Sexism In Cinema: Where Are The Women In Argo?
It’s quickly becoming a consensus pick in a crowded race, as it has almost everything you could want in a movie. Oh, right. Except for women.
It’s quickly becoming a consensus pick in a crowded race, as it has almost everything you could want in a movie. Oh, right. Except for women.
If you’ve seen the poll tracking numbers, you know that Romney and Obama are in a dead heat, which makes me nervous — because I’m too lazy to move to from my couch, let alone to Canada.
Abortions would get major corporate sponsorship and endorsement deals, and you’d have Tiger Woods trying to sell you Abortions by Nike, Ashton Kutcher giving new meaning to What Happens In Vegas for GE, and Arnold Schwarzenegger saying “Hasta La Vista, Baby” on behalf of Hummer.
Nope (English); Naw, dawg (Bro English); Nahhh (Stoner English); Nuh-uh (Four-year-old English); Negative (Military English); No way, Jose (Mary Kate and Ashley movie English); Non (Spanish); Non (French); Nein (German); Lo (Hebrew); Chúi muá (Hmong); Nem (Hungarian)…
I know almost every woman and gay in the world thinks this, but I feel like I am Liz Lemon. Who doesn’t identify with her quixotic quest to have it all, to have the job, the life and be Mrs. Astronaut Mike Dexter?
And refusing to lyrically evolve past 15-year-old bitchery makes Taylor Swift increasingly difficult to root for — because instead of being the underdog we used to root for, she’s becoming one of the mean girls.
Are we calling him out for being an abuser for the right reasons? Will it help raise awareness about domestic abuse, or does it just bully a bully? Does targeting Chris Brown really help anyone?
The problem is that, although “un”-intentional copying happens all the time in music (remember what Perez Hilton used to call the “Beyonce Recycling Factory?”), Ryan Tedder lands in hot water for it at an alarming rate.
This is not progress.
I know that was the right advice to give (almost every dating book I’ve ever read confirms that this “playing hard to get” mess works), but I wanted to stab those words as they were coming out of my mouth like after-birthday-party balloons.