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A Feminist Goodbye (For Now) To "Harry Potter" and "Friday Night Lights"

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

July 15, 2011 - 9:00am (Print)

Even more than that, the women in these stories have transcended being "good female characters" who subvert stereotyps into just being good characters, period; real ones, ones whose journeys we are, sometimes to a desperate extent, obsessed with.

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The Beneficent Patriarchy of “Big Love” Loses Its Luster

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

February 18, 2011 - 5:12pm (Print)

The "heart" of Big Love has been in the question of how women survive in patriarchy, zooming in on the three wives struggling with the fundamental inequality of their relationships. But the show has lost its way.

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TLC Premieres Polygamy Reality Show "Sister Wives"

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by Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches

September 30, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

The biggest surprise about last night’s series premiere of Sister Wives, TLC’s new reality series about fundamentalist Mormon polygamist Kody Brown and his three—wait, now, four?!!—wives was that it got rave reviews from critics.

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Dear NBC: An Honest Portrayal of Young Women, Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion

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by Amie Newman

July 19, 2010 - 1:43pm (Print)

Women's groups recognize NBC for its honest, compelling and realistic portrayal of a young woman facing an unintended pregnancy and her decision to chose abortion.

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True Love Jane (Austen and Campion) Style

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

February 12, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

Favorite romantic works of art as of late? Two old-fashioned, British costume dramas: "Emma" on TV and "Bright Star" in theaters. Some say these represent a backlash against sexual liberation but both achieve the goal of being enrapturing and romantic while subtly critiquing conventional conceptions of love.

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The "Law and Order" Abortion Disaster and The Wasteland of TV

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

October 28, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)

The folks at NBC's long-running legal franchise Law & Order must have thought they'd garner praise for their episode on abortion. The show, however, was anything but balanced.
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Accidentally Dodging the Question?

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by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

September 24, 2009 - 7:46pm (Print)

I did find Accidentally on Purpose on CBS, the story of Billie, (Jenna Elfman) a movie critic who has a fling with the young, handsome, unstable Zach (Jon Foster). She quickly becomes pregnant.

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Struggle in a World of Privilege: A Mad Men Salon

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by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

August 21, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Even as we anticipate watching the women who work at Sterling Cooper struggle with changing gender roles, we are watching that struggle take place in a privileged world.

Follow Pamela Merritt on Twitter, @SharkFu

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You Can't Keep the Lid On Forever: A Mad Men Salon

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by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

August 20, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

"Mad Men" is all about the hard truths, and the hard truth is that being a woman forging her own path in the early 60s was very lonely indeed.

Follow Amanda Marcotte on Twitter, @amandamarcotte

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Pour A Stoli While the World Burns: A Mad Men Salon

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

August 18, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Hold on to your hats: the 60s are coming to Sterling Cooper! Will Don Draper and his ilk go from icons of cool to losers holding back the tide of progress?
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