at the New York International Fringe Festival. Michelle Ramoni is the writer of June and Nancy and also plays June in the … Continue reading

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InterviewsFemale Empowerment at the Fringe Festival: Roundtable Interview With Playwrights Michelle Ramoni, Dani Vetere, and Alice Winslow (Part 1)

[On Tuesday, August 7, I had the privilege of speaking with three female playwrights who have shows premiering at the New York International Fringe Festival. Michelle Ramoni is the writer of June and Nancy and also plays June in the … Continue reading

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ArticlesThree Reasons to Like Gwen Stacy

[This post was originally published at Bitch Flicks.] I have now seen The Redundant Amazing Spider-man twice in theaters – the first time with friends, and the second time with my brothers when it was a rainy day and we … Continue reading

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Blog PostsStoneybrook Revisited: BSC Books 11-14, Super Special #1

#11 – Kristy and the Snobs This is the book where Kristy snarks at the snobs in her neighborhood and eventually becomes friendly with them, and also the one where her dog is put to sleep. Which one of these … Continue reading

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Blog PostsA Few Announcements

Greetings and salutations, readers. I have a few announcements for the month of August. Announcement #1: I have become a weekly contributor at Bitch Flicks and will be writing a post for them every Thursday. My introductory post is here. … Continue reading

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Blog PostsCan’t Get Enough of That Gotye Song

You know what happens when you first hear a great song? You LOVE the song. Then the radios play it all the time and you get sick of it, and your favorite song becomes your least favorite song, and you … Continue reading

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ReviewsBtVS and Consent Issues: Episodes 5.15 – “I Was Made to Love You” and 5.18 – “Intervention”

[Note: I’m writing a series about consent issues in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I will post a new entry in this series every other Tuesday – or perhaps on a weekly basis, if I have the time. In this series, … Continue reading

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Blog PostsLady T Recommends “Fencer”

Do you like stories about women’s sports? Do you like stories about women in competition with each other? Then check out Fencer, a short film-in-progress by Armen Perian in Glendale, California. The description of the project is up at Kickstarter … Continue reading

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Blog PostsGaston, the Beast, and Choosing to Change

About two weeks ago, The Nerve posted an article called “Ranked: Disney Princesses From Least to Most Feminist,” because apparently the feminist blogosphere would collapse around itself if us writers went for more than a month without politicizing the Disney … Continue reading

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ArticlesWillow Rosenberg: Geek, Interrupted

[This post was originally published on Bitch Flicks for their Women in Sci-Fi Week.] Joss Whedon is known for creating and writing about strong female characters in his science fiction shows. One of the most popular and complex of these … Continue reading

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