June 19, 2022

Happy Pride Month, my friends! June is a good time to do many things, but especially to reflect on the resilience and awesomeness of the LGBTQ+ community - as well as the question of why they still have to take so much shit from the world.

This blog is not specifically about LGBTQ+ issues, and yet...

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May 13, 2022

Greetings, #DFGRR enthusiasts! A few months ago, the Making Fun of MacGyver podcast invited me onto their show to discuss the dead women in MacGyver. Today, I had the honor to guest-host an episode with them. Check it out!

March 8, 2022

In my post about MacGyver, I mentioned how jarring it was to return to a show I'd loved as a kid and realize it had been sexist all along. That thought inspired me to collect some thoughts from all of you on the subject, "a) When/how did you realize that the world treats women differently from men, and b) what made you realize that was a problem?"

The responses were varied and enthusiastic, and I'm delighted to present a few answers below, beginning with my own.

For me, one day in 1996, my dad had me watch the 1966 Batman movie with Adam West, which happened to be airing on a broadcast network at noon on a Saturday. If you haven't seen it, don't worry because you only need to know two things: it's super cheesy, and it's hilarious. My sister and I couldn't stop giggling. I loved this movie, even though I knew absolutely nothing else about Batman. (In fact, maybe my ignorance helped!)

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February 28, 2022

In honor of International Women's Day (coming up on March 8), I want to hear your stories of how you found out we live in a sexist world. Please share below.

February 16, 2022

If you watched me on Jeopardy!, you are already aware that the topic of how pop culture affects the English language is a research interest of mine. It is with great pride, therefore, that I introduce the DFGRR's latest test subject, and first one to have his name in the Oxford English Dictionary: MacGyver.

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November 21, 2021

As you might have noticed, October 2021 saw the long-awaited 25th James Bond film stagger, at last, into theaters, a full 18 months after it was originally slated to premiere. No Time To Die, whose title probably felt less macabre before COVID-19 hit, marks several interesting firsts for the franchise's treatment of women. I'd like to tell you all about them, but be warned:

HERE BE SPOILERS. Turn back if you don't want any!

I mean it! If you haven't seen this movie and you want to, do not click "Read More."

Just don't.

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