Role Reboot

In Acknowledgment Of Bad Mothers

For something about the brokenness of these women reminded me of my own mother, enabled me to understand her not merely for the harm she enacted but in the light of her own suffering and her pain. The Oscars were a coup for bad mothers, and I have to say I am delighted. The Best […]

Why I’m Boycotting Movies About Men

I’ve paid too much of my hard-earned money supporting a fantasy world where half the human population has gone missing. I’m a huge fan of the blog Reel Girl, whose tagline “Imagining gender equality in the fantasy world” says it all. It was on Reel Girl’s Facebook wall that the exchange below took place. The thread […]