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She’s Accomplished, But Is She Hot?

hypatia — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:34:14 +0000

This article by Peter Howell should not be evoking any type of strong emotions; it should be a movie fluff piece. But cripes! It makes me want to throw up. What the article is theoretically about: Kathryn Bigelow, nominated director of the nominated Best Picture winner of the Best Director award for the Best Picture, [...]

Misogynist Females

hypatia — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:28:16 +0000

Reading the Metro on Thursday I discovered that Barbara Kay is at it again. Candice Leung of her column “Fourth Wave” in the Metro went for the high road in confronting Kay’s assertions that feminists are man haters and that we women now apparently rule the world, crushing testicles under our spike heels. Unlike Ms. Leung however, [...]

It Exists Even If You Pretend It Does Not

hypatia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:13:51 +0000

It is sad when editorial writers so obviously tip their hand. They try so hard to convince you that they are of the right opinion. Too often it comes across as bitter lemonade as their hard prejudices are added to the mix. Within the first paragraph of his scribe against the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, Mr. [...]

Let’s Not Be Daft

hypatia — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:27:52 +0000

With the mainstream finally covering the protests across the country over Stephen Harper’s prorogue of Parliament and the Liberals releasing a new plan to place checks on a Prime Minister’s ability to close the house, political discourse is taking an interesting turn. Call it the excitement of effecting change, but conversation has shifted from, well basically [...]

Thing Called Wantin’ and Havin’ It All

hypatia — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:53:50 +0000

Came across an article from Newsweek about and finding a mate (hetero-normative of course). Julie Baird, herself is responding to the writing of author Lori Gottlieb, makes the argument that women should not “settle” for the first acceptable man that comes along just because of the fear of “being alone.” Unfortunately Baird added the kiss of [...]

Online Watching IS Watching

hypatia — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:31:38 +0000

Another day, another dog of old media complaining about the new age. I’m sure that most people are already aware that “Late Night” television these days tends to be jesting at itself over NBC’s decision to move Jay Leno’s Show to the 11:35 slot currently occupied by “The Tonight Show” and hosted by Conan O’Brian. This whole [...]