February 2012
“Nothing takes the sting out of these tough economic times like watching a bunch...”
– Billy Crystal, on the Oscars (via cryoftheancients)
gingerhaze:
Okay but seriously
Stop saying that every show the US makes is shit and every show the UK makes is magical because it’s not true.
I do take issue with CBS doing a modern-day Sherlock Holmes show right after BBC’s Sherlock got big, but that said, Sherlock Holmes is not a new idea, and several US TV shows are based on the Holmes/Watson dynamic to varying extents because it works very...
made the mistake of asking roommate if he wants to go with cryoftheancients and i to see the hunger games at the opening midnight showing
while his girlfriend was in the room
and i honestly have no desire whatsoever to go out with the two of them together even if she was pretty okay today
but she was like “I’d love to” and i hadn’t fucking asked her
and i know i was...
crystalsavestheday asked: Yes here's the rest! "Weirdly enough, Veronica Mars has a way harder time passing the actual Bechdel test. I don’t think an honest f/f conversation (not about men) occurs until Mac becomes a recurring character in the second season." So annoying that it cuts off. But yes it does pass the POC Bechdel Test, but not the original UNTIL Mac comes in.
Si Spurrier Makes A Stand For Panel Parity Of... →
ladiesmakingcomics:
Writer Si Spurrier was supposed to be on a “How To Write A Comic Script” panel today at London Super Comics Convention, but in support of Paul Cornell’s pledge to give up his seat on panels to qualified female creators when the panels are fewer than half women, he followed suit and gave his seat to cartoonist Tammy Taylor:
Taylor’s work can be seen on her...
crystalsavestheday asked: If you click through to the link about Veronica Mars it goes more in depth: – Veronica Mars. This show had Wallace, one of the most awesome black characters on TV (until the third season ruined him, at least). It also has Weevil, who was Hispanic, and they definitely had conversations. Unfortunately, they were all about Veronica. However, it passes because Wallace has conversations with both...
The Bechdel Test and Race in Popular Fiction
espill:
crystalsavestheday:
1. It has to have two POC in it.
2. Who talk to each other.
3. About something other than a white person.
No Joss Whedon show passes, neither does Supernatural, or Being Human.
Veronica Mars passes, but doesn’t pass the original Bechdel Test.
Check out a few more here.
Veronica Mars doesn’t pass the original Bechdel test? I find it incredible that a...
“Stop degrading the act of sex by calling it ‘opening your legs.’
I’m so sick...”
– flowersarebetterthanbullets on This Post (I made this a quote, because the original picture with text was visually offensive. These pro-life people need to take a graphic design class.)
