Feminist Frequency

The Hunger Games Movie vs. the Book

Anita — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:48:55 +0000

The Hunger Game is one of the most popular young adult novel series rivaling Harry Potter and Twilight. As the first of its film adaptations was just released in March 2012, readers and audiences have been pleasantly surprised at this fresh, dynamic, young female protagonist. In the second of my two part series on The [...]

The Hunger Games Novel & Katniss Everdeen

Anita — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:52:51 +0000

Fanpires: Audience Consumption of the Modern Vampire

Anita — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:40:39 +0000

I contributed a chapter to the anthology FANPIRES: Audience Consumption of the Modern Vampire edited by Gareth Schott and Kirstine Moffat. The chapter that I co-wrote with Jennifer Jenson entitled “Buffy vs. Bella: The Re-Emergence of the Archetypal Feminine in Vampire Stories” explores the differences between Buffy Summers from the popular TV series Buffy the [...]

The Oscars and the Bechdel Test

Anita — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:41:27 +0000

It’s been a few years since I’ve checked in with The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies so I thought it would be a good time to look in on Hollywood and see if there’s been any substantial improvement in women’s representations on the big screen. In this updated video, I go through the 2011 [...]

LEGO & Gender Part 2: The Boys Club

Anita — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:58:26 +0000

Watch Part 1: LEGO Friends | Also available on Blip.tv In part 1 of my two part LEGO and Gender series, I explored how LEGO went terribly wrong with LEGO Friends and provided a brief history of LEGO’s ridiculous and slightly hilarious attempts to market to girls since the late 70′s. In part 2, I [...]

LEGO & Gender Part 1: Lego Friends

Anita — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:37:42 +0000

Watch Part 2: The LEGO Boys’ Club | Also available on Blip.tv LEGO announced that after 4 years of intensive research, they have finally come up with a LEGO product that fulfills the desires of “how girls naturally build and play.” This new theme is called LEGO Friends and it’s a pink and purple, gender [...]

Top 5 Creepy and Sexist Christmas Songs

Anita — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:13:27 +0000

You’ve heard them about a bagillion times before, and every December they are played over and over again, yup, it’s the same old Christmas and Holiday songs. But have you ever noticed that some of the lyrics are just down right creepy? Check out this video for my Top 5 Creepy and Sexist Christmas Songs. [...]

Top 10 Best Non-Violent iPhone Games

Anita — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:22:00 +0000

Here is my Top 10 List of favourite non violent video games for the iPhone. I compiled this list because, while there is a huge variety of different types of video games, the testosterone driven, shoot em up style tends to dominate discussions about “serious gaming” and can feel exclusionary and alienating to a lot [...]

Women’s Media Center Social Media Award

Anita — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:53:11 +0000

I’m honored to be nominated for the Women’s Media Center Social Media Award “As part of this year’s Women’s Media Awards, the Women’s Media Center is opening voting to the public. Cast your vote for one of 27 incredible women bloggers, social media gurus, activists, and new media creators from across the country today! The [...]

Create Your Own Web Show with Reel Grrls

Anita — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:24:28 +0000

I spent the past weekend at the Reel Grrls office leading a workshop to an all ages group of women and girls. The intensive two day workshop covered everything from how to research and write a script, shooting video and composition, how to edit with Final Cut Pro, how to do a media literacy analysis [...]