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Are commercials an endangered species?
Fascinating little Variety story here reporting on the Television Critics Association events going on this week. It covers comments from Netflix’s chief content officer regarding whether his company might make their ratings public. Gist: “Why would we do that?” Money quote: ”If people watch it … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Human Nature, Journalism, TV, Video
Tagged advertising, commercials, netflix, streaming media, TCA13, tv
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Proportionate response: sexism edition
Having a bit of deja vu this week that calls back to the Benedict Cumberbatch thing, and the fact that we hold famous people to dichotomous standards: simultaneously worshiping/defending them from reasonable criticism and tearing them to absolute bits when … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Feminism, Geekery, Human Nature, Intarweebz Drama, TV
Tagged doctor who, Feminism, steven moffat
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My Life in TV
…because I like making lists, apparently. :) What I find interesting, looking over this huge list, isn’t how much of my life has been spent in front of the tube (which is, to be sure, slightly scary), but how much … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Geekery, Nostalgia, TV, Writing
Tagged 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, pop culture, storytelling, tv
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Saints and sinners
It apparently bears reiterating: celebrities are human beings, and should be treated accordingly. Those who behave well should be lauded and those who behave badly should be rebuked. Simple, right? Unfortunately, the nature of celebrity means that both of those reactions … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Ethics, Human Nature, Intarweebz Drama, TV
Tagged benedict cumberbatch, celebrity worship, fandom
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Voting with your wallet: Media diversity edition
Anyone who’s on Tumblr and loves to read the words of a smart, funny woman who also happens to be black and queer needs to go follow Jasika Nicole. She frequently comes up with some amazing perspectives about the world … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Ethics, GLBT, Movies, TV
Tagged diversity, entertainment, fringe, game of thrones, glbt, people of color, tv
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Faster, higher, stronger, smarter
News of the amazing feats of athletics at the Olympics in London has been coming fast and thick. So, too, has grumbling about NBC’s stunted coverage of the events. Frankly, the coverage isn’t any different from what it’s been in the past–US coverage … Continue reading
Posted in Geekery, TV
Tagged bobak ferdowsi, education, mars, nasa, olympics, science
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Feminism, transphobia and gender bias
Perusing Tumblr today, it appears there’s a big to-do over the remarkable cluelessness of some cisgendered feminists. Best as I can tell, this all stemmed from trans activist Julia Serano’s lament that so much of the feminist energy of the moment is centered … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Feminism, GLBT, Human Nature, TV
Tagged Feminism, gender, transphobia
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Most girls are idiots (Or: Arya Stark is my Patronus)
Figured I may as well title the post with the incendiary quote it’s about. So, as is obvious by now, I’m a big ol’ Game of Thrones fan, and particularly a fan of some of its female characters. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Feminism, Fiction, Human Nature, TV
Tagged arya stark, Feminism, game of thrones
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The top 10 reasons why Game of Thrones isn’t sexist
Realized I hadn’t made a proper post over here about this since my initial eff-you one to Ginia Bellafante last year. But, given that there’s yet another entry (from HuffPo this time–not giving them the hit with a link) in the “Thrones … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Feminism, Geekery, GLBT, TV
Tagged alfie allen, emilia clarke, eugene simon, Feminism, game of thrones, kit harington, sexism, tv
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