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Redemption takes a different turn into Science Fiction, Spaghetti Western, Mad Max-style post-apocalypse dystopias, and outright LGBTQ feminist polemic The bad guys are redeemably venal and fascistic men who oppress women The good guys are women The Gunslinger with No Name is drawn to look cheekily like Linda Hamilton as you might imagine her action[...]

Captain Marvel chose the same plot for a specific feminist purpose The makers of Ghost in the Shell could have chosen from a wide range of stories involving cyberpunk, hacking, espionage, and geopolitics on top of its ongoing existential themes but instead opted for the plot that made the story as boring and uninteresting as[...]

She's a great, great villain, very misunderstood." Murphy's interest was sparked by a viewing of Milos Forman's 1975 film where the writer/director/producer looked at the story from Nurse Ratched's perspective: "How did she get that way? What made her do that? How do you become a sociopath? Most people are not born that way." As has been[...]

A few years ago a friend of mine asked a question that shook me up a bit."Can you name five female scientists?" "Of course I can!" was my immediate answer, followed by a bit of mental triangulation.

Just No" While Combs is concerned with protecting the creative integrity of the original series and that the network is only looking to cash in on the current social climate, it was the positioning of the pilot as a "feminist" version of Charmed that particularly irked her: The new Charmed pilot comes from Jane the Virgin creator/showrunner[...]

But what SPECIFIC crime can this SPECIFIC man be charged with in this SPECIFIC context/moment?" And the extremity of the imposition of the fascistic impulse — as inevitable as "trigger warnings", "safe spaces" and "micro-aggression" in our Feminist Theocratic world — there is no such thing as "small enough" or "unobtrusive enough" Dave Sim remains Dave Sim[...]

And a feminist generational novel about the changing face of Japanese society as represented by its women There's actually a literary convention in Asian fiction to have women symbolise the times and hardships of society, as seen in movies like Insect Woman, directed by Shohei Imamura, and Life of Oharu and Street of Shame directed[...]

Here are the first responses. Jesse Garza Pretty soon they're put a scarf over her hair. Travis Newman They are bending to the will of Tumblr sjw and bloggers who, for the most part, don't read or buy the books or have any intention of doing so. Jesse Garza Don't forget angry Feminists! J Scott Campbell I'm very happy[...]