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ghost-in-the-corner · 9 months
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Also, props to Allan???
He's a doll most people have never heard of. He got discontinued forever ago cause he was perceived as gay by consumers and they didn't like that.
But I love that he had an actual role in Barbie. He was very queer coded, yeah, but he didn't like when all the Kens turned to Patriarchy. He was so uncomfortable that he wanted to abandon Barbieland all together. He knew it was wrong.
And then he helped the Barbies get themselves back. He had a pink jumpsuit and sunglasses and went out all stealthy to get the Barbies in the van. He even voted at the end to keep the constitution the way it was.
Big Allan fan over here.
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umuulandito · 9 months
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for me, the way i viewed the conversation between the old woman and barbie on the bench is also a matter of confidence.
when you compare the barbies in barbieland and the old woman on the bench, they practically say the same thing ("i'm beautiful") but their confidence and the core and roots behind it is so different.
the barbies in barbieland are confident out of ignorant, they have nothing to not be confident about. they're made of plastic, they have no cellulite, no private parts; it's always perfect in barbieland, so their hair is always perfect, their clothes, their shoes, everything is perfect. there's no bad day, no prejudice, no standards that you can't be part of in barbieland. so when the barbies say "i'm beautiful", they say it because they're ignorant. the core of their confidence is ignorance.
but when the old woman responds to barbie with "i know" to the "you're beautiful" comment, the confidence she has has a completely different core than the barbies. the old woman is the antithesis of everything you should be in barbieland. she's old, she has wrinkles, crow's feet, white hair, no hair. she has all of these qualities that our society will say is not beautiful, is ugly that these are things you avoid with skincare, retinol, botox all these things. the old woman lives in a society where the mass will not view her as beautiful.
and yet she's still confident, she still says "i know" because despite what everyone says, what all the standards are, she knows she's beautiful. thousands of people can disagree and say she's not, it won't matter because she knows she is. the old woman is confident despite knowing.
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wordswithloveee · 6 months
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
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thecursedprince · 9 months
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Weird Barbie – Barbie The Movie
Price: $50.00
If anyone knows anything about keeping it weird, it’s Weird Barbie, a breakout character from Barbie The Movie. Our doll version wears an outfit inspired by one you’ll see in the feature film, a bright pink dress with colorful artwork and puffy sleeves, and green snakeskin boots. She also features short tousled hair and markings on her face to emulate a doll that’s been played with just a little too much.
Barbie™ The Movie Weird Barbie Doll
Designer: Javier Meabe
Label: Black
Body Type: Made to Move
Posable doll comes in collectible Barbie The Movie packaging
Includes Certificate of Authenticity
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princeloww · 6 months
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What a modern TOTA reunion could look like (except some of the pictures are kinda old):
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(I automatically downloaded a picture for Fergus and then had to stop because I remembered episode 4........)
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sailorsally · 8 months
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'I have so much respect for you that it has circled around into objectification' is the perfect way to describe my feelings for Misha actually
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rahmamustafa99 · 8 months
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Hideous Kinky (1998 / Gillies MacKinnon)
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haggishlyhagging · 4 months
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The book list copied from feminist-reprise
Radical Lesbian Feminist Theory
A Passion for Friends: Toward a Philosophy of Female Affection, Jan Raymond
Call Me Lesbian: Lesbian Lives, Lesbian Theory, Julia Penelope
The Lesbian Heresy, Sheila Jeffreys
The Lesbian Body, Monique Wittig
Politics of Reality, Marilyn Frye
Willful Virgin: Essays in Feminism 1976-1992, Marilyn Frye
Lesbian Ethics, Sarah Hoagland
Sister/Outsider, Audre Lorde
Radical Feminist Theory –  General/Collections
Freedom Fallacy: The Limits of Liberal Feminism, edited by Miranda Kiraly and Meagan Tyler
Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed, Renate Klein and Diane Bell
Love and Politics, Carol Anne Douglas
The Dialectic of Sex–The Case for Feminist Revolution, Shulamith Firestone
Sisterhood is Powerful, Robin Morgan, ed.
