feminism and pop culture
Generation X: Finding Our Own Voices, Carrying Our Own Torches
by Kierra Johnson, Choice USA
September 15, 2011 - 9:24am (Print)
As my involvement in our movement grew deeper, the honeymoon was over, as they say. The imperfections of the movement, the Baby Boomer’s movement, became glaring. Their Second Wave ways didn’t resonate with my Third Wave thinking.
There's Little Balm in Comparing Ourselves to Gilead
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
April 12, 2011 - 9:33pm (Print)
Just how close is today’s reality to Margaret Atwood’s fictional misogynist dystopia, Gilead, the setting of "The Handmaid's Tale"?
Hermione Granger: A Heroine Comes Into Her Own
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
November 26, 2010 - 9:19am (Print)
Hermione, an always-wonderful sidekick, has moved onto center stage. Her emotions and choices, classically heroic, anchored a piece of the epic story that would have felt muddled and rootless without her.
(VIDEOS): A "Spectacular" Anthem for Drunken Blackout Sex
A new single by former Disney "Cheetah Girl" Kiely Williams, member of girl group 3LW, is essentially an ode to a night of unconscious, unprotected sex.
True Love Jane (Austen and Campion) Style
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.
The 2nd Annual RH Reality Check Gift Guide
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
December 18, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)
Sexual Longing in an Ab-Only World: The Twilight Saga
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
August 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
