Okay, But Seriously, Haven’t We Reached Maximum Sexy? | Vol. 4 / No. 51.1

October 20, 2017 Elle Irise Feminism

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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On Joss Whedon, Part Two: The Allegations and What They Mean | Vol. 4 / No. 43.1b

August 27, 2017 Elle Irise Feminism

Photo: Ronald Woan, CC BY 2.0 This is part two of a three-part post! Check out part one here. *** Kai Cole had been with Joss Whedon since 1991, aka, “since Joss Whedon basically became […]

On Joss Whedon, Part One: Wonder Woman and Why I Care | Vol. 4 / No. 43.1a

August 26, 2017 Elle Irise Feminism

The first in a three-part special! Today I’ll be introducing the topic and discussing Whedon’s Wonder Woman script, tomorrow I will be discussing allegations from Kai Cole and some other unsavory things, and on Monday I’ll be trying to answer the question, “Do I still get to like watching Buffy?/Whedon’s stuff in general?”

So About That YA “Callout Culture” Thinkpiece… | Vol. 4 / No. 41.1

August 11, 2017 Elle Irise Feminism

When I heard about a kerfuffle in YA fiction that involved diversity, callout culture, and my favorite word, “problematic” (you can take the word “problematic” out of my cold dead hands) I definitely needed to investigate.
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Twelve Things That Shouldn’t Be Things | Vol. 4 / No. 40.1

August 4, 2017August 6, 2017 Elle Irise Feminism

Since this week has been full of news that removes my ability to even, this week you don’t so much get an article as you get a list of Things That Shouldn’t Be Things. Aka, things I didn’t think I’d have to be freaking saying in 2017.
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Update From Academia: Sexual Assault for Fun and Literal Profit | Vol. 4 / No. 25.1

April 21, 2017 Elle Irise Feminism

Choudhry admitted to hugging and kissing Sorrell, and in general touching his female employees in ways he would never touch a male employee. He had his pay docked and had to step down as dean, but kept his position as a professor. You will be so glad and shocked to know that a year later, with a lot of additional wokeness and a sexual predator in the White House, he will continue to face basically no consequences for his actions! Btw, it’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, everybody. That just felt relevant for some reason.
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What Killed The Killing Joke? I’ll Give You One Guess (Hint: The Answer Is Sexism.) | Vol. 4 / No. 23.5

April 7, 2017 Elle Irise Feminism

The Killing Joke movie takes a problematic storyline and makes it worse.
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Trump’s ICE Roundup: Making Bad Situations Worse | Vol. 4 / No. 21.5

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 Elle Irise Feminism

Photo: Moody College of Communication, CC BY-SA 2.0 Trump’s ICE roundups mean more abusers will stay on the streets, instead of in jail where they belong.

Cutting Fuel Efficiency Standards Won’t Help Much Of Anything, Certainly Not Workers | Vol. 4 / No. 21.4

March 23, 2017 RFB economics

So the new head of the EPA (and man who sued the EPA 14 times) Scott Pruitt has a piece in USA Today about how he and the new Secretary of Transportation (and wife of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell) Elaine Chao are suspending the Obama-era automobile fuel standards for the good of America. There’s only one problem as I see it: it’ll be bad for Americans.
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The “Equality” State, Backwards Behavior, and Increasing Panic | Vol. 4 / No. 14.5

February 3, 2017 Elle Irise Feminism

I can count on one hand the times I’ve actually been proud of my state. Our moniker of the Equality State is basically the biggest irony in the “state nickname” game. We have the worst gender wage gap in the country, 93% of the state is white, and when a piece of art on the campus of our only four-year higher education institution dared to criticize the oil and gas industry, said industries forced the removal of said art lest the university lose funding.
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