Radical Feminism: A Documentary Reader, edited by Barbara A. Crow
Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf
Sexual Politics, Kate Millett
Radical Feminism, Anne Koedt, Ellen Levine, and Anita Rapone, eds.
On Lies, Secrets and Silence, Adrienne Rich
Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals, Marilyn French
Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law, Catharine MacKinnon
Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression, Sandra Bartky
Life and Death, Andrea Dworkin
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Gloria Anzaldua and Cherrie Moraga, eds.
Wildfire:  Igniting the She/Volution, Sonia Johnson
Homegirls: A Black Feminist Anthology, Barbara Smith ed.
Fugitive Information, Kay Leigh Hagan
Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black, bell hooks
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, bell hooks
Deals with the Devil and Other Reasons to Riot, Pearl Cleage
Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes, Maria Lugones
In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens, Alice Walker
The Whole Woman, Germaine Greer
Right Wing Women, Andrea Dworkin
Feminist Theory – Specific Areas
Prostitution
Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution, Rachel Moran
Being and Being Bought: Prostitution, Surrogacy, and the Split Self, Kajsa Ekis Ekman
The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade, Sheila Jeffreys
Female Sexual Slavery, Kathleen Barry
Women, Lesbians, and Prostitution:  A Workingclass Dyke Speaks Out Against Buying Women for Sex, by Toby Summer, in Lesbian Culture: An Anthology, Julia Penelope and Susan Wolfe, eds.
Ten Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution, Jan Raymond
The Legalisation of Prostitution : A failed social experiment, Sheila Jeffreys
Making the Harm Visible: Global Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls, Donna M. Hughes and Claire Roche, eds.
Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress, Melissa Farley
Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography, Christine Stark and Rebecca Whisnant, eds.
Pornography
Pornland: How Pornography Has Hijacked Our Sexuality, Gail Dines
Pornified: How Porn is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families, Pamela Paul
Pornography: Men Possessing Women, Andrea Dworkin
Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality, Gail Dines
Pornography: Evidence of the Harm, Diana Russell
Pornography and Sexual Violence:  Evidence of the Links (transcript of Minneapolis hearings published by Everywoman in the UK)
Rape
Against Our Will, Susan Brownmiller
Rape In Marriage, Diana Russell
Incest
Secret Trauma, Diana Russell
Victimized Daughters: Incest and the Development of the Female Self, Janet Liebman Jacobs
Battering/Domestic Violence
Loving to Survive, Dee Graham
Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men, Lundy Bancroft
Sadomasochism/”Sex Wars”
Unleashing Feminism: Critiquing Lesbian Sadomasochism in the Gay Nineties, Irene Reti, ed.
The Sex Wars, Lisa Duggan and Nan D. Hunter, eds.
The Sexual Liberals and the Attack on Feminism, edited by Dorchen Leidholdt and Janice Raymond
Sex, Lies, and Feminism, Charlotte Croson, off our backs, June 2001
How Orgasm Politics Has Hijacked the Women’s Movement, Sheila Jeffreys
A Vision of Lesbian Sexuality, Janice Raymond, in All The Rage: Reasserting Radical Lesbian Feminism, Lynne Harne & Elaine Miller, eds.
Sex and Feminism: Who Is Being Silenced? Adriene Sere in SaidIt, 2001
Consuming Passions: Some Thoughts on History, Sex and Free Enterprise by De Clarke (From Unleashing Feminism).
Separatism/Women-Only Space
“No Dobermans Allowed,”  Carolyn Gage, in Lesbian Culture: An Anthology, Julia Penelope and Susan Wolfe, eds.
For Lesbians Only:  A Separatist Anthology, Julia Penelope & Sarah Hoagland, eds.
