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ReviewsGlee 2×18 – “Born This Way: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Santana Lopez”

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Theresa Basile

Santana Lopez, you have my vote for prom queen. I didn’t always appreciate you.  In the first season, I saw you as a tired archetype, a lesser imitation of previous great female characters who ran their schools with an iron … Continue reading →

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ReviewsA Game of Girls on Girls

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Theresa Basile

I just watched the second episode of Game of Thrones, “The Kingsroad,” and thank GOD the writers turned the throwaway line about Daenerys getting “lessons in love” from her Lysene prostitute friend into a whole scene that had two girls … Continue reading →

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ReviewsSomething Always Brings Me Back to You: Community 2×21 – “Paradigms of Human Memory”

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Theresa Basile

Nice try, Dan Harmon. I see what you’re trying to do here.  You’re making fun of the legions of Jeff/Annie shippers who interpret every glance, every quick look, every interaction between the two of them as evidence that they secretly … Continue reading →

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ReviewsGlee’s “A Night of Neglect” Neglects Logic

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Theresa Basile

Here are some of the recent developments on Glee. 1) Rachel was becoming more of a team player and appreciating her fellow glee club members.  So, of course, in this episode, she had the gall to call herself the neglected … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsA Game of Tits

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Theresa Basile

At least, that’s what the show should be called, because many scenes in the first episode of A Game of Thrones contained gratuitous titty shots.  I felt like a drunken Homer Simpson on the spring break episode of The Simpsons: … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsHey, Did You Know Women Don’t Like the Fantasy Genre?

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Theresa Basile

It’s true!  Back in 2003, Caryn James wrote a stunning, eye-opening piece for The New York Times  called, “Are Women Just Bored of the Rings?”  This provocative piece of journalism with a painstakingly crafted pun in the title revealed that … Continue reading →

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ReviewsMolestation Jokes are Hi-LARIOUS: Community 2×20 – “Competitive Wine Tasting”

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Theresa Basile

I have a low tolerance for rape jokes.  Even as someone who believes that comedy should take no prisoners, and that everyone and everything should be fair game for humor, I mostly find rape and molestation jokes abhorrent and not … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsFemale Character of the Week: Lisa Simpson

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Theresa Basile

We feminists put a lot of pressure on ourselves to be “perfect” women, and this struggle goes beyond the typical “Can I have a satisfying career and a family?” conflict. If we’re supposed to reject stereotypical gender roles, is it … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsO Apatow, Where Art Thou?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Theresa Basile

You may not believe this after watching movies such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, and others of their ilk, but Judd Apatow used to know how to write for women.  He also used to know how to write … Continue reading →

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ReviewsJeff Winger’s Little Indian Girl Story: (Delayed) Thoughts on Community 2×19 – “Critical Film Studies”

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Theresa Basile

Last week on my favorite sitcom, Community fans tuned in to watch the Pulp Fiction-themed episode that NBC had been heavily promoting.  At the end of the half hour, the fans cried foul that they had been denied a real … Continue reading →

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