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Anti-Woman Horror 101: How Rereading Christopher Pike’s Whisper of Death Killed My Nostalgia

By Oct 28th
When “Freaks” Become Stars: How Stranger Things Subverts Tropes to Defend Disabled Outcasts

By Oct 12th
The Worst of the Worst: Suicide Squad as a Case Study in Oppressive Stock Characters

By Sep 4th
Can We Cool It With The “Women Disguised as Men” Trope Already?

By Sep 1st
When the Girl Next Door Is a Fly: How The Buzz on Maggie Trashed Gender Stereotypes

By Aug 28th
Writing For Me: How Fantasy Tropes Can Bring Out the Power of Being a Fangirl

By Aug 24th
The Stranger Sex: Subverting Gendered Tropes in Stranger Things

By Aug 21st
The Force Awakens Gives Us a Strong, Capable & Competent Female Character in Rey

By Dec 20th
Pretty Little Liars‘ Season Finale Reinforces an Awful Transgender Trope

By Aug 12th
“Excuse Me, Princess“: The Princess Type, for Good or Ill, Part 2

By Jul 16th
“Excuse Me, Princess“: The Princess Type, for Good or Ill, Part 1

By Jul 15th
Changing the Face of Women in Anime: The Importance of Ugliness

By Jun 6th
Tropes vs Women In Video Games: Ms. Male Character and the Smurfette Principle

By Nov 18th
Pacific Rim Is Not Your Average Action Juggernaut

By Aug 16th
Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games: Damsels in Distress Part 3

By Aug 2nd
Anita Sarkeesian Presents: Damsels in Distress Part 2

By May 28th
Gwyneth Paltrow: “You Can Only Be the Damsel in Distress for So Long”

By Apr 30th
Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games: Damsel in Distress, Part 1

By Mar 8th
It’s Friday, Time For Another Installment of Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome

By Nov 16th
You’d Think Batman Would Be Immune to This Sort of Thing, But No

By Nov 12th