He MANES to misbehave. Eh? Eh? (Nerd Approved.)
Honey, the babysitter’s here! (Fashionably Geek.)
Where the going gets fuzzy is when these titles are offered up as de facto examples of films featuring strong female characters, as if the “strong” in that term referred to the ability to deadlift a certain weight and not possession of a personality. It isn’t a given that just because a film features a woman with a weapon, it’s empowering, and having a female lead doesn’t necessarily mean a film is for or about actual females. Take Sucker Punch—please. As Dargis points out, save for the designated chick flicks, “the American big screen hasn’t been very interested in women’s stories, violent or not, in recent decades.” When a lady-centric movie makes it out of the chick-flick ghetto, whether it’s the latest action installment or Bridesmaids, it’s still rare enough to provoke discussion and closer examination, whether the films can bear up under the weight of it all or not.
Alison Willmore in her article The Last Action Heroine: Why Tough Actions Don’t Always Equal Strong Women on The A.V. Club.
Lesson 1 of how to learn Klingon. Useful stuff! (io9.)
Did we post this because we’re in love with Converses? WHY DO YOU ASK? (Got Quite A Mouth, This One.)
