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Related: BLOGS-SITES • Egalité des sexesHollywood's 5 Saddest Attempts at Feminism Selina Kyle is a frumpy personal assistant to Batman villain Christopher Walken. She has the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and her boss kindly shoves her out a window for her troubles. Fortunately, she is resuscitated by a group of stray cats in an alley. At this stage, Selina is left with only one option: dress in a shiny black leather cat suit and become a super villain. Well, we suppose calling the cops or going to an emergency room were also options, but who are we to judge? Supposed to be a Role Model Because:
blogs.akbild.ac In 2010 the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna has launched a doctoral program for research in artistic practice. The “PhD-in-Practice” program provides participants with the opportunity to pursue their individual research projects in a collective learning environment with a decidedly transdisciplinary and international bent. The program is coordinated by Renate Lorenz (Professor for Art and Research) and Anette Baldauf (Professor for Methodology and Epistemology). The invited lecturers and guests include: Maurizio Lazzarato, Ángela López Ruiz, Angela Melitopoulos, Suzana Milevska, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Lidija Radojević, Elisabeth Subrin.
Princess Leia: Feminist Icon or Sexist Trope? Originally published at Bitch Flicks as part of their Women in Science Fiction Week. When I was a young girl, Star Wars was my favorite movie. I’ve watched it more times than any other film. Premiering in 1977, the same year I was born, the epic sci-fi space opera irrevocably changed the movie industry. esc medien kunst labor A feminist server • Is a situated technology. She has a sense of context and considers herself part of an ecology of practice • Is run for and by a community that cares enough for her in order to make her exist • Builds on the materiality of software, hardware and the bodies gathered around it • Opens herself to expose processes, tools, sources , habits, patterns • Does not strive for seamlessness. Hermione Granger and the Fight for Equal Rights Well, that’s it. I just came home from my last-ever midnight Harry Potter showing. And as I sit here in my shock that it all has ended, one of the many things I’ve been mulling over is how much love and respect I’ve always had for Hermione Granger, the leading female hero of the series. She’s always been the character for whom I’ve nurtured a soft spot–I dressed up as her for Halloween probably five years in a row. Hermione offers much for a generation of girls to admire, beginning with her unmatched, encyclopedic knowledge of spells, potions and magical history, which is crucial to Harry’s survival throughout the series.
7 Feminist Take-Aways From the Final Harry Potter Movie The Harry Potter films, after seven installments, come to a fulfilling close with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. But the final movie has a special bonus: a number of feminist take-aways. Echoing the seven Horcruxes holding pieces of Voldemort’s soul, I found seven feminist lessons in Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
Django, in chains Director Quentin Tarantino says he "wanted to explore slavery" in his filmJesse Williams says Tarantino's version of slavery is wildly unrealHe says few films have dealt with slavery, making it important to handle subject with respectWilliams: '"Django" subordinates black characters, fails to illuminate slavery Editor's note: Jesse Williams is an actor/producer who plays Dr. Jackson Avery on the TV series "Grey's Anatomy." He is a Temple University graduate and former public high school teacher. Williams founded the production company, farWord Inc. and is an executive producer of "Question Bridge: Black Males."