Tech Support is a short film written and produced by Jenny Hagel. The film has won several awards--including Best Lesbian Short at the Hamburg International Queer Film Festival (Germany), the Audience Award at the Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, and Best Short Film at the Fresno Reel Pride LGBT Film Festival--and has been an official selection at 16 film festivals.
Ripley's Pick movies pass the Bechdel Test: at least two named female characters talk to each other about something other than men. Surprisingly few films make the cut.
The Heavy Metal Witch Hunt Lives On (Feature)
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Around the world, heavy metal has long been aligned with Satanism in the
cultural imagination. For metalheads from Lebanon to Poland, the Satanic
Panic is ...
Teen Wolf season 2 episode 1 review: Omega
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Review Ron Hogan Jun 4, 2012
Teen Wolf returns to MTV for a second season. Read Ron's review of episode
2.1, here...
*This review contains spoilers.*
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Tomorrow’s the big day…
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Tomorrow, we’ll make herstory! The 1st Annual National Girlfriends’
Networking Day. We’ll kick off at 6:45am EST on Fox & Friends as Amy
discusses her Huf...
Lady T Recommends “Prince & Ekaj”
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Good news – Haberdasher Theatre’s The Wizard of Oz has been fully funded,
and Futuredazehas $1061 of its $1700 goal pledged with 22 days still to go.
The n...
Weekly Feminist Reader
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Age 39 seems to be when college-educated women hit their pay ceiling. An
Afghan rape victim has spoken out against her assailants who are members of
the Am...
And on another note: feminista stylin’
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I like everything about this dress, from the bold turquoise to the DIY
woodblock pattern and hand-finished embroidery. Now, if only I had any of
the skills...
Living Your Feminist Principles
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by Matilda Branson Up to what point do we really live our feminist values?
This is a dilemma I often face as someone working in gender, in a field I
am so,...
Feeling Good.
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I currently work retail, selling expensive women's performance-wear. I get
to wear sweat-wicking clothing all day, which is awesome. The store's
mission is...
Welcome to Megan, our new theatre and arts editor
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A big welcome to Megan Stodel, who has just started as the new theatre and arts review editor at The F-Word. Megan is a recent English graduate and is soon t...
Opening in Chicago, 06/01
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I Wish (trailer) Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda (After Life, Nobody Knows,
Hana, Still Walking) Personal Interest Factor: 7 Kore-eda is one of the
better-know...
OFCS Has Moved
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For those of you who follow us on Blogger and not on ofcs.org, you may have noticed our usual Friday post isn't showing up. There's a reason for that. We've ...
Avenging Women: The Goddess Trope
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Does this image look familiar? Most of you have likely seen it, in one form
or another. Hindu cosmology in the North Atlantic belt presents many
versions...
Isaac's Live Lip-Dub Proposal
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I came across this proposal on Pinterest and simply had to share. I must admit that I am such a romantic that I teared right up. Consider it a little bit of...
Women's Film Opening - June 1, 2012
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Pink Ribbons, Inc. (doc) Ever since I saw this movie -- which premiered at
the Toronto Film Festival last fall and is directed by Lea Pool-- I have
been ob...
Adorbs Animals: Dolphins Swimming!
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As I wrote last week, I’m going to post a weekly animal pic or video. So I
thought for this week, I’d share with you all the stunning photos of
dolphins (b...
Racialicious Crush Of The Week: Bolaji Badejo
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*By Andrea Plaid*
“*Who?!*” you may be asking.
A somewhat fair question, though, like last week’s Crush Kevin Clash, you
may know him by the creation he...
Quote of the Day
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From the First Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling finding the Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional:
"A second rationale of a [put forth in justi...
FFF: I’m Not Wearing Heels to This
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Welcome to June. It’s wedding season and it’s likely that your sister,
mother, brother, cousin or neighbor is getting married. If you’re in your
early twen...
8th Grader’s Petition against Seventeen Magazine
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There is a petition that a young ballet dancer began against Seventeen
magazine for portraying unrealistic images of girls, which pressures young
girls to ...
Links of Great Interest: Sorry for the missed week!
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Lot of deadlines hit all at once. Anywho! Guess who won’t get
excommunicated? The rapist! Why Greg Rucka writes strong female characters.
Anyone in DC ab...
Feminist Bride Swag – T-Shirts!
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Introducing The Feminist Bride merchandise! Know a bride that wants to
celebrate her upcoming nuptials but wants to make a statement that she's a
lady that...
“War on Unborn Girls,” Or Just More War on Women?
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Lila Rose, the 23-year-old anti-choice crusader who devotes her waking
hours to exposing the so-called “corruption” and “illegal activity” of
abortion prov...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: London Feminist Film Festival
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(Cross-posted with permission) The London Feminist Film Festival will take
place over a weekend in November 2012. The festival aims to counterbalance
the m...
The Evolution of a Down Ass Chick
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Down Ass Chick: a woman who is a lady but she can hang with thugs. She
will lie for you but still love you. She will die for you but cry for you.
