Although I normally talk about women in film, I’m veering off a little bit this week to talk about women in television. HBO’s famously infamous (or maybe, infamously famous) Girls, premiered the first episode of its fifth season on Sunday. This isn’t a review of the season premiere — rather it’s an exploration of precisely […]

Angry. Hairy. Man-hating. Feminist. For one of my earlier articles for this column, I received a lot of hate, most of which contained a combination of those terms. As I watched the comments pop up underneath the article, I was filled with a strange mix of disgust and happiness. How dare these people who clearly […]

Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching, which means last-minute jewelry, chocolate and flower sales are most likely through the roof. Passive aggressive comments by boyfriends and girlfriends alike are being tossed across phone lines, and single people are sending “who needs a relationship when you have a …” Snapchats up the wazoo. Whether you’re nursing a […]

I went to a movie with a friend a couple weeks ago and saw a fantastically attractive couple making out in a row ahead of us. They both had tumbling waves of shiny chestnut hair that formed a single, luscious sheet as they kissed without concern for their myriad onlookers. They even looked like they smelled […]

Valentine’s Day weekend is no doubt a movie weekend — whether single or with someone, you’re bound to land somewhere (theater or couch) for a couple hours of escape. For studios and production companies, the Valentine’s Day movie slate is an important one. “The date movie” is a concept we’re all familiar with, which, on […]