by Shayne | Aug 16, 2023 | TV
Glamorous on Netflix shows another side of femininity and societal pressure. My last blog was all about the Barbie movie and the deep thoughts it evoked about my relationship to my femininity. I just finished watching a show that made me think about it even more....
by Shayne | Jul 27, 2023 | Featured, Movies
The Barbie movie had me all in my thoughts about femininity. I never thought I would be having deep conversations with my friends about the Barbie movie. For one thing, I didn’t have a Barbie doll growing up. Barbie and Barbie’s Dreamhouse were what my rich neighbor...
by Shayne | May 16, 2023 | Movies
The Joy of Subverting Gender Norms Every time I watch the late 50s classic comedy Some Like It Hot, I get something new out of it. The first time I watched it, I got a kick out of seeing two men endure and develop sympathy for all the shit women have to go through,...
by Shayne | May 9, 2023 | Music, TV
The pilot episode of Daisy Jones & the Six portrays the physical joy of claiming your own words. I’m still thinking about the pilot episode of Daisy Jones & the Six. It took me a while to start watching the Amazon Prime adaptation of the book by Taylor...
by Shayne | Mar 14, 2023 | Movies
After Blonde, I’m going right to the source—Marilyn Monroe’s movies. Ever since reading the book Blonde and then watching the Netflix adaptation, I’ve been on a Marilyn Monroe kick. The book, a highly fictionalized imagining of Marilyn Monroe by Joyce Carol Oates,...
