Review: Spring Breakers
Hieronymus Bosch is alive and well and living in Florida, bitches! He’s melding slobbering hunks of flesh into micro bikinis Brian Yuzna style. Two finger smiles, porn star tongues-this could be an...
Category: Women
FemFuture? A Few Reasons to Ignore “Online Feminism”
A new report just released by firm Valenti Martin Media called #FemFuture: Online Revolution recently defined Online Feminism as a movement that centers on “ umor, pop culture, fashion, and the...
The Slooooooow New Season of Mad Men
The sixth season of Mad Men aired on Sunday to rather a mixed response from critics; Alyssa Rosenberg at Think Progress probably put it most succinctly when she noted that: ‘The risk for Mad Men is...
The Daylight Gate: Jeanette Winterson Goes Horror
Jeanette Winterson, The Daylight Gate. London: Arrow, 2012. Acclaimed English novelist Jeanette Winterson’s latest book is something of a curiousity. The book has been published by Arrow in...
“A series of endless stupid romances”: Doctor Who returns
Doctor Who came back from a brief hiatus this weekend with a rather unremarkable episode revolving around a plot to steal human minds over wifi networks in order to feed a mysterious client. Its main...
Who’s Afraid Of the Reaper? Death on American TV
One of the most critically acclaimed episodes of Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer was season five’s ‘The Body,’ about the death of Buffy and Dawn’s mother Joyce. In a television show...
Cappucinos with Kaidy: Mother-In-Law-To-Be
All those hyphens! You can actually feel the jumps and the starts, no smooth flow here... and I don’t just mean the heading at the top of the page. I’m actually referring to you and me and every...
Elementary, My Dear Joan Watson: An Egalitarian Sherlock?
CBS’ Elementary has been saddled with the difficulty of distinguishing itself from the beloved BBC Sherlock, and, in a sense, justifying its existence. Sherlock fans were incensed when the rival...
Call the Midwife: Taking Mothers Seriously
While the United States is fawning over Downton Abbey (how about that shocker in Sunday’s episode, eh?), UK viewers are enjoying the return of Call the Midwife, which just started its second series...
Are You Being Served? Class and Service on Downton Abbey
With the release of Downton Abbey in the US comes a new tide of commentary about the British drama, which seems to be captivating audiences on both sides of the pond in addition to ushering a new era...