Finding media that depicts people like you and tells stories like yours is not an easy task for everyone. While representation for queer people is getting better, especially in television, LGBT folks are still hungry to see their realities reflected back to them. Erin McGregor, a long time fan of listening to podcasts, was curious … Continue reading
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In My Basement with Johnny Goodtimes: 50 Shades of Magic Mike
It’s #TBT and time to pull a relic from the archives. This post originally went up in July of 2012. Johnny Goodtimes of the Philly Post invited me to another joyously creepy episode of In My Basement, the talk show that takes place in his super bizarre unfinished basement. We talk about how best seller 50 … Continue reading
No, Cee-Lo, Fuck YOU.
Hey friends, it’s Thursday, time for a little #TBT action. This vintage piece originally went up in September of 2010. I’m about to talk some shit on Cee-Lo’s catchy-as-hell tune, Fuck You. Gasp and clutch the pearls, but it’s happening. For those who have somehow managed to miss this gem, here’s the video: There’s the original … Continue reading
Come As You Are & The Orgasm Challenge
Media representations teach us about different types of people and what they are like. Media representations of sex are sometimes really crappy, giving people messed up ideas about what getting it on should look like. What can we do about that? Antonia Damerell advocates more more diverse and realistic depictions of both females and of sexuality. … Continue reading
Why Are there No Women in Movies?
My type of movie is Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Big Lebowski or American Psycho, easily classified as “guy movies.” It drives me up the wall that my preferred genres: crime dramas, psychological thrillers, heist movies, superhero adventures and stoner comedies have virtually no women characters. The ones they do have are guaranteed to … Continue reading