Originally posted on June 14, 2013 by Clara Bow http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/06/14/191568762/at-the-movies-the-women-are-gone?sc=tw&cc=share

Originally posted on November 18, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] Suit up, feminists. Pitch Perfect has arrived. Just ask yourself when was the last time you watched a movie with a variety of feminist messages directed at a young female audience. These may not all be messages you like or approve of,…

Originally posted on September 29, 2012 by Clara Bow Nothing makes this feminist movie-goer itch more than the above statement, which means movie-makers can’t create diversity in the cast because altering the gender, race, or sexual orientation of the characters would not accurately reflect the original creative work. Action adventure movies are incredibly lucrative to producers, and of late those movies are being made about…

Originally posted on July 12, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] It was Horton Hears a Who that made me first think about writing feminist movie reviews. I had taken the nieces to see it. As the movie went on the sexism became so bad that I considered walking out. We discussed sexism…

Originally posted on May 31, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] The siren call of Joss Whedon to the feminist movie-goer can not be underestimated. As mentioned here in other posts, all of Whedon’s previous projects have not just had a gender equal cast, but a female lead who both literally and figuratively…

Originally posted on April 19, 2012 by Clara Bow [Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported] It was another bad week for a radical feminist to go to the movies. Is it possible that The Vow and The Lucky One will be in theaters at the same time? So I chose to see a horror movie with a roughly gender equal…