Exploring the Value of Women-Only Space, Kya Ogyn
Medicine
Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts’ Advice to Women, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
The Hidden Malpractice: How American Medicine Treats Women as Patients and Professionals, Gena Corea
The Mother Machine: Reproductive Technologies from Artificial Insemination to Artificial Wombs, Gena Corea
Women and Madness, Phyllis Chesler
Women, Health and the Politics of Fat, Amy Winter, in Rain And Thunder, Autumn Equinox 2003, No. 20
Changing Our Minds: Lesbian Feminism and Psychology, Celia Kitzinger and Rachel Perkins
Motherhood
Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, Adrienne Rich
The Reproduction of Mothering, Nancy Chodorow
Maternal Thinking: Toward a Politics of Peace, Sara Ruddick
Marriage/Heterosexuality
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, Adrienne Rich
The Spinster and Her Enemies: Feminism and Sexuality 1880-1930, Sheila Jeffreys
Anticlimax: A Feminist Perspective on the Sexual Revolution, Sheila Jeffreys
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman, Michele Wallace
The Sexual Contract, Carol Pateman
A Radical Dyke Experiment for the Next Century: 5 Things to Work for Instead of Same-Sex Marriage, Betsy Brown in off our backs, January 2000 V.30; N.1 p. 24
Intercourse, Andrea Dworkin
Transgender/Queer Politics
Gender Hurts, Sheila Jeffreys
Female Erasure, edited by Ruth Barrett
Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds, Cordelia Fine
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference, Cordelina Fine
Sexing the Body: Gender and the Construction of Sexuality, Anne Fausto-Sterling
Myths of Gender, Anne Fausto-Sterling
Unpacking Queer Politics, Sheila Jeffreys
The Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male, Janice Raymond
The Inconvenient Truth of Teena Brandon, Carolyn Gage
Language
Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers’ Tongues, Julia Penelope
Websters’ First New Intergalactic Wickedary, Mary Daly
Man Made Language, Dale Spender
Feminist Theology/Spirituality/Religion
Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation, Mary Daly
Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism, Mary Daly
The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe, Marija Gimbutas
Woman, Church and State, Matilda Joslyn Gage
The Women’s Bible, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Pure Lust, Mary Daly
Backlash
The War Against Women, Marilyn French
Backlash, Susan Faludi
History/Memoir
Surpassing the Love of Men, Lillian Faderman
Going Too Far:  The Personal Chronicles of a Feminist, Robin Morgan
Women of Ideas, and What Men Have Done to Them, Dale Spender
The Creation of Patriarchy, Gerda Lerner
The Creation of Feminist Consciousness, From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-Seventy, Gerda Lerner
Why History Matters, Gerda Lerner
A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Mary Wollstonecraft, ed.
The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony Reader: Correspondence, Writings, Speeches, Ellen Carol Dubois, ed., Gerda Lerner, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Suffragette Movement, Sylvia Pankhurst
In Our Time: Memoirs of a Revolution, Susan Brownmiller
Women, Race and Class, Angela Y. Davis
Economy
Counting for Nothing: What Men Value and What Women Are Worth, Marilyn Waring
For-Giving:  A Feminist Criticism of Exchange, Genevieve Vaughn
Fat/Body Image/Appearance
Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression, Lisa Schoenfielder and Barb Wieser
Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West, Sheila Jeffreys
Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel, Jean Kilbourne
The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf
Unbearable Weight:  Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, Susan Bordo
The Invisible Woman:  Confronting Weight Prejudice in America, Charisse Goodman
Women En Large: Photographs of Fat Nudes, Laurie Toby Edison and Debbie Notkin
Disability
With the Power of Each Breath:  A Disabled Women’s Anthology, Susan E. Browne, Debra Connors, and Nanci Stern
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neil-gaiman · 11 months
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Do you have a say in what goes into the Good Omens S2 promo posters, like the book titles and other little clues?
Some, yes. Douglas Mackinnon, the director, Sarah-kate Fenelon, the producer, and I all suggested things we'd like to see in the posters, although we wound up spending as much time letting Amazon know that we thought they should take things out because it might tip too much plot too early.
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ghost-in-the-corner · 9 months
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One thing I appreciate about Barbie was the emphasis on age.
I was emotional when Barbie told the old woman how beautiful she was, and when Ruth came in and helped her become human.
It was also the fact that America Ferrera was the one having the crisis that caused Barbie to do the same.
