Ellements of Film #4: Justice League | Vol. 5 / No. 5.1
I think DC can find its way around most of these problems. It just needs to stop letting Zack Snyder and David Ayer touch everything.
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Author: Elle Irise
Moral Arithmetic and Finding Justice | Vol. 5 / No. 4.1
A couple weeks ago, someone asked me a question that I hadn’t been asked before. Regarding the harassment allegations against Louis C.K. and his subsequent removal from various projects, he asked, “What do you want to happen to him? When do you think he will be punished enough?” And I had to answer, “I don’t know.”
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The Worst Bad Thing (This Week, So Far, I Hope) | Vol. 5 / No. 3.1
Sometimes, sitting down to write these posts feels like rolling up to an all-you-can-eat buffet of rotten hamburger and spoiled green beans. How could I possibly choose, amongst the smorgasbord of terrible behavior, what I would actually write about? […] And then Roy Moore stayed ahead in the polls despite accusations of molesting and assaulting teenagers, and I was like, “Oh, obviously that.”
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A Short, Happy Post | Vol. 5 / No. 2.1
You will all be super surprised to learn that I am still sick, so this week is going to be a bit short as well. I mostly want to talk about the election on Tuesday, and the monumental, fantastic results that occurred.
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We Have to Change Things | Vol. 5 / No. 1.1
Photo: Steve, CC BY-SA 2.0 I’m sick, so this is going to be short (and late! Go sick me). I originally wanted to write a whole long post about Weinstein, Toback, Spacey, and so many […]
What I Think About Wonder Woman: The Extended Take | Vol. 4 / No. 52.1
This week you get something special. In an extended post, Elle tackles (nearly) everything good, bad, and ugly about the movie Wonder Woman. If you ever wanted to see what in-depth pop-culture criticism looks like, now’s your chance. But get comfortable, maybe grab a cup of coffee, put up your feet, and dig in.
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Okay, But Seriously, Haven’t We Reached Maximum Sexy? | Vol. 4 / No. 51.1
It’s that time of year again: the leaves are falling off the trees, you’re pulling out all your old sweaters, and decent stuff is on TV again. It’s fall, which means it’s time for us to delve into a perennial topic about a cultural trend that some people love more than life itself and others think is the height of bougie basic-ness. No, I’m not talking about pumpkin spice lattes. I’m talking about sexy Halloween costumes.
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Ellements of Film #3: Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Vol. 4 / No. 50.1
[As always with these things: Spoiler Alert that gets more Spoilery the longer you read] So before my current review can make sense, we have to rewind a bit. A couple of years ago, I […]
Shut up, Sharon, Or When It Isn’t Your Turn to Talk | Vol. 4 / No. 49.1
Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 In general, I do my best to try to not silence other women. As a whole, we’ve had our voices oppressed for quite some time, and as the newly […]
Color-Changing Nail Polish is for Raves, Not Rape | Vol. 4 / No. 47.1
Hey lovely readers! Trigger warnings for discussions of sexual assault in the following piece. If that is (understandably) not your bag, please rejoin me next week, where I will hopefully not be talking about it again.
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