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Blog PostsA Note on a Previous Post

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Theresa Basile

Once upon a time – or, two years ago, on January 31, 2011 – I wrote a post called “Easy A: A Fauxminist Film.” In this post, I alleged that the film Easy A was not very feminist, despite having … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsImportant Announcement: I Have Revised My Opinion of Lena Dunham.

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Theresa Basile

In October, I wrote a post called “I Don’t Like Lena Dunham, and You Can’t Make Me,” in response to an obnoxious article on The Huffington Post that claimed that people who didn’t like Lena Dunham were jus jellus of … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsThis is a Conversation I Had On Facebook The Other Day.

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Theresa Basile

The second season of Girls began last week. I have not watched it yet, though I intend to, because as much as the show annoys me, there’s something about it that also intrigues me (and also I genuinely liked the … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsIt’s “Impossible” Not to See the White-Centric Point of View

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Theresa Basile

So this is a trailer for the upcoming film, The Impossible, telling the story about the 2004 tsunami: There are a few title cards in the trailer that provide the necessary background for the story. The trailer helpfully tells you, … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsOn White Guilt

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Theresa Basile

Oh, in the name of all that is holy, why, why do I continue to read these snotty “If you don’t like Girls, you don’t GET Girls” articles that inevitably annoy me and make me turn to the blog in … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsWhy “Girls” Gets Slammed and “Veep” Gets Praised

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Theresa Basile

As a followup to yesterday’s post about my ambivalent feelings towards HBO’s Girls, I’d like to talk about a recent article from Jezebel that sarcastically criticized Veep for being all about white people. “We’ve Been Shitting on the Wrong Show” … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsI Heart (White) New York!

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Theresa Basile

The other night, I watched the series premiere of Girls. It was amusing and it has potential to be a strong show. I’ll write more about it next week after the premiere of Veep, because I want to write about … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsWriting Journal: Diversity vs. Tokenism

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Theresa Basile

I reached a milestone the other day with one of my pieces of writing and finished the third draft of one of my novels in progress, or what I call the “I SUCK AND WHY DID I EVER THINK I … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsOn Trayvon Martin

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Theresa Basile

There’s so much to say. I don’t know how to begin. I can’t believe this boy was murdered over a month ago and his killer has still not been arrested. I see people – if Geraldo Rivera still counts as … Continue reading →

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Blog PostsYou’re On Your Own. Like a Trolling Stone.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Theresa Basile

Ho-lee crap, everyone. I thought Shocked&Appalled was done with spraying his white privilege troll poop all over my blog, but he came back for a third round. This time, it was in response to my post about joking about race … Continue reading →

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