Imagine dozing off in a comfy chair after a good sweating session. You’ve got a book in one hand, a glass of Sekt in the other, and a dreamy smile on your face. The storm is raging outside, but your body is wonderfully warm and relaxed. Your eyes close as the sound of rain lulls […]
Cet article est une traduction de l’essai « First, catch your hare: on the biological explanations for differences in sex roles » publié par la féministe Marina Strinkovsky sur son blog Not A Zero Sum Game.
Le dernier thriller de David Robert Mitchell se veut surréaliste, magique, audacieux. Mais malgré maints monstres à têtes de hibou, conspirations fumeuses, et objectification constante des personnages féminins, l’intrigue reste d’une nullité stérile.
Ah, Stephen King. How I loved him. Do I still? I am not sure. I’ve just finished Sleeping Beauties, an interesting tale about male violence and female separatism: simply put, a compelling cast of female characters get sent to a parallel world without men to re-start humanity. It’s okay, mostly. There’s some brilliant ladies, including […]
Take any rundown of Gossip Girl‘s worst characters, and no doubt Serena van der Woodsen will be sitting (un)comfortably near the top. But why is she so universally hated while much nastier characters, such as rapist and abuser Chuck Bass, are showered with praise?