Michael R. Jackson doesn’t have a vagina. He also doesn’t not have one. “While I’m not a teen evangelical with teeth in my vagina,” he said, “spiritually I am.” Jackson’s spectral self-identity was a guiding light as he and the composer Anna K. Jacobs collaborated on “Teeth,” a new musical based on Mitchell Lichtenstein’s 2007 … Read more
A prominent stay-at-home girlfriend (SAHG) said she used to be a raging feminist and careerist who wanted to get her “tubes tied” until she found herself in a relationship with a millionaire who provided her with a lavish lifestyle. “It was like the feminism left my body,” SAHG influencer “Nia Chi” said in an interview … Read more
“The Disappearance of Shere Hite” opens with a 1976 TV interview with Shere Hite about her pioneering study, “The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality.” As she talks about the revelations of her research — that women masturbate, and most men don’t know how to please them — the interviewer tells a crew … Read more
For “Barbie” star Margot Robbie, the Spice Girls were no feminist wannabes. In fact, the two-time Oscar nominee attributes some of her own ideas about feminism — which she and director Greta Gerwig explore in the much-anticipated “Barbie” movie, out July 21 — to the 1990s British girl group. “The Spice Girls changed everything and … Read more
Oscar-winning “Juno” screenwriter Diablo Cody recently claimed she dropped out of a “Barbie” film that was in production at Sony because she couldn’t figure out how to make the iconic doll a “feminist” icon. In an interview with GQ, Cody claimed she just couldn’t get a script together for the film, which was ultimately dropped by the … Read more
From fired-up feminist to fulfilled stay-at-home mom. Madison Dastrup has clocked up close to 70,000 followers on TikTok showing off her life as a conservative wife and mom — but she didn’t always have such a wholesome lifestyle In a recently resurfaced clip, the 23-year-old mom-of-two revealed that she used to be an ardent supporter … Read more
An interview with Elizabeth Banks in the New York Times tied to the release of her new film Call Jane turned for a time into an exploration of an older film Banks directed, Charlie’s Angels. Banks called it “a long conversation that I don’t know that I want to get into.” Pressed by interviewer David … Read more
Looking back at the poor box office performance of her 2019 “Charlie’s Angels” reboot, Elizabeth Banks has some regrets about the film’s marketing. “I wish that the movie had not been presented as just for girls, because I didn’t make it just for girls,” Banks told The New York Times. “There was a disconnect on … Read more