And here I was thinking that movies needed pass the Bechdel Test to be better. But apparently I was wrong. What movies really need to do is stick to proper physics. Well I’m glad we got that sorted, aren’t you?
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Quote of the Day: How the Bechdel Test could save the Oscars
If I can tell what role someone is going to play in a plot by their race or gender, you f**d up as a filmmaker.
“Saying conjoined twins are disabled is insulting!”: Evelyn Evelyn, redux
[Cross-posted to Disabled Feminists] Something that has really struck me about the conversations around Evelyn Evelyn is the reaction that “Conjoined twins don’t have a disability! To say they do is insulting!” Not all commenters make the link between the… Read More ›
Whoydensday: finally in Oz this Sunday Night
Yay! We get to see End of Time Part 1 on Sunday 14th, then End of Time Part 2 on Sunday 21st. Auntie seems to have taken forever to get them to us…
You better run, you better take cover
What the flying blueberry-flavoured hell is up with this idea that Men At Work now owe bazillions of dollars – up to 60% of their earnings on Down Under – to a pack of copyright trolls? SMH: Men at Work’s… Read More ›
This is why the “it’s just sci-fi, it shouldn’t have to be PC” argument is crap
I mean how am I supposed to feel if I see a movie set in the future and there aren’t any black or brown people in it? How is a child supposed to feel? It’s like someone’s saying, “I don’t like you and I don’t want you to be here, so I’m creating a world where you don’t exist.”
Endangered Sunday: Andean Condor
I took these photos earlier this month at Taronga Zoo. This juvenile condor is part of the captive breeding program there, and these shots were taken while she performed in the famous Free Flight Bird Show.
Sunday Barrowman Blogging: “I am Barrowman”
As some of you may know, last year, John Barrowman starred in La Cage au Folle [link] in London’s West End. Here he is singing “I Am What I Am”, which is the closing song of the musical’s first act:… Read More ›
Quickhit: Icedancers with a new twist on blackface.
Via baby_elvis, this ice-dancing routine. From the news: Russian world ice-skating champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin have danced around the controversy surrounding their Aboriginal-themed routine, insisting they will still use it at the Winter Olympics. Aboriginal elders say the… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Nellie Donegan, roller skater, 1913
Photo comes from the State Library online gallery on Flickr (via @dogpossum on Twitter): just look at the vitality and mischief of her!
Hoyden About Town 