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Category Archives: Writing

Jan 03, 2018Nov 18, 2020

In Remembrance of Allan G. Johnson, 1946-2017

Several years ago I was on an NYC subway and my friend told me to listen to this speech he had on his primitive, first-generation iPhone. We listened together, one earbud in each of our […]

Sep 26, 2017Sep 26, 2017

FREQ #17: Ann Leckie Imagines A World Without Gender

  Our latest issue of the FREQ newsletter features an interview with the fascinating Ann Leckie, who wrote her critically-acclaimed and best-selling debut novel, Ancillary Justice, when she was a stay-at-home mom well into her […]

Jul 18, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Masculinity, Rage, and Racism: Some Thoughts on War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes may be the least subtle film I have ever seen. Of course, not every film has to be subtle, but at a certain point, enduring a movie that […]

Jul 07, 2017Jul 07, 2017

FREQ #16: Amber Galloway Gallego: Turning Music into Sign Language

Each month, FREQ will bring you the latest news and updates from Feminist Frequency, as well as interviews with some of the most inspiring women in media, activism, and beyond. This month, we’re talking to […]

Jun 21, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Senior Citizen: Gender, Infirmity and Horror

You wouldn’t know it from the amount of time I spend thinking, talking, and writing about horror cinema, but I’m actually not a huge horror fan. I’ll spend hours falling through a TV Tropes or […]

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017

FREQ #15: G. Willow Wilson: Diversity is Realism

Each month, FREQ will bring you the latest news and updates from Feminist Frequency, as well as interviews with some of the most inspiring women in media, activism, and beyond. This month, we’re talking to […]

May 25, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Jungletown and Reality TV: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being and ‘Surviving’

The onslaught of headlines indicating some dark times – regarding immigration, education, and healthcare, to name just a few areas of concern and crisis – have left a lot of us looking for escapist entertainment in our […]

Mar 28, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Absolutely Badasses: Looking Back on Vasquez, 30 Years Later

My parents’ attitude toward selecting films to watch on family movie nights was pretty loose when I was young. They’d refined the criteria a bit more by the time my brother was able to sit […]

Mar 23, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Blue Belle: Femininity, Fashion and a ‘Tale as Old as Time’

Let’s state the obvious right up front: Beauty and the Beast is a Disney film. What this means is that it follows a long history of formulaic narratives involving young women in a bit of […]

Mar 01, 2017Nov 18, 2020

Well, Too Bad We Can’t Stay

I saw Get Out among a predominantly white audience this weekend. The decision was spontaneous and swift — there was a showing near me (in the white-ass suburb in which I live) at the perfect […]

Feb 09, 2017Feb 17, 2017

FREQ #12: Sophie Campbell Wants More of Everything

Every month, the FREQ newsletter features great interviews with some of the most inspiring women in media, as well as exciting FemFreq news. Our latest issue features an interview with the phenomenally talented Sophie Campbell.  Sign […]

Feb 09, 2017Feb 09, 2017

The Final Girl

There’s a line of dialogue about halfway through Split,  M. Night Shyamalan’s latest blockbuster, that masterfully illustrates precisely how this film careens smugly off the rails. Dr. Karen Fletcher (Betty Buckley), sympathetic psychiatrist to the movie’s […]

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