Category: Feminism

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina – Chapter Two: “The Dark Baptism”

On By C.H. NewellIn Chance Perdomo, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Feminism, Horror, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Davis, Miranda Otto, Netflix, Ross Lynch, Season 1, WitchcraftLeave a comment

To be baptised, or to not be baptised— that is the question for Sabrina.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina – Chapter One: “October Country”

On By C.H. NewellIn Chance Perdomo, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Feminism, Horror, Lucy Davis, Miranda Otto, Netflix, Ross Lynch, Season 1Leave a comment

Sabrina Spellman must decide whether to join the Church of Night as a witch or embrace her humanity.

The Handmaid’s Tale – Season 1, Episode 5: “Faithful”

On By C.H. NewellIn Alexis Bledel, Drama, Dystopian Fiction, Elisabeth Moss, Feminism, Hulu, Joseph Fiennes, Margaret Atwood, Samira Wiley, Season 1, The Handmaid's Tale, Yvonne StrahovskiLeave a comment

Offred is given a new choice by Serena; a way for them to ensure she gets pregnant, whether Commander Waterford is sterile or not.

McKee and Ketchum’s The Woman: A Brutally Poignant Microcosm of Misogyny

On By C.H. NewellIn Angela Bettis, Feminism, Film, Horror, Jack Ketchum, Lauren Ashley Carter, Lucky McKee, Misogyny, Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean BridgersLeave a comment

THE WOMAN explores the roots of misogyny in our society, as well as in our families.

Let’s talk of Twitter, the Ghostbusters & Famous Assholes

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Asshole, Feminism, Feminist Film, Ghostbusters, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Movies, Opinion, Paul Feig, Remake, Saturday Night Live, SNL, TwitterLeave a comment

UPDATE: I received a wonderful message via Twitter from Leslie Jones. After you've read this post, please go see the follow-up. I'd like to take a time out from my regular format. Usually it's film, film, film reviews. But something happened this evening on Twitter, it really pissed me off. To no end. Now, I …

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BOUND TO VENGEANCE Subverts Typical Rape-Revenge Constructs

On By C.H. NewellIn Bound to Vengeance, Charles Bronson, Death Wish, Feminism, Feminist, Feminist Film, Gender Issues, Horror, I Spit on Your Grave, Jose Manuel Cravioto, Last House on the Left, Meninist, Rape, Rape-Revenge, Revenge Thriller, Richard Tyson, Role Reversal, The Hills Have Eyes, Thriller, Tina IvlevLeave a comment

Bound to Vengeance. 2015. Directed by Jose Manuel Cravioto. Written by Keith Kjornes and Rock Shaink Jr. Starring Tina Ivlev and Richard Tyson. Dark Factory Entertainment. Unrated. 80 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★ For the so-called "meninists" out there (which is a stupid term to begin with because feminist is derived from feminine, the male term being …

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