Recently, on that social media site and time-suck known as Twitter, film critic Miriam Bale asked her female followers: “What is one of your earliest feminist stirrings from watching movies (or TV)?” The query was notable not only because of the swift responses...
First airing in 1984, Murder, She Wrote, about the sexagenarian crime-solving widow Jessica Fletcher [i] (Angela Lansbury), was written—and well-received—as a cozy, satisfying crime procedural. But in the decades since, the show’s meanings have evolved far...
“You wanna know how I lost my virginity? So do I.” And so, less than 21 minutes into the pilot episode of the show’s first season, we know this about Veronica Mars (played by Kristen Bell): on top of being a whip-smart, hard-working (daughter of a) private...
“In particular those who are condemned to stagnation are often pronounced happy on the pretext that happiness consists in being at rest. This notion we reject, for our perspective is that of existentialist ethics. Every subject plays his part as such...
The cartoon world of showrunner Pendleton Ward’s Adventure Time has been lauded as one of the most feminist, genderqueer, and generally progressive in all of modern children’s television. Hugely popular and widely acclaimed, the show follows the adventures...
Reality television has irrevocably damaged society’s perception of black women. Or it hasn’t—it depends who you ask. Over the last decade, reality television’s place in the larger TV landscape has morphed, stretched and expanded to make room for...
