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Tag Archives: feminism
Nine Worlds: A Thank You
This has been a con not quite like any other, and it is deserving of a post-con post not quite like any other. I don’t just want to give a shout out to the people I met whose names I … Continue reading
Review: Doctor Who: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
Well, that was the best episode of Doctor Who we have seen in a very long time. It was near perfect in execution, nodded to a past that charts back before 2005, and had some deep, troubling and interestingly explored … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Review
Tagged Alien Earth, Clara, Doctor Who, feminism, Hegel, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Marxism, master/slave dialectic, Megan Lindholm, review, sexism
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Review: Doctor Who, ‘The Bells of Saint John’
I rather enjoyed this episode. Have I surprised you? I’ve seen a lot of disappointment on Twitter, contrasted with a bunch of other people shouting about how it was PERFECT and haters are gonna hate. Given my feelings about recent … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Review
Tagged Clara Oswin Oswald, Doctor Who, feminism, Matt Smith, Meddling Monk, review, Richard E Grant, Rose, sexism
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Reviewing through the Time Machine: The Count of Monte Cristo
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) Author: Alexandre Dumas Series/Standalone: Standalone Genre: Adventure/Revenge/Historical First Published: 1844-1845 (serialised in Journal des Débats) Edition Reviewed: Project Gutenberg ebook (released 1998, accessed 2012) and the 1997 Wordsworth Classics edition … Continue reading
On Subjectivity: Wild Swans, Escher Girls, and Mansplaining
I heard something on Radio 4 this morning that set a fire in my brain. It connected with all kinds of things that have been bubbling beneath the surface for the last few weeks – a bunch of ideas and … Continue reading
Posted in Article, blogs, Comics, Escher Girls, Mansplaining, Review, Wild Swans
Tagged Escher Girls, feminism, Jung Chang, Mansplaining, Peng Liyuan, philosophy, Radio 4, sexism, Wild Swans, Xi Jinping
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Gender Stats in Reviews 2
Some of you may remember that earlier this year I was inspired by Warpcore SF to track statistics on the gender of lead characters in the things I review. A lot of talk is bandied about regarding the gender of … Continue reading
Review: Looper, AKA ‘It would have been so easy not to be sexist: WHY?!’
Title: Looper Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels, and Pierce Gagnon Written by: Rian Johnson Directed by: Rian Johnson So. This was the film that everybody loved. I have literally not heard a single person say a … Continue reading
Posted in Looper, Review
Tagged feminism, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper, review, Sarah Connor, science fiction, sexism, Terminator, Terminator 2
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Review: Game of Thrones, Season 2
I really meant to review this ages ago, but it had the misfortune of airing at pretty much exactly the start of the shittiest part of my year, and I didn’t really review much of anything (or do much of … Continue reading
Posted in A Game of Thrones, Review
Tagged A Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya Stark, Brienne, Brienne and Jaime's Very Bloody Buddy Movie, Catelyn Stark, Cersei, Charles Dance, Daenerys Targaryen, feminism, Game of Thrones, Gwendoline Christie, Jaime Lannister, kickass ladies, Lena Headey, Maisie WIlliams, Peter Dinklage, racism, Sansa Stark, Season 2, sexism, Tyrion Lannister, Tywin Lannister
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