The whole concept of the toy doesn't end in childhood. Cause she is an idea; Barbie is forever. She's everything. She's meant to inspire women to keep going for what they dream. You don't age out of these ideas, they grow with you, just like how Margot Robbie grew with America Ferrera.
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swissboyhisch · 1 year
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MASTERLIST
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JAMIE DRYSDALE
Last Call Inspired by "Last Call" by Will Linley.
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NIKITA ZADOROV
My Jersey After a little rain comes sun... And thunder. Thunder in the form of a six-foot five Russian defenseman.
That Scar Hurt By The Way In a world where everyone has a soulmate link, you happened to luck out with a pain link.
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NATHAN MACKINNON
Lost In Japan Inspired by "Lost In Japan" by Shawn Mendes.
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TYLER SEGUIN
Picasso The perfect family... Mum. Dad. And three dogs. With a touch of fluff and uninformed comment.
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DYLAN LARKIN
You know I love you right? After bad game, what more could you ask for? Maybe just chinese, Netflix and some good old cuddling.
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CONNOR MCDAVID
I’m Your Favourite, Eh? An All-Star Competition and a married couple with a kiddo. What more could you ask for?
I Brought Too Many Sorry Female issues are always a fun time of month. Even worse... running out of pads in a time of need. Luckily someone comes to the rescue, a little too well.
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MATTHEW TKACHUK
Surprise Cheerleader Surprises from one party to another during a big Volleyball game.
All-Star Love The NHL All Star weekend is always fun. But bring in a romance… Then that's when it becomes interesting.
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GUSTAV NYQUIST
Hey There Delilah Inspired by "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's.
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NICO HISCHIER
Thanks For The 20 Kiddos Hosting hockey players was normal. Guys that would become brothers. Until him.
Cupid Cousin First game against his old team for your cousin and he wants you there. Luckily some of his ex-teammates are cute.
The Aussie BBQ Experience You finally got to take Nico home to Australia. He got the true experience of an Aussie BBQ.
The Aussie Easter Experience Nico gets to experience an Aussie Easter after being not making the playoffs.
The Aussie Snack Experience As a marketing idea, you get to feature in a video with Nico trying snacks from your home country.
The Aussie Chrissie Experience Since Nico is injured just before Christmas, you head back to Australia for Nico to experience an Aussie Chrissie.
Sorry But I Really Like Her You head to Newark to see your parents new place after avoiding it like the plague. Maybe this time, something with make you want to come back.
We're Not Naked You just wanted some time alone with your partner. Sadly, your brothers are clingy.
Hughes Siblings Acquired (Part 1) Somehow, the New Jersey Devils acquire a player who will fit in well on the team.
Welcome to New Jersey (Part 2) Quinn arrives to New Jersey and has his first training with his brothers and new team.
The Sugar Fix After opening your cafe and bar, a familiar hockey player comes in opening day. Seems like he remembers you too.
JACK HUGHES
Prom Queen Inspired by "Prom Queen" by Molly Kate Kestner.
LUKE HUGHES
Don't Want to Lose You (Part 1) You notice something is wrong with your body. A wrong diagnosis then something you never wanna hear.
Will You Be There When I Wake Up? (Part 2) Two weeks pass and it's time for surgery.
I'd Marry You Tomorrow (Part 3) As a precautionary measure, you follow through with the doctor suggestion to collect eggs. It wasn't as an easy process as you thought.
MACKENZIE BLACKWOOD
Home Inspired by "Home" by Phillip Phillips.
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MAT BARZAL
Opening Night For once Mat is your pretty accessory for your big night. Instead of the other way round.
Drunken Mistakes (Part 1) After receiving some bad news, you just wanted to not be alone. After a couple drinks, what most likely is a bad decision, starts to sound too good to miss.
New York Luck (Part 2) After a lovely holiday, your partner breaks up with you and so you turn to your only friend in the city.
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CARTER HART
Something In The Orange Inspired by the song "Something In The Orange" by Zach Bryan. Little Miss Klutz Despite you hating your pain link to your soulmate, he had a tendency to look on the brighter side.
