Oh no disagreement there. I was just remarking on how the Bechdel test seems to have become the go-to way for feminist commentators to evaluate movies, when really having female characters converse with one another is just a part of the picture.

Which brings me back to a problem I have with the Bechdel test. You can have a misogynistic movie the passes the Bechdel test, and you can also have a feminist movie that fails it. It's illustrative to look and say, hey only x% of some studio (or director or series or genre or whatever)'s movies pass the test it seems…

If Connie Britton jumped off a bridge I would seriously consider it. I mean, she must've had a reason right?

Ooh, that's a good one. There were several problematic things about that show, but Olivia Williams absolutely rocked her part. Another Whedon-verse female anti-hero: Christina Hendrick's Saffron from Firefly.

I'm actually gonna argue the opposite position, that the TV show is more feminist than the books. You could honestly write an essay on this shit, but my key arguments are:

I don't mean to be that person that complains about science writing on Jezebel, but I'm going to have to be that person. The study does not claim that muscular men are more likely to support right-wing economic policies, it claims that among muscular men there is a correlation between personal wealth and affinity for…

"Every DC Character"*

*Except Stephanie Brown. Editorial put a stop to that.

I know that was a joke, but they actually did relocate a scoreboard from Seattle when they tore down the Kingdome. It was used at BC Place in Vancouver (home of the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps FC) until they renovated that stadium in 2011.

I didn't see the whole episode, but I thought it fell back into some of it's worst tendencies from the past few seasons. "Hey, this sketch isn't funny in concept or in execution, let's throw Kristen in there and hope she can bail us out." Wiig is hilarious, but there's not much she can do with a lot of the writing.…

Now after you were so nice about apologizing I hope I'm remembering it right...

Many people with experience in the non-profit sector will tell you that the percentage of funds going to "the cause" is not necessarily the best metric to be using to evaluate charities. I mean, no one wants wasteful spending on things like staff salaries, building overhead, etc, but getting too tied up in not…

I also enjoyed Thor, and I believe it was pretty generally liked (for a movie about a superhero/god from another galaxy or dimension or something). I agree that it was bizarre to have Branagh involved but I think it worked.

One thing the article doesn't get at, which could be helpful for beginners to home improvements and handyman tasks, is a list of a few things that anyone with basic coordination, a desire to learn, and a willingness to spend some time at it can do. On this list I would put interior painting,…

In fastpitch softball, especially in youth ball but occasionally even in men's leagues, pitchers sometimes wear protective face masks. It makes sense because in fastball the pitching rubber is closer, the delivery often carries you even closer to the plate, and metal (well, composite I guess) bats are used instead of…

I think this is a really good point, everyone has their own best way to workout and it's important to find what's good for you, not be pushed into the latest fad. For me, even though I absolutely love team sports, when it comes to more fitness-y things I prefer to jog alone, lift weights at home, and do my own…

What about the numerous metal bands that have appropriated Christian and Pagan symbology? I would argue it's still a bit different, as they are deliberately using it in a provocative way not throwing it on as a costume prop, but it's an example of using iconography that is not of one's own religion in an…

What neither Mann, Diaz, nor Upton knows is that Coster-Waldau is cheating on all of them with his sister.

I mostly agree with both your points. I'm not gonna argue what is "secondary" versus what's "tertiary" tier, there's obviously a step down in both popularity and prestige from the 2-3 biggest bat books to the rest of the family (setting aside Batman Inc for a moment, since that has other things going for it such as…

I'll give you secondary character (although as far as new bat-verse characters for the New52 goes Alysia is fairly prominent), but in the last year Batgirl has been in the top 40 in book sales every month, generally in the top 30, and occasionally in the top 20. It's not a flagship title like Justice League, Batman,…

I think it was a well-intentioned, if not particularly well-executed, idea. I mean, whether or not we see it on screen the warlord having sex with the 14 year old (a bit older in the show maybe but still) who was just forced into an arranged marriage with him is rape. By portraying it the way they did they did not…