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Author Archives: Theresa Basile
Female Character of the Fortnight: Turtle Wexler
I am halfway through reading Alan Bradley’s The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, a very clever (sometimes TOO clever) mystery starring a plucky eleven-year-old sleuth named Flavia deLuce. While I’m enjoying the book so far and Flavia is … Continue reading
Feminist Thoughts on ‘The House Bunny’
A few days ago, I rented a movie called The House Bunny: And now half of my readers are wondering, “…Why, exactly?” Well, I’ve always liked Anna Faris. I thought she was funny in Scary Movie, I liked her in … Continue reading
Why I’m Not Laughing About Anthony Weiner
I can laugh about almost anything. I do laugh about almost everything. There’s very little that happens in my life that I can’t laugh about. The Anthony Weiner scandal is not one of those things. It should be easy to … Continue reading
A June Movie that I Won’t be…I Mean…I Just…I Just Can’t.
I saw this trailer and I just…I just can’t. . The movie is called Bad Teacher. I hardly know where to begin. But I’ll try. Why is this movie necessary right now? Just…why? Why do we need a movie like … Continue reading
Writing Rehab: How to Fix Glee’s Female Characters (and also Finn)
Another season of Glee has passed, and after another year of frustratingly nonsensical storylines and characterization that changed with every episode, I am almost ready to throw in the towel. Almost. Unfortunately (and fortunately), this show has me hooked but … Continue reading
“How to Adapt a Book to Screen,” from Guest Bloggers The Writers of ‘Game of Thrones’
Greetings! We are the writers of Game of Thrones, the popular HBO series based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Some of you may have been wondering, “How on Earth do the writers manage … Continue reading
A Game of Softening and Hardening (That’s What She Said)
After a few weeks of busy busy business, I’m…still busy, but most of my regular shows are now in hiatus until the summer, which means I finally caught up on the last three episodes of Game of Thrones (AND caught … Continue reading
Feed the Trolls, Tuppence a Bag…
A little over a month ago, I wrote a half-serious post encouraging readers to avoid ableist language when making fun of stupid, annoying people. I say “half-serious” because I still have mixed feelings about the use of “crazy” and “insane” … Continue reading
Female Character of the Fortnight: Rebecca Black
Some might say that I’m cheating with this Female Character post, because Rebecca Black is not a fictional character. But I’m not interested in writing a post about Rebecca Black, the real person. I’m talking about Rebecca Black, the Internet … Continue reading
Glee’s “Funeral” and the First Annual McKinley High “Who Caresies” Awards
In the seventh season of Scrubs, Dr. Cox interrupted a scene of characters whining about their personal lives to present the “Who Caresies” awards. The “Who Caresies” went to the person with the least interesting, most annoying, whiniest problem: I … Continue reading