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BRAYDEN POINT
You’re Not Useless Broken bones and being bed bound can affect you more than physically. Fighting words are thrown between the pair.
STEVEN STAMKOS
WAG Meetings After it's confirmed that the boys will go to playoffs for another season, the WAGs have a meeting to discuss the most exciting part. WAG Jackets.
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AUSTON MATTHEWS
My Family A pair of friends reunite with a surprise in store for one of them. Oops, it's a baby.
Bad Day = Cuddles After the worst day you have had in a long time, your boyfriend at home was ready to take care of you.
You're My Favouite A visit to your family goes wrong when Auston meets your Aunt.
MATTHEW KNIES
Halloween Surprise The team's Halloween party seemed like the perfect time to reveal to everyone who you were dating.
MITCH MARNER
God, You’re Amazing A championship game ends up being the best day for multiple people's lives.
Stop Flirting With Marner! A few Leafs spy a figure skater practicing on the ice of the All-Star Arena. After persistent bugging from his friends, one finds himself embarrassing himself to try score a date.
WILLIAM NYLANDER
Flirt With Her Tomorrow A day spent at a stable as a team bonding exercise turns out to be a great place to meet people for some.
Never Letting You Go Again Bumping into exes are always fun. But with a little meddling from a sweet cafe owner who's missed her favourite regulars, some truths are revealed.
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ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER
Baking Antics A rainy day means baking and dancing in the kitchen.
Kick Ass Your first time back in a competition and your luck charm definitely helped.
QUINN HUGHES
Support My Girl The final dance concert comes around and you're lucky to have such a supportive family.
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SOCIAL MEDIA FIC MASTERLIST
ALL WRITING AND GRAPHICS USED ON THIS POST IS MINE. I CREATED THE VISUALS FOR THIS ON CANVA.
UPDATED: 9/11/23
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impostoradult · 9 months
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initial post Barbie movie thoughts:
if it doesn't win all the oscars for production design it will be a crime
the depression Barbie sequence is a work of comedic genius
Michael Cera and Kate MacKinnon make so much out of their relatively minor roles
Ryan Gosling's Ken is a glorious thing to behold
they needed to do a bit more with Earring Magic Ken
i did not see the final punchline coming and it was *chef's kiss*
i did cry more than once
the homoerotic tension between Gosling Ken and Simu Liu Ken needed further exploration
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ecoamerica · 23 days
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Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared
The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!
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cendrillonmedousa · 2 years
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Notable, Present-day, Radical Feminists
As a second wave feminism, we assume that radical feminists are hard, if not impossible, to find in today's world. Here is a list of notable women you can still interact with today.
Chude Pam Allen, co-founder of New York Radical Women
Ti-Grace Atkinson, author of Amazon Odyssey
Kathleen Barry, co-founder of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Linda Bellos, first Black lesbian member of Spare Rib feminist collective
Julie Bindel, co-founder of Justice for Women
Jenny Brown, author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work
Professor Judith C. Brown, pioneer in the study of lesbian history
Susan Brownmiller, author of Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape
Professor Phyllis Chesler, co-founder of Association for Women in Psychology
D.A. Clarke, known for her development of feminist theory
Nikki Craft, creator of the Andrea Dworkin Online Library, Hustling the Left website, and No Status Quo website
Christine Delphy, co-founder of the French Women's Liberation Movement
Professor Gail Dines, author of Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
Melissa Farley, founder and director of Prostitution Research and Education
Marilyn Fyre, author of The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory
Carol Hanisch, best known for "the personal is political"
Merle Hoffman, co-founder of the National Abortion Federation
Professor Shelia Jeffreys, author of The Spinster and Her Enemies
Lierre Keith, founder of Women's Liberation Front
Anne Koedt, author of The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm
Marjorie Kramer, editor of Woman and Art Quarterly
Professor Holly Lawford-Smith, author of Gender-Critical Feminism
Dr. Catharine Alice MacKinnon, author of Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case for Sex Discrimination
Robin Morgan, creator of Sisterhood Is anthologies
Dr. Janice G. Raymond, author of The Transsexual Empire
Kathie Sarachild, coiner of term "Sisterhood is Powerful"
Alix Kates Shulman, author of Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen
Gloria Steinman
Michele Faith Wallace, author of Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
Dr. Marilyn Salzman Webb, co-founder of the first feminist consciousness-raising groups in Chicago and Washington D.C.
