‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ makes violence against women a joke, and despite a few ‘we are strong!’ monologues, the joke is still mostly at the expense of the victim. As I cringed through Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, I was certain I’d soon be reading snarky feminist backlash articles exploring the reasons why I was cringing. While I’ve […]
Old Hollywood may be uncomfortable with appearing impolite or indelicate when one of its own is exposed publicly, but fewer young women are. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s unapologetic takedown of Bill Cosby at the Golden Globes exposed a raw nerve among the entertainment elite. Fey and Poehler’s halfhearted attempt to impersonate Cosby’s syntax and […]
I define bossy to mean carrying a ferocious work ethic, being a person of conviction, and having a clear vision of how to solve problems. Much digital ink has been spilled over the Ban Bossy campaign—both for and against the campaign. I honestly felt a little betrayed by the Girl Scouts when I read about […]
