Since this week has been full of news that removes my ability to even, this week you don’t so much get an article as you get a list of Things That Shouldn't Be Things. Aka, things I didn’t think I’d have to be freaking saying in 2017.
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Twelve Things That Shouldn’t Be Things | Vol. 4 / No. 40.1
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So About That YA “Callout Culture” Thinkpiece…| Vol. 4 / No. 41.1
When I heard about a kerfuffle in YA fiction that involved diversity, callout culture, and my favorite word, “problematic” (you can take the word “problematic” out of my cold dead hands) I definitely needed to investigate.
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What Should We Call It #1: Baby Driver | Vol. 4 / No. 42.1
"Instead of the traditional Feminist Friday, I’m going to use this time to introduce you to a new sporadic series on the blog, (Insert Some Clever Title About Elle Discussing Cinema Here. Seriously, I don't know what to name it. If you comment with names I will be super grateful)."
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On Joss Whedon, Part One: Wonder Woman and Why I Care | Vol. 4 / No. 43.1a
The first in a three-part special! Today I’ll be introducing the topic and discussing Whedon’s Wonder Woman script, tomorrow I will be discussing allegations from Kai Cole and some other unsavory things, and on Monday I’ll be trying to answer the question, “Do I still get to like watching Buffy?/Whedon’s stuff in general?”
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On Joss Whedon, Part Two: The Allegations and What They Mean | Vol. 4 / No. 43.1b
Photo: Ronald Woan, CC BY 2.0 This is part two of a three-part post! Check out part one here. *** Kai Cole had been with Joss Whedon since 1991, aka, “since Joss Whedon basically became […]
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On Joss Whedon, Part Three: Do We Still Get to Like Things? | Vol. 4 / No. 43.1c
Photo: SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 2.0 This is the final part! For parts one and two click below: Part One: Wonder Woman and Why I Care Part Two: The Allegations and What They Mean *** Someone […]
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Raise Your Voice | Vol. 4 / No. 44.1
This week I’m still a bit exhausted from my giant, three-part post last week. Also, the thought of deconstructing Taylor Swift and her feminism (or lack thereof) makes me feel kind of faint. So instead I’m going to amplify a message I’m particularly fond of.
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When Your Diversity Isn’t Intersectional, Or Why I Won’t Be Buying L’Oreal Products | Vol. 4 / No. 45.1
Here’s the first rule about “Pretend to Care About Social Causes So People Buy Your Shit” Club: you gotta commit. Otherwise you end up showing your ass, and instead of being the champions of diversity, you are the poster children for hypocrisy and cowardice.
Case in point: L’Oréal Paris.
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The (Mopey, Entitled) Piano Man | Vol. 4 / No. 46.2
Last year for Valentine’s Day, I wrote a post about our troubling tendency to romanticize talking behaviors and grand gestures as things that prove a man’s love. And oh look, I get to do it again!
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Color-Changing Nail Polish is for Raves, Not Rape | Vol. 4 / No. 47.1
Hey lovely readers! Trigger warnings for discussions of sexual assault in the following piece. If that is (understandably) not your bag, please rejoin me next week, where I will hopefully not be talking about it again.
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Shut up, Sharon, Or When It Isn’t Your Turn to Talk | Vol. 4 / No. 49.1
Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 In general, I do my best to try to not silence other women. As a whole, we’ve had our voices oppressed for quite some time, and as the newly […]
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Okay, But Seriously, Haven’t We Reached Maximum Sexy? | Vol. 4 / No. 51.1
It’s that time of year again: the leaves are falling off the trees, you’re pulling out all your old sweaters, and decent stuff is on TV again. It’s fall, which means it’s time for us to delve into a perennial topic about a cultural trend that some people love more than life itself and others think is the height of bougie basic-ness. No, I’m not talking about pumpkin spice lattes. I’m talking about sexy Halloween costumes.
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What I Think About Wonder Woman: The Extended Take | Vol. 4 / No. 52.1
This week you get something special. In an extended post, Elle tackles (nearly) everything good, bad, and ugly about the movie Wonder Woman. If you ever wanted to see what in-depth pop-culture criticism looks like, now's your chance. But get comfortable, maybe grab a cup of coffee, put up your feet, and dig in.
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We Have to Change Things | Vol. 5 / No. 1.1
Photo: Steve, CC BY-SA 2.0 I’m sick, so this is going to be short (and late! Go sick me). I originally wanted to write a whole long post about Weinstein, Toback, Spacey, and so many […]
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A Short, Happy Post | Vol. 5 / No. 2.1
You will all be super surprised to learn that I am still sick, so this week is going to be a bit short as well. I mostly want to talk about the election on Tuesday, and the monumental, fantastic results that occurred.
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The Worst Bad Thing (This Week, So Far, I Hope) | Vol. 5 / No. 3.1
Sometimes, sitting down to write these posts feels like rolling up to an all-you-can-eat buffet of rotten hamburger and spoiled green beans. How could I possibly choose, amongst the smorgasbord of terrible behavior, what I would actually write about? [...] And then Roy Moore stayed ahead in the polls despite accusations of molesting and assaulting teenagers, and I was like, “Oh, obviously that.”
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Moral Arithmetic and Finding Justice | Vol. 5 / No. 4.1
A couple weeks ago, someone asked me a question that I hadn’t been asked before. Regarding the harassment allegations against Louis C.K. and his subsequent removal from various projects, he asked, “What do you want to happen to him? When do you think he will be punished enough?” And I had to answer, “I don’t know.”
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#FreeCyntoiaBrown | Vol. 5 / No. 5.2
[Content warning: Cyntoia Brown. This article discusses pretty graphic sexual and physical abuse. If that is (understandably) not your cup of tea, rejoin me next week when I’ll hopefully be talking about something more pleasant.]
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You’ve Got to be Kidding Me | Vol. 5 / No. 6.1
[Content warning: Sexual assault: Brock Turner case. Again. I was totally hoping to talk about something more pleasant this week, and then this dumbass had to go and get in the paper yet again. If talking about sexual assault is (understandably) not something you wanna do with your Friday then please join me next week where I will, I hope, be getting to talk about something less awful.]
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If You Like That Black Women Defeated Roy Moore, Do More Than Thank Them | Vol. 5, No. 8.1
When I was in high school, I took economics and political science. Those classes taught me that people behave in a logical fashion according to their wants and needs, and that they choose candidates whose values and opinions most closely resemble their own. Then I took those same classes in college and learned “lolololol the f*** they do.”
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