Yes, I know you’ve already seen them both, don’t lie! But just how guilty is your guilty pleasure? Let’s find out… Not offensive to women = 1/1 pt Features a woman as the main protagonist and/or supporting character = 2/2 pts Passes the Bechdel-Wallace test = 3/3 pts These are the easiest points to get… Read More
TV Review: ‘The Good Place’ Gives You the Good Shirt
Getting into heaven has never been quite so amusing. Read More
Fangirling: Veronica Mars
I love everything about mysteries. Solving them, creating them, reading them, watching them or playing them. It doesn’t matter what format they come in. I enjoy them immensely, probably due to my mother’s love for them, since they were constantly playing when I was little. As I’ve grown up my love for mystery solving McGyvers… Read More
Feminist TV Review: Westworld
“You, and everyone you know, were built to gratify the desires of the people who pay to visit your world. What if I told you you can’t hurt the newcomers, and that they can do anything they want … to you?” These chilling words are repeated often to the “hosts” by their programmers in Westworld.… Read More
Her Story Arc’s Best Feminist TV and Movies of 2016
Here at HSA we love our nerdy feminist TV and movies. But I didn’t realize until I started writing these end of the year lists that the TV and movies we consume don’t score nearly as well on a feminist scale as books. Maybe because we watch more media, or don’t have to be as… Read More
Mother Daughter Relationships in Fear the Walking Dead
***CAUTION: Spoilers Ahead*** Fear the Walking Dead suffers from only one thing: standing in the shadow of a much longer running, much beloved series. I am a huge Walking Dead fan, and am just as eager as the next viewer to see what happens with Negan in Season 7, but I am also excited for tonight’s… Read More