Most imp...
Travel post #6: To dress or not to dress
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This is the sixth in my series of short travel posts from the road as my
husband and I drive from one side of the country to the other. See
highlights from...
Smith Mountain Breakdown
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I know, I know. You're sick to death of blog silence or "posts" comprised
of little more than iPhone snaps cheaply gussied up through CameraBag or
Instagra...
Love Bloggo: The Devotion Project
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Ignorance is powerful. It closes people's minds to that which is different
from them, and creates a barrier that is difficult to break down.
Ignorance me...
The clinch that got Trumped…
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Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
Y’all know how much I adore Newt Gingrich.
What?
I adore Newt for the guaranteed red-faced asshole moments that he br...
For the Fellas
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Ugh, I hate dating. Really, I just hate the beginning. Not all of it, of
course. When you are newly starting out with someone all you have is
possibility a...
OUT TAKES 2012 & Jill Livestre
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Still from *Mosquita Y Mari*Each year I receive great emails from Jill
Livestre, about the films I might enjoy at *Out Takes*, New Zealand's Reel
Queer Fil...
This Is What Makes Us Girls
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(with apologies to Lana Del Rey. Trigger warning for misogynistic,
transphobic violence) when men open doors for me yearning for my smile and
my lover cup...
Toilet Seats: Up or Down?
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Have you seen this? I saw it on a friend's Facebook wall.
Now, if you read all of these, plenty of them are based on lame gender
stereotypes. In the seco...
Silent Witness s15: ‘Calm down, dear…’
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Silent Witness has just finished broadcasting its 15th series and, I’ll be
truthful, I’ve been watching it for quite a few years. I’ve also been a bit
of a...
HYSTERIA
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As of today (5/25/12), my favorite film of 2012 is Hysteria–a five-star
film with a brilliant combination of loose-tight properties: I laughed; I
cried; I ...
Help Fund Tropes vs Women in Video Games
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Earlier this year, I was invited to speak about developing female
characters in video games at the BUNGiE offices in Bellevue, WA (you
probably know BUNGiE...
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This video of a mother whose child was born with clefted eyes and several
other serious health problems has been making the rounds on Facebook. The
websit...
We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Silence…
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Hey! I actually wrote something! Not here, but over on the Guardian’s
Comment Is Free. It’s about Tom Gabel’s imminent transition: Like anything,
it’s just...
The Avengers: First Thoughts
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I'm not calling this a full review of The Avengers, because I started celebrating its release early by getting sick so I'm kind of a mess. Also, I'm coming f...
2 Broke Girls Finale: Long Duck Dong Redux?
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As tonight’s season finale of CBS’s hit new sitcom 2 Broke Girls
illustrates, three decades after Sixteen Candles’ cringe-worthy portrayal
of foreign excha...
He Said, She Said...Hysteria
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*He Said...*
"...When I spoke to native New Yorker (from the lower eastside of
Manhattan) Maggie Gyllenhaal on what attracted her to this film projec...
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My male dog is wearing a ribbon tied in a bow around his neck. When my
grandfather sees him he exclaims loudly, “Jake! You’re a poofter! It’s not
enough th...
A 72-Hour Wait for Santorum
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This past weekend, a student sent me an email with a question about the
"Born Alive Infant Bill" (the bill that Obama's opposition to when he was
still a S...
Does the Left Believe Stay-at-Home Mothers Work?
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[image: SALT LAKE CITY, UT- JUNE 24: U.S. Republican ...]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT- JUNE 24: (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Of
course they do! The ...
sun from a whisper of a winter
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maroon all through she is rajasthani blue desert sky a natural hue im am
also speaking to you future you audiences they clap hands they clap faces
they bre...
A Twilight Turkey Day Treat
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My kids (starring as Bella and Jacob) and their friend (starring as Edward)
made this a few years back. There is no death by human-vampire baby or
dental c...
The Universities Today
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Historiann has tagged me to engage in a discussion about how our
universities work and the problems we see in them. I am currently in the
unusual position ...
Certified Copy
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Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
MK2 Productions
The latest film from Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, *Certified Copy*begins with the same joke...
The Fresh Outlook article
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A new profile on The Girls on Film at The Fresh Outlook.com. Check it out
here: The Fresh Outlook Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Subscribe to the
comme...
Goodbye!
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In the two years I've written The Sexist, I've offended Catholics, sorority
sisters, former homosexuals, Tucker Max fans, breast massagers, a child's
sense...
Sarah Haskins Introduces Modern Lady
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Target Women's Sarah Haskins drops in on infoMania's newcomer Erin Gibson
to present the tools for an important quest.
Tune in at 10pm this Thursday, Ma...
Lost: LAX
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First off, I have to admit that I did the unthinkable…I fell asleep during
the season premiere of Lost. But I feel like it’s excusable. I was sick
and ...
Health Reform as a Queer Issue - Word!
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Check out this awesome post at the similarly awesome blog RH Reality Check!
Blogger Katherine Franke gives the quick & dirty version of why a health
care ...
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