The Voice of Girls
April 15, 2012
After the screening, I sat in my room with an editor of Broads, trying to work out what that slim half-hour had said, and what it promised to …
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On Franchise and Feminism: The Hunger Games
April 1, 2012
Sure, go see The Hunger Games. There’s a singular, thrilling pleasure to a solidly executed blockbuster, and this one’s pretty …
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A Woman’s Guide to “Girl Land”
March 9, 2012
According to Caitlin Flanagan, I too lived in Girl Land, once upon a time—and if I hadn’t, it was because my citizenship had been wrested away by the liberal, permissive parents who’d handed me a …
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Trying Out Smash
February 17, 2012
Even for those who haven’t watched a backstage-anything since Black Swan, a lot of what appears in Smash is predictable: ingénue, rival, predatory director (who speaks with an accent). Even the less obvious characters—the queenly producer, the …
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Modern Girls & Old-Fashioned Men: Feminism and the Fall Television Line-Up
With Mad Men not due to return until March, other networks have made their move, hoping to stake out a corner of its temporarily-vacated niche. Fall 2011 brought us two period pieces, The Playboy Club and Pan-Am, each offering …
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