I got this comment in response to my post: Are there imaginary worlds where sexism doesn’t exist? It made my day, and it’s the reason I created Reel Girl. I’m so glad I found your blog! I have known there was something wrong with the media’s portrayal of women for as long as I remember. [...]
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Posted in Art, Margot Magowan/ ReelGirl, tagged imaginary worlds without sexism, Why aren't there more women artists? on January 31, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Are there imaginary worlds where sexism doesn’t exist?
Posted in Art, Books, Movies, tagged Alice in Wonderland, Luce Irigaray, The Golden Compass on January 29, 2012 | 11 Comments »
I’m reading The Golden Compass and I absolutely love it. The main character is Lyra. She is fierce, smart, and brave. The villain is also female: Mrs. Coulter. She’s brilliant, beautiful, and wicked. There are several indirect references to sexism in the book. When Lyra first meets Mrs. Coulter she is shocked that the woman [...]
Why aren’t there more women artists?
Posted in Art on January 29, 2012 | 15 Comments »
The more I blog about the lack of females front and center in kids’ media, it all seems to come down to this: Why aren’t there more women artists? The obvious answer is that so many women lack access to money and power as Virginia Woolf told us years ago. In order to create, you [...]
New biography of Herge, NYT review mentions racism but not misogyny
Posted in Art, Movies, tagged Misogyny, new book on Tintin, Tintin on January 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s what reviewer Cullen Murphy writes in today’s New York Times about the new book Herge, Son of Tintin by Benoit Peters: Yet Peeters squarely faces two issues that hang over Hergé’s career: his resort to ethnic and racial stereotypes, mainly in the early stories, and his record of accommodation in German-occupied Belgium. The issues can’t [...]
New short fiction by Kim Magowan
Posted in Art, tagged Indiana Review, KIm Magowan on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My sister has a story in the Indiana Review. You can find it here.
Is Harry Potter ‘feisty?’
Posted in Art, Most stereotyping *SSS* on December 5, 2011 | 9 Comments »
It starts when we’re little. I’m making a list of words that are mostly used only to apply to girls and women. I’m starting this list because when I point out the lack of female characters in kids’ films, “feisty” is a term that always comes up in response. People name a token strong female [...]
4 Irish women architects changing the world
Posted in Art, tagged female architects, Irish times, women and architecture on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Irish Times.com sent me this link. Check out these impressive women here.
Fiction by Kim Magowan
Posted in Art, ReelGirl recommends, tagged Gettysburg Review, KIm Magowan on November 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My sister, Kim Magowan, has an excellent short story in the new Gettysburg Review. You can read “Versions” here.
What’s your daughter thinking when she’s reading those fairy tales?
Posted in Art, tagged Andrew Lang, Blue Beard, Brothers Grimm, Hans Chrsitian Andersen on November 2, 2011 | 12 Comments »
My older sister, Kim, a voracious reader and great artist even as a tiny kid, made this Make-a-Plate when she was about ten years old. Kim was obsessed with fairy tales. She owned every color of Andrew Lang’s fairy books and also the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. I wasn’t as big a fan– [...]