Harriet Wistrich, founding director of Centre for Women's Justice
Laura X, led the campaign behind making marital and date rape a crime in over twenty countries
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joamaj-goodjomans · 6 months
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GUYS!!!
It's just been announced that cast options have been picked up for Michael and David. Please note that this is NOT an official renewal of the show, yet, but it's ... well, a GOOD omen.
ETA, update from Neil:
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ETA: Costume designer Kate Carin posted this to her instagram.
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gothicprep · 9 months
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so, wife and i finally got around to seeing barbie. and neither of us were particularly big fans of it.
stuff i liked. i'll get that out of the way first. i like that it's a huge box office success when theaters have really needed that post-covid. the set design and costumes were just my kind of garish. the opening scene was funny, and you can always count on ryan gosling to give it his all whenever he's cast in anything. and the "patriarchy is when men and horses rule the world" joke made me giggle a bit. the horses in general were an amusing running gag.
and. uh. that's about it really.
i've complained about this before, not with barbie, but i'm not a fan of the "movies that are for children, but not really" thing. usually they're aimed at critics instead, and this is *sort of* that. but also not really. i'm actually not sure who this is for, other than mattel, i guess.
this reminded me a lot of another movie, actually – disney's enchanted. and you could make the argument that the similar premise is responding to the same thing enchanted was. 00s pop feminism that criticized disney princesses usually included barbie in the mix too. and since people liked the meta aspect of enchanted back in '07, we've ended up with the live action movies that exist to reassure parents in my age group that the rodent empire has heard your cries, and they're aware, so it's fine to bring your kids to this. they've changed and grown as a person if you're going off the mitt romney definition of that word at least. they've changed their stories to reflect that. kinda. the princesses are girlbosses and they don't need a man. please clap.
the problem with applying this formula to barbie is that, unlike characters from an existing story canon – many of which, to be honest, were read very uncharitably during that blip in the culture – barbie is more of a concept. the movie winks at how barbie the idea is basically just whatever people want to project onto it, but it kind of falls into the trap of pointing things out in lieu of making a point. and while i do think that gerwig did the best with this that she realistically could, movies like this aren't in a position where they can thread the needle. after all, they're giving you this IP for a reason.
my wife also pointed out that it muddied the waters a bit to try and grapple with this all in a comedy where all the funniest lines end up going to ryan gosling, simu liu, michael cera, and will ferrell. my counterpoint is that kate mackinnon and hari nef had some great moments, but she's onto something here.
it's really difficult for me to watch something like barbie and really look at it in a vacuum. even though it has a different look than the other IP projects we've begrudgingly come to expect, i feel like i can't separate it from this broader picture of, like, integrity laundering. i went into it with an open mind, but left frustrated with it. you can make an argument for a remake. i guess. but this really shamelessly felt like a commercial.
on the bright side, this mostly negative review won't take away from the fact that this has been a much needed boost for theater attendance. in the end, that's what matters the most to me right now, i think.
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dhaaruni · 2 years
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I’m looking for some book recommendations on feminism. Do you happen to have any favorites?
Yeah of course like who do you think I am lol?
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
The Destruction of Hillary Clinton by Susan Bordo (and What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton)
The Empathy Exams and particularly “The Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain” by Leslie Jamison
Right-Wing Women (and Woman Hating and Pornography: Men Possessing Women) by Andrea Dworkin
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard
The Perils of “Privilege” by Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World by Olga Khazan
Are women human?, Only Words, and Toward a Feminist Theory of the State by Catharine A. MacKinnon
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Sexual Politics by Kate Millett
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Davis
Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape by Susan Brownmiller
On Rape and Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility (and The Whole Woman)  by Germaine Greer
Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism by Kathleen Stock
Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution by Adrienne Rich
Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality by Gail Dines
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