Internet personality quizzes are my Achilles heel. I enjoy finding out what interval best embodies my complex individuality (major 7th, as it happens) and what the shape of my letter A’s says about me on a fundamental level. If I’d been around in the late eighteenth century I would have been totally into phrenology, though [...]
Archive for the ‘Society’ Category
July 13, 2010
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Women Like Writing, But Nobody Writes Like Women.
By aliciaaho in Ladies, Society, The Arts, Writing
June 1, 2010
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Prostitutes, Villains, and Video Games: A Rant
By aliciaaho in Ladies, SocietyLet’s talk about video games, and the ladies in them. And by ladies, I mean prostitutes. Back in 2008 (Ye Olden Dayes, it seems), Rockstar Games took a lot of heat on account of Grand Theft Auto IV, particularly the fact that within the game, you could hire a prostitute, have sex with her, kill [...]
Tags: feminism, video games
April 27, 2010
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E-reader Ads and Gender Bias: A Rebuttal
By aliciaaho in Gentlemen, Ladies, Society, The Arts, WritingSo lately — on Shakespeare’s birthday, in fact — there was this Huffpo post by Jason Pinter, which then meandered through the blogosphere until it reached my habitual environs (NPR’s delightful Monkey See Blog). The article alleges that there are not enough books for men because of a publishing mantra: men don’t read. So there [...]
April 27, 2010
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RITA: Julie Garwood’s The Bride
By aliciaaho in Ladies, Romance, WritingMy first form-specific look at a past RITA award winner: The Bride, by Julie Garwood. First off, I must explain that this is one of the first romance novels I read growing up. And it is definitely the one I’ve reread most often: probably upwards of a hundred times, easily. There are scenes and sentences [...]
April 15, 2010
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Ready to Read the RITAs? Right!
By aliciaaho in Ladies, RomanceIn more than one bookstore, you can find lists of Hugo and Nebula award winners posted in the science fiction/fantasy sections. Displays of the recent Pulitzer winners are currently everywhere. Man Booker Awards, American Book Awards, National Book Awards — these will all be noted on shelf cards or pointed out. The reason for this [...]
April 2, 2010
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Now Put Your Hands Up!
By aliciaaho in Ladies, Music, TelevisionSo lately there has been some discussion on the internet about Beyoncé, and whether or not “Single Ladies” is a feminist anthem or a pseudo-feminist anthem or just, you know, a really catchy number with some top-notch choreography and an alluring bionic hand. A lot of this discussion — both in the recent AV Club [...]
March 9, 2010
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First Attempt at Feminist Deconstruction, Or: Never Thought I’d Say This, But Geri Spice Is Right.
By aliciaaho in LadiesSo here I am, trying to enter the feminist debate. I have virtually no credentials, unless you count obvious and average lady-parts. Oh, and an inability to shut up when I am angry. So: I am a little miffed, today, by a piece in the Guardian that purports to explain “how the ‘new feminism’ went [...]
Tags: feminism