Topic: gender

Should Mindy Kaling Be Hiring More Female And Minority Writers To Work On Her Show?

Mindy Kaling‘s incredible success has been good for women and minorities for a variety of reasons. The Mindy Project is the first major network sitcom to star a South Asian person of any gender, and the simple fact that her protagonist exists with race as a component, but not the overriding purpose, of her character is quietly revolutionary. The fact that her character is allowed to have flaws, rather than be some sort of “model woman/minority”? Even better. Which is why I was surprised at first when I saw an article titled Does Mindy Kaling Need More Female Writers? More »

Dating Chris Evans Sounds Not Dissimilar To Dating Don Draper

It involves handsomeness, suits, and a whole lot of gender stereotypes. More »

On Breaking Bad‘s Intense Critique Of Western Masculinity

The best show on American television is all about critiquing western concepts of masculinity. Let’s talk about the ways in which it does that! WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. More »

How Many Female Writers Are There On Late Night Shows?

Statette compiled this depressing infographic about the number of women working as writers on late night comedy shows. Not surprisingly, the show with the highest percentage of female writers is also the only one hosted by a woman, Chelsea Handler. More »

Virgin Viewing: ‘Raiders Of the Lost Ark’

Here’s the thing about classic movies – they have a whole lot of dudes in them. The Godfather was basically a bunch of dudes killing each other with women sticking their heads in and getting martyred every now and then. Back to the Future made Jennifer a non-entity and then had Marty’s mom mack on him. Jaws was a bromance interspersed with shark-fighting. Despite being sort of tired of dude movies, the next movie on my Omigod What Do You Mean You’ve Never Seen THAT? Netflix queue was Raiders of the Lost Ark. Between Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, That Guy Who Played the Nazi Leader, and the rest, it seemed pretty dude-centric. A dudegasbord, if you will. But then something wonderful happened: Karen Allen. More »

Ladies, Think Twice About Who To Ask For That Letter of Recommendation

You may be the most productive, assertive employee at your office, but if you’re a woman, letters of recommendations may actually be hurtful when applying for a new job, as a new study from the Journal of Applied Psychology has found. More »

Brad and Angelina were destined to have a baby girl!

This is an interesting bit from the UK’s Times Online about how the evolutionary process has made baby girls more prevalent among attractive couples (and of course, they use Brad and Angelina as the prime example of their theories): According … More »