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FemFreq on KPFK’s Feminist Magazine
On March 16th, 2011, I was interviewed on KPFK’s Feminist Magazine in Los Angeles. Lynn Harris Ballen and I talked about making feminist and gender theories more accessible through critical media literacy and online video. […]
How I Fought a YouTube Takedown and (Eventually) Won
On January 10th, 2011 I realized that one of my YouTube videos “Too Many Dicks: Video Games Remix” was suddenly unavailable. I was a little shocked since I hadn’t even received an email letting me know […]
Misogyny and the Backlash Against Assange’s Accusers
Below is a collection of articles that discuss the internet backlash against the two Swedish women who have accused Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks of sexual assault. These charges come just after WikiLeaks publicly released […]
Top 5 Problems with Glee: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Season 2 Premiere
Tuesday night’s season premiere of Glee may have been one of the most offensive hours of television I’ve watched in a long time. It seemed like every minute or two they would make another sexist, […]
Gender Across Borders Podcast Interview
Gender Across Borders (GAB) invited me to be a guest on their new monthly podcast to discuss the Bechdel Test. I applied the test to Sex and the City 2 and Karate Kid and looked […]
“Remixing Pop Culture” Event Videos
I organized “Remixing Popular Culture: Subverting Gender and Sexuality with Remix Video” at California State University, Northridge in March 2010 to explore how remix video can subvert gender and sexuality. I was joined by Jonathan […]
Feminist Frequency on Critical Commons
I have recently published a lecture series featured on Critical Commons. This collection of video clips and commentaries analyze the gender politics of TV shows ranging from Roseanne, to Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars, Fringe, Glee […]
“Women and Pop Culture” Class Visit at SMC
Earlier this year, Melanie Klein of Feminist Fatale invited me to speak to her Women and Popular Culture class at Santa Monica College in California. I spent the hour talking about how powerful Political Remix […]
The First Canadian Video Game Awards
Yesterday may have been the first Canadian Video Game Awards but I doubt they are the first instance of overt sexism in the Canadian video game industry. Last night I attended the first Canadian video […]
Vote for Buffy vs Edward in the 2010 Webby Awards!
Did you get a chance to see “Buffy vs Edward: Twilight remixed“? It was recently nominated for a Webby! And it might be the only feminist anything that is nominated at all this year, which […]
WAM! 2010 Video and Playlist
I had such a fantastic time presenting at Women, Action and Media (WAM) in Los Angeles on March 25th, 2010. I curated a show of online videos including remixes, vlogs, vids and short documentaries made […]