Nudity and the heterosexual male gaze in Game of Thrones
Note: Contains spoilers for all aired episodes of the TV series but none for the books. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a show that contained as much nudity as Game of Thrones (something not unusual for a...
View ArticleIs Thor a feminist movie? (Yes)
There’s no easy way for me to break this to you, so make sure you’re sitting down: Kenneth Branagh’s Thor (2011) is a feminist movie. Okay, I admit that on the surface a movie about an uber-masculine...
View ArticleA Letter to Cobra Starship
Disclaimer: If you think pop music isn’t worth analyzing… well, you’re wrong. Pop music reflects and reinforces our cultural norms. Therefore it’s a completely valid form to examine when we discuss...
View ArticleIron Man and the problem of Pepper Potts
Note: this post will discuss the first Iron Man movie but contains spoilers for both this and the sequel. The sequel will be discussed in a post coming to an SJL blog near you very soon. Iron Man is,...
View ArticleGirls are not like apples and other hard facts about the world.
The above quote keeps doing the rounds on Tumblr (by which I mean, keeps appearing on my Pete Wentz tracked tag. Um…). From my attempt at investigation (otherwise known as “googling it”) it seems...
View ArticleStilettos, Catwoman and The Dark Knight Rises
WARNING: Discussion of The Dark Knight Rises. Don’t think that there are any serious spoilers but the purists may want to give this a miss. There are also serious spoilers for The Dark Knight...
View ArticleVagina Dialogues
OK, let’s get some comedy nerdery happening on this blog. Australian comedy nerdery, that’s right, niche. (Some of the things I’m nerdy about are stuff you literally probably haven’t heard about unless...
View ArticleThe Man With the Hero Complex… Tattoo
Spoilers for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo book and major trigger warnings for rape, both in the review and in the book. I am not a survivor of rape or sexual assault so I would happy to receive any...
View ArticleDear Kat Stratford (I think I love you)
Hopefully I am not the only one who still remembers/watches weekly 10 Things I Hate About You. It is the the story of Kat Stratford, and her younger, more popular sister, Bianca. They are at high...
View ArticleAt the Movies
It’s been quiet around these parts, we know, we know. But look, we’re all really busy and important (at least one of those things anyway). There has been some moving internationally, some uni...
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