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Female Character of the Week: Katniss Everdeen
Given the recent hubbub concerning the casting of the film version of The Hunger Games, this seems as good a time as any to honor its protagonist, Katniss Everdeen. Name: Katniss Everdeen Why She Rocks: Katniss is a hunter in … Continue reading
March Movies I Won’t Be Seeing (And One I Might)
It’s trailer review time again! Let’s see what movies I can ignore in March. First up is Sucker Punch, starring a bunch of life-sized Bratz dolls: Summary: A group of girls escape from an insane asylum where they have been … Continue reading
Female Character of the Week: Buffy Summers
March 10, 2011 marked the 14th anniversary of the airing of the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This seems as good a time as any to honor Buffy Summers as my Female Character of the Week. Name: Buffy … Continue reading
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Fun with Search Terms
In my third month of blogging, my Internet visibility has increased. I no longer have to rely entirely on my own Facebook links to get people to read my blog. People are now finding my blog through search terms. Most … Continue reading
Charlie Sheen and Celebrity Schadenfreude
I’ve kept mum about Charlie Sheen until now because a) I wasn’t sure how I felt about it, and b) I’ve spent most of my free time devouring all the news I could find about labor unions in Wisconsin and … Continue reading
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Female Character of the Week: Emma Woodhouse
I finally, finally got around to finishing Mansfield Park. After writing that post where I flogged myself for being a bad Jane Austen fan because I couldn’t get through the book, I remembered that I hadn’t reached the good part … Continue reading
Something Borrowed: The Trailer
Emily Giffin’s 2005 chick lit novel, Something Borrowed, has been made into a movie: Summary: “Plain” Jane Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) sleeps with Dex (Colin Egglesfield), who happens to be engaged to Rachel’s lifelong best friend, Darcy (Kate Hudson). This is … Continue reading
Talking About the 2011 Oscars
Tonight is the ceremony for the Academy Awards, my favorite award show other than the First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence. Watching the Oscars, complaining about the award recipients and snubs, and mocking … Continue reading
Female Character of the Week: Cassie Logan
When looking back at the female characters I’ve highlighted since I started this blog, I noticed that, with the exception of Bonnie Bennett from The Vampire Diaries, they’re all a bunch of white girls. I feel like Shirley from Community … Continue reading
The Republican War on Women: Every Sperm is Sacred
This weekly linkspam is brought to you by the letter “R,” which stands for both “Republican” and “reproductive rights.” That is the very definition of “irony,” no? As moveon.org has pointed out, the Republican lawmakers in Congress are waging a … Continue reading