Category Archives: Gender
Think Pink Pretty Powerful in Pink
All that hot pink power still wasn’t enough to get Greta Gerwig a nomination for best director of the Barbie. The blockbuster movie that challenged patriarchal norms asked us to think pink and the audience complied. My social media feed
Think Pink Pretty Powerful in Pink
All that hot pink power still wasn’t enough to get Greta Gerwig a nomination for best director of the Barbie. The blockbuster movie that challenged patriarchal norms asked us to think pink and the audience complied. My social media feed
Ken Rules Barbie
Maybe in BarbieLand– “She’s everything. He’s Just Ken,” but in OscarLand the predictable winner is…. patriarchy. Yet again, a female film director of a major movie was overlooked for an Oscar nomination by the Academy of Motion Pictures, and the
Ken Rules Barbie
Maybe in BarbieLand– “She’s everything. He’s Just Ken,” but in OscarLand the predictable winner is…. patriarchy. Yet again, a female film director of a major movie was overlooked for an Oscar nomination by the Academy of Motion Pictures, and the
Nyad vs The Golden Bachelor- Who Gets My Rose?
In the past few weeks, I feel as though the media has morphed into the golden age of aging, though some portrayals are less than golden. In fact, some are tarnished old tropes that women have been fed since childhood.
Nyad vs The Golden Bachelor- Who Gets My Rose?
In the past few weeks, I feel as though the media has morphed into the golden age of aging, though some portrayals are less than golden. In fact, some are tarnished old tropes that women have been fed since childhood.
The Spirit Of Bastille Day
As many of you know when I was a little girl I was a little boy. From the tender age of three until about seven, I was known in my family as “Pierre the Artist” who lived in Paris It’s
The Spirit Of Bastille Day
As many of you know when I was a little girl I was a little boy. From the tender age of three until about seven, I was known in my family as “Pierre the Artist” who lived in Paris It’s
Martha Stewart- Ageless Cover Girl or Timeless Cover Up
First, it was Cheryl Tiegs in the 1970s whose 20-something California girl good looks and smokin’ body I felt I could never live up to. Then it was Christie Brinkley’s perfect 10 bod raising the bar in the eighties. Bikini-clad
Martha Stewart- Ageless Cover Girl or Timeless Cover Up
First, it was Cheryl Tiegs in the 1970s whose 20-something California girl good looks and smokin’ body I felt I could never live up to. Then it was Christie Brinkley’s perfect 10 bod raising the bar in the eighties. Bikini-clad
A Million Years of Misogyny
Donald Trump knows his HIStory. For a million years stars have been given carte blanche to sexually molest women. Just ask Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone. In 10,000 B.C. when Hollyrock movie star Rock Quarry visited Bedrock, all the gals
A Million Years of Misogyny
Donald Trump knows his HIStory. For a million years stars have been given carte blanche to sexually molest women. Just ask Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone. In 10,000 B.C. when Hollyrock movie star Rock Quarry visited Bedrock, all the gals
Donald Trump Has No Defense.
Donald Trump has no defense. His lawyer Joe Tacopina is not putting on a defense case in the E. Jean Carroll Rape Case. There is no one coming to Trump’s defense- no witness to speak on his behalf. Zero. Zilch.
Donald Trump Has No Defense.
Donald Trump has no defense. His lawyer Joe Tacopina is not putting on a defense case in the E. Jean Carroll Rape Case. There is no one coming to Trump’s defense- no witness to speak on his behalf. Zero. Zilch.
A Childhood World of Dudes in Dresses
The looney tune Right has been waxing nostalgic about the old cartoons that unlike today weren’t hell-bent on indoctrinating our kids on deviant sexual behavior. “When we were young you could watch cartoons without having to worry,” Governor Ron DeSantis
A Childhood World of Dudes in Dresses
The looney tune Right has been waxing nostalgic about the old cartoons that unlike today weren’t hell-bent on indoctrinating our kids on deviant sexual behavior. “When we were young you could watch cartoons without having to worry,” Governor Ron DeSantis
Pregnancy Tests Have Come a Long Way, Baby!
While obtaining an abortion is getting more and more difficult for some women, finding out you are pregnant is still the easy part. It’s as simple as going to your drugstore. But pregnancy tests did not always come in an
Pregnancy Tests Have Come a Long Way, Baby!
While obtaining an abortion is getting more and more difficult for some women, finding out you are pregnant is still the easy part. It’s as simple as going to your drugstore. But pregnancy tests did not always come in an
Mothers Never Leave Us Even When They Are Gone
Fifteen years ago in a darkened hospital room, I held my mother’s frail hand and gently whispered in her ear how she was the love of my life, that I was going to tell her story, that I would write
Mothers Never Leave Us Even When They Are Gone
Fifteen years ago in a darkened hospital room, I held my mother’s frail hand and gently whispered in her ear how she was the love of my life, that I was going to tell her story, that I would write
Envisioning The